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Do you have any tips how to keep the temperature at their room stable? Now that it's getting colder, I turn the heating on but if it's goes too long it gets too hot and I can't turn it off cause I am at work
I have a question. I was thinking about what might have caused the light brown poops as Jasper started to have them too, but it's clearing up and I will ask the vet about it on Wednesday. The only thing that was changed in their diet recently was that I gave them a new herbal salad mix from p@h, i think it was the dandelion and plaintain one or the tasty herbal salad, I don't remember exactly 
but I am more leaning towards the tasty herbal salad one. I introduced it gradually. Only sprinkled a little bit from it and then started to give more. Is that something that can upset their stomach and make their poops light colored. I already throw it away and they didn't had it for a couple days. Things seem to be better, but I was wondering if it's just a coincidence.
Oh and I also reduced their veg. I weighted a portion and it was around 50-60g and Mylo and occasionally Jasper were having kinda soft poops. Still well shaped but as they were stepping on them they were getting misshapen. Now I am striving for 40g. Is that correct? I read somewhere on the forum that around 40-50g is the correct amount.
but I am more leaning towards the tasty herbal salad one. I introduced it gradually. Only sprinkled a little bit from it and then started to give more. Is that something that can upset their stomach and make their poops light colored. I already throw it away and they didn't had it for a couple days. Things seem to be better, but I was wondering if it's just a coincidence.Oh and I also reduced their veg. I weighted a portion and it was around 50-60g and Mylo and occasionally Jasper were having kinda soft poops. Still well shaped but as they were stepping on them they were getting misshapen. Now I am striving for 40g. Is that correct? I read somewhere on the forum that around 40-50g is the correct amount.
I have a question. I was thinking about what might have caused the light brown poops as Jasper started to have them too, but it's clearing up and I will ask the vet about it on Wednesday. The only thing that was changed in their diet recently was that I gave them a new herbal salad mix from p@h, i think it was the dandelion and plaintain one or the tasty herbal salad, I don't remember exactly
Oh and I also reduced their veg. I weighted a portion and it was around 50-60g and Mylo and occasionally Jasper were having kinda soft poops. Still well shaped but as they were stepping on them they were getting misshapen. Now I am striving for 40g. Is that correct? I read somewhere on the forum that around 40-50g is the correct amount.
Light poops can mean lots of fibre but not much veg. Not really concerned if I see poops lighter than their normal occasionally.
Dark poops and soft poops, however, mean too much veg has been fed.
It’s very difficult to feed veg by weight due to the differing densities: it really needs to be done by volume - one cup per pig per day.
(I know my veg portion isn’t as low as 40-50g though as I have weighed it in the past for purposes of posts about veg densities etc - but my piggies are all fed a rather wet diet and are used to such a diet. I also don’t feed pellets so have leeway in other areas).
If you weigh veg you are going to get into problems because 50g of lettuce is a large amount when compared to 50g of cucumber for example
Does it not work on a thermostat?
I see, so I was definitely overfeeding veg as Mylo's were dark almost black and Jazzy's sometimes to.
The heating works on what I believe is called mechanical thermostat, it is an old one. But it is not working properly and my landlord doesn't really want to bother with it. I know temp fluctuations are not good for them so that worries me.
The heating works on what I believe is called mechanical thermostat, it is an old one. But it is not working properly and my landlord doesn't really want to bother with it. I know temp fluctuations are not good for them so that worries me.
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The vet did the celo tape test again and there were no live ones 
and I got 2 tubes of the 450. Because they are scratching a lot he said, a bath might be a good idea with oatmeal shampoo to soothe them. He said that they might be scratching because of an allergic reaction/irritation to the death ones. Also he said that it is fine to give them 1 full tube each as not all of it is absorbed. Any thoughts?
and I got 2 tubes of the 450. Because they are scratching a lot he said, a bath might be a good idea with oatmeal shampoo to soothe them. He said that they might be scratching because of an allergic reaction/irritation to the death ones. Also he said that it is fine to give them 1 full tube each as not all of it is absorbed. Any thoughts?