What is a normal amount of poo?
Apologies if this topic is gross.
I'm a new owner of 2 male Abyssinian guinea pigs who are both about a year old.
The photo shows the amount of poo they produce combined in a single 24 hour period in a 5 1/2 inch bag.
It seems like a lot!
Is this normal?
Thank you
I'm a new owner of 2 male Abyssinian guinea pigs who are both about a year old.
The photo shows the amount of poo they produce combined in a single 24 hour period in a 5 1/2 inch bag.
It seems like a lot!
Is this normal?
Thank you
Thank you - how do you get them to confine to a corner. My pigs poo everywhere - and often get poo in their pellets and hay.
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If you've got cooperative pigs, they'll usually poop the most where they sleep and eat, and you can put something there to catch the output. If you don't, you're just SOL, pun intended.
It may help to drape a piece of fleece across a corner to give them a little privacy. Or watch where they go the most, and put a litter pan or fleece pad there.
But if you do have pigs that mostly go in one spot, make sure you keep it very clean, because they usually also tend to want to sleep there, and laying in their own waste isn't good for them. It can cause UTI's and even URI's if the area is enclosed.
It may help to drape a piece of fleece across a corner to give them a little privacy. Or watch where they go the most, and put a litter pan or fleece pad there.
But if you do have pigs that mostly go in one spot, make sure you keep it very clean, because they usually also tend to want to sleep there, and laying in their own waste isn't good for them. It can cause UTI's and even URI's if the area is enclosed.