my mom jst told me tat she feed them jambu this morning... n he ate mostly of the jambu...

jambu usually contained a lot of water, rite? is this the root of cozing him soft poo?

Hi everyone. I just joined the forum, for the sole intention of joining this thread. Heheh...

I made my research here before I bought my cavies a few days ago. I think you guys here made a good job providing infos abt cavies. :salute:

Well, I look forward to join everyone here.

Cheers!

taking a lot of fruits also can make him got soft poo.. like i said before, don't give him the food, in this case; jambu anymore and monitor the difference of the poo k? maybe the jambu got ulat or ur mom gave him without washing it first..

hi..
so glad to have u in this forum..
please let us know when u buy ur first gp k?
then share the pic ere..
//u reminded me of myself when i got my first gp..

haha yeah... i disappeared for some time

the texel looks okok only. the body is white and head is brown/orange

i normally try to avoid buying gps with white body to refrain an obvious stain when they lie on their pee.

My first question is, is your bottle leaking? twice the amount of water just isn't normal. The change is too sudden.

High intakes of water can indicate a problem.

Keep a close eye on the amount of water your pig is DRINKING - some pigs drink a lot - this is nothing to worry about and could help to prevent Urinary Tract Infections [UTI's] - what you are looking for is a change in drinking habit - if she is suddenly drinking a lot more then you might want your vet to carry out some tests to see if she is diabetic - this shouldn't affect her too much and should be easily managed - be advised by your vet - she may need daily insulin - your vet will show you how to help her.

Be aware though that the amount the piggy drinks does depend to a degree on the amount of 'wet' and 'dry' food your piggy is eating - if she is eating lots of fresh juicy veggies she may not drink as much water - if she has had a hay fest she may drink a lot more !

I took this off of http://www.diddly-di.fsnet.co.uk/Regular-health-checks.htm

And wet poo depends on wat your GPs eat, not how much they drink. They'l just pee a lot if they drink a lot.

You can cut back on the veges a little and let the poo poo be more solid again (if the poo is really wet).

Great information , jamien..

I think for now, dont feed any vege or fruits. Leave the water bottle in, and just feed pellets and hay. Too much certain fruits/vege can give them diarrhea.

the bottle is not leaking... but yest nite, i saw him drinking water most of the time n non stop... n today morning, 180mL water gone.. this happened since yesterday evening only, wen i back frm work n found tat whole bottle water gone...

wat cause him diabetic? too much vegie?

emm.. maybe u gave him a lot of sweet thingy la.. such as fruits which contains high levels of sugars..

This post has been edited by rumizu: Jun 10 2008, 10:07 AM

i gave them a lot of fruits, but they only take apple n carrot... they dont take other fruits.. they prefer veggies n grass only...

sigh... diabetes... tats a torturing chronic

well, cheer up..
we still didn't confirm that he's having diabetes rite?
how bout give a visit to a vet

Feeding jambu? My.... Is not a right choise. Fresh fruit N vege is just a SMALL PART of your GP diet to supplement the need of VIT C, their main diet is pellet and lots of timothy hay.

Don't panic. It can happen that ur GP just took too much dry food. lay off the sweet veges and fruit. Dark green leafy vegetables are better fresh for GPs.

Sweet vege and fruit like corn and apple, etc etc, you give once in a while la. Too much fruits can cause diarrhea and diabetes.

But for a few dayys, just give them pellets and hay. When the poo solid back, you give them dark leafy veges. Once in a while can give sweet stuff.

Monitor your GPs lar. It's probably not serious. If this continues for several days more then you gotta bring it to vet dy.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Jun 10 2008, 03:53 PM

uiks.. surprised to see this thread is in second page..
where are u guys?

gchin.. so how's the condition of ur gp?

instead of half bottle water consumed by 2 teenage n 2 kids, now it turns to be half bottle consumed by 2 teenage... coz separate those 2 kids away frm the 2 teenage piggies ady...

maybe those 2 kids dont really drink a lot... or maybe those 2 teenage piggies started to drink a lot...

but good thing is, instead of whole bottle gone in last 2 days, now it back to be half bottle disappeared only... n torty's poo turn to be "moderate sticky", but not "vry sticky"... seems a improve sign...

Good. his poo poo improved. But still lay back on the veges and fruits until it's better ok? If the water concumption is still too high make sure you bring them to a vet for ceck up. It's better to know than not to know after all right?

My two lovely ladies. Love them soo much! Heheh...

Bought them at Pets Wonderland in Midvalley two days ago. But they got a lot of mites... Gonna have to take them to the vet today... Anyone had any experience with the vets in Sri Kembangan?

arrgg~~
dont knw how to minimize the pic~~~


This post has been edited by gchin_st: Jun 11 2008, 10:24 AM

Lovely GP. Just be more care of VET now day... They are not 'vet' in every type of animal especially exotic pet.

@chinchilla
Guinea pig not exotic kan?

@farisd
hehe.. congrats..
the pic was very nice..
makes me fall in love with the ladies..
yeah, i've been to Midvalleys's PW before..
their gps looks pitiful...

i wonder where sharil is.. usually will see sharil_routh as latest poster at this thread..