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Stones Calcium Stone

Chus Illana

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Hello!

Firts time in these forum! I am from Spain, here there are not much information to read about Guinea Pig Stones. So i need some recomendatios. My english its verry bad, sorry for that.

My guinea pig its 6 moth old, yesterday the vet he operated a calcium stone, she is very young. So i read a lot of theses and i see there are nothing 100% efficent to prevent these.

I would like to do a low calcium diet. What do you recomend me?

I use Versele-Larga Cavia Complet pellets.

Also i use Ribero Frescuta hay.

She dont like to drink water. that can i do?

Do you thin these Oxbow Natural Science Urinary Support Small Animal Supplement will help?

Is there anything I can buy to reduce or to help remove calcium ?

Thanks for all!

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Versela Laga pellets are relatively high in calcium at .8%. I'd limit them to a tablespoon or two per day, no more.

The Urinary Support tablets may or may not help. I had a guinea pig that had stones removed, and gave her those tablets afterward. She still developed another stone, so the tablets didn't help my pig.

What vegetables does she eat?

Have you tried a different water bottle to see if you can get her to drink? Or can you try giving her water using a syringe?

Some pigs will have stones no matter what their diet is -- it's just a genetic issue. But limiting calcium in the diet, making sure the pig drinks a lot, keeping the cage very clean, and keeping the pig active will help.
 
Hi!
Thanks for The answer, The Vet tell me thats a genetic issue. But i Will like to help her. I buy last week the Oxbow pellets theres not a lot of variety here. So i think its The best here.in Spain.
. I only put one little spoon
Aldo i Will like to know thet is somwthing i can give her to help to prvent The calxium Stone.
What vegetales are los in calcium??
I use red letuce and escarola, Green pepper, cherry tomato, cucumber, endivie...
 
Aldo i tried differenr bottles but nope, she dont like wáter, with a syringe yes she drink, how much shouwld she need to drink? 5ml?10ml?
 
10 ml several times a day if you can get her to do that. The more liquid, the better.

You can't prevent the stones. The only thing you can do is try to feed her a low-calcium diet. Not no-calcium -- that causes worse problems than bladder stones. But aim at .4% calcium, or less, in her diet if you can manage it.

Oxbow has just changed its pellet formulation. The old pellets are not only high in calcium, but they used calcium carbonate (limestone) as the calcium source, and that's been cited as a major factor in stone formation. The new formula is lower in calcium and uses a different source, so they're much better. Look at the ingredients list on what you have and see whether you've got the new ones or not.

Pigs don't absolutely have to have pellets. They're just an easy way to make sure they get the vitamins and minerals they need. You can manage without by feeding dark colored vegetables and making sure she gets enough vitamin C. But not too much vitamin C, as an excess can also contribute to stones.

Here's a list of what pigs can and can't eat: https://www.guineapigcages.com/foru...vy-Nutrition-Charts-amp-Poisonous-Plants-List
 
Zupreem is NOT better than Oxbow. The new formulation of Oxbow is just fine.

Romaine lettuce causes excess urinary calcium in some pigs but not in others, and nobody knows why. The safest thing to do is just to feed red or green leaf lettuces, which don't have the same problem.

Blueberries are fine in small amounts, but won't do anything for the calcium problem.
 
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