Wet/soft Poos?

[Superpiggies]

Hi,
I'm kind of getting a bit worried about my piggies, uhm. Recently when i have been cleaning them out, they have had quite a few soft poos. (not diarrhoea)I'm wondering if i'm giving them a bit of like a watery diet? Do you guys have any tips to prevent this from continuing?

Thank you xx

 

[madguinealady]

Cut out their veggies until poo normal, just hay and pellets then introduce veg slowly to see which ones cause the problem.Good luck

 

[Wiebke]

Please take your piggies off any fresh food for a day (just with unlimited hay, pellets and fresh water) until the poos have firmed up again. Then re-introduce veg slowly back into their diet.

- Up to 80% of the daily food intake should be hay; that keeps the guts healthy and the crucial back teeth ground down.
- Veg should make about 10-15% of the daily food intake. We recommend to feed one cup/ca. 50g of mixed fresh veg per piggy per day in as many servings as you like. Please include on high vitamin C veg, like a slice of pepper of any colour, a floret or chunk of stem of broccoli or a prig of fresh coriander/cilantro, parsley, dill, mint or basil every day and vary between them.
Here is a list of what they can eat: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/...veg-and-fruit-list-with-vitamin-c-grading.42/
- Pellets should make about 5-10% of daily food intake. If you don't feed them, up the veg a little bit and add some more fibre to the diet.
-Fresh water without additives daily.

 

[Superpiggies]

Aw.. my piggies will be miserable without their juicy veggies! Lol, thanks guys!

 

[Superpiggies]

Please take your piggies off any fresh food for a day (just with unlimited hay, pellets and fresh water) until the poos have firmed up again. Then re-introduce veg slowly back into their diet.

- Up to 80% of the daily food intake should be hay; that keeps the guts healthy and the crucial back teeth ground down.
- Veg should make about 10-15% of the daily food intake. We recommend to feed one cup/ca. 50g of mixed fresh veg per piggy per day in as many servings as you like. Please include on high vitamin C veg, like a slice of pepper of any colour, a floret or chunk of stem of broccoli or a prig of fresh coriander/cilantro, parsley, dill, mint or basil every day and vary between them.
Here is a list of what they can eat: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/...veg-and-fruit-list-with-vitamin-c-grading.42/
- Pellets should make about 5-10% of daily food intake. If you don't feed them, up the veg a little bit and add some more fibre to the diet.
-Fresh water without additives daily.

If i cut down in veggies, and I slowly introduce veggies, wouldn't their Vit C level be too low, and they will get poorly?

 

[Chief Guinea Pig]

If i cut down in veggies, and I slowly introduce veggies, wouldn't their Vit C level be too low, and they will get poorly?

It is only for a day, when they will be without veg.

 

[Wiebke]

They still get some vitamin C through their pellets! It doesn't harm them if it is only for a short while - it's the long term lack (or overdosing!) of vitamin C that does the damage.