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Impaction white impacted poop

samsterlacci

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Hey all as Charla gets older I’m having to clean his butt with mineral oil for impactions a lot more. Tonight I was cleaning him out and this poop with light came on it, should I be worried? It seems like I’m having to deal with his impactions about once a week.

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What kind of bedding is he on? Male guinea pigs flip their sacs open and gather up all sorts of junk in it. It could be a bit of bedding, a bit of food or other trash.
 

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I believe that is a normal secretion they use to scent mark with, it kind of belongs there, but when you were cleaning out his poop you happened to pull that out too. I bet it stinks too, lol
 

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I believe that is a normal secretion they use to scent mark with, it kind of belongs there, but when you were cleaning out his poop you happened to pull that out too. I bet it stinks too, lol

Yes it did stink LOL, but he is happier now that he’s all clean.


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What kind of bedding is he on? Male guinea pigs flip their sacs open and gather up all sorts of junk in it. It could be a bit of bedding, a bit of food or other trash.

I am using a fleece bedding. Just to note, he had lots of poop to clean out this was the very last poop I got out (meaning it was farther up).


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