Dilly's Piggies
Teenage Guinea Pig
My girl Lottie has had problems with her weight for 6 months, she had hormonal issues and it caused her to lose weight, she was successfully spayed 6 weeks ago and is completely fine now, but she is still around 150g underweight and I'm struggling to get her to gain.
In addition to being underweight, she has been very picky with her food, she won't eat pellets despite me trying multiple brands and she doesn't want many veggies, mainly lettuce and cucumber.
She does however have a 'sweet tooth' since her problems started, she has cravings for fruit and berries especially, her favourites are cranberries, strawberries and blueberries. She has even stuck her head into my morning bowl of cereal recently which shocked me, I've never had a guinea pig interested in human food, she would've killed someone for a wheeto.
I'm worried she is craving weird things, like my morning wheetos, because of lack of vitamins, minerals and calories. I bought her some Oxbow multi-vitamin tabs as she isn't eating pellets, I hoped this would compensate, but she isn't interested in those either. She eats the vitamin C and urinary support tabs.
She's eating hay normally and I give her fresh grass every day, but it's still not enough. She also likes a sprinkle of porridge oats and a syringe of critical care now and then but she refuses to take syringe feed regularly.
Does anyone have any advice, foods I can give her to put weight on her? She has been to the vet multiple times after surgery and nothing has been found to be wrong with her, she just became a picky eater.
In addition to being underweight, she has been very picky with her food, she won't eat pellets despite me trying multiple brands and she doesn't want many veggies, mainly lettuce and cucumber.
She does however have a 'sweet tooth' since her problems started, she has cravings for fruit and berries especially, her favourites are cranberries, strawberries and blueberries. She has even stuck her head into my morning bowl of cereal recently which shocked me, I've never had a guinea pig interested in human food, she would've killed someone for a wheeto.
I'm worried she is craving weird things, like my morning wheetos, because of lack of vitamins, minerals and calories. I bought her some Oxbow multi-vitamin tabs as she isn't eating pellets, I hoped this would compensate, but she isn't interested in those either. She eats the vitamin C and urinary support tabs.
She's eating hay normally and I give her fresh grass every day, but it's still not enough. She also likes a sprinkle of porridge oats and a syringe of critical care now and then but she refuses to take syringe feed regularly.
Does anyone have any advice, foods I can give her to put weight on her? She has been to the vet multiple times after surgery and nothing has been found to be wrong with her, she just became a picky eater.
