Hello. I have 2 female guinea pigs, Lulu and Sofie. They're about 3 years old. I've had them for about 2 years.
They live in a 2 x 5 C and C cage currently.
Now Sofie is the issue. We've been feeding them some unhealthy pet store food with way too much calcium, so we switched to the KMS hayloft pellets. We got them on Friday. At first, Lulu wasn't really eating them and Sofie was, but by that evening Lulu was eating them and Sofie wasn't! We measure out the KMS pellets, 1/8 cup in the morning and in the evening. What should I do? I didn't introduce the pellets slowly, but of course, they would choose the unhealthy pellets over the new pellets. We give them unlimited access to Small Pet Select 2nd cutting timothy hay. And we change the water every day. Today Sofie i is eating the leafy/stemmy parts of the hay when I hand feed them to her, which is new. She loves the fuzzies of the hay.
To move on to the bladder stones issue, for a long time, Sofie has been squeaking while she's pooping/urinating. She's a generally shy piggie, and she isn't very active. Her poops seem normal, but she constantly stops in her tracks and stands there in the cage. Maybe she's pooping/urinating sometimes when that happens. She hunches her but over a lot, too. We took her to the vet, but they don't really specialize in guinea pigs. They reccomended this place that specializes in small animals. It's half an hour away from my house. The people at our vet said the only way to see if there's a bladder stone is by X-ray.
Sorry for the long post, and thank you!
They live in a 2 x 5 C and C cage currently.
Now Sofie is the issue. We've been feeding them some unhealthy pet store food with way too much calcium, so we switched to the KMS hayloft pellets. We got them on Friday. At first, Lulu wasn't really eating them and Sofie was, but by that evening Lulu was eating them and Sofie wasn't! We measure out the KMS pellets, 1/8 cup in the morning and in the evening. What should I do? I didn't introduce the pellets slowly, but of course, they would choose the unhealthy pellets over the new pellets. We give them unlimited access to Small Pet Select 2nd cutting timothy hay. And we change the water every day. Today Sofie i is eating the leafy/stemmy parts of the hay when I hand feed them to her, which is new. She loves the fuzzies of the hay.
To move on to the bladder stones issue, for a long time, Sofie has been squeaking while she's pooping/urinating. She's a generally shy piggie, and she isn't very active. Her poops seem normal, but she constantly stops in her tracks and stands there in the cage. Maybe she's pooping/urinating sometimes when that happens. She hunches her but over a lot, too. We took her to the vet, but they don't really specialize in guinea pigs. They reccomended this place that specializes in small animals. It's half an hour away from my house. The people at our vet said the only way to see if there's a bladder stone is by X-ray.
Sorry for the long post, and thank you!