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Some soft poops?

MimiCreamie18

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I was spot cleaning the cage today, and I noticed that a few of the poops were a little soft. I feed my three pigs kale, cucumber, carrot, celery, fennel, capsicum and the occasional berry.
 
If you see soft poop, then, stop feeding all vegetables until after poops return to normal. Over 80% of their diet should be hay.

Please do not feed kale and carrot regularly. Kale is far too high in calcium to be fed anything more than once a week and even then it needs to be in small amounts. Carrot is too high in sugar and should only be a very occasional treat.

The link below shows a sample plate of vegetables that can be fed daily, and links to a list of veg which needs to be limited
Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets
 
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If you see soft poop, then, stop feeding all vegetables until after poops return to normal. Over 80% of their diet should be hay.

Please do not feed kale and carrot regularly. Kale is far too high in calcium to be fed anything more than once a week and even then it needs to be in small amounts. Carrot is too high in sugar and should only be a very occasional treat.

The link below shows a sample plate of vegetables that can be fed daily, and links to a list of veg which needs to be limited
Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets
Ok, thank you very much.
 
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