Guinea Pig Not Eating Hay Or Pellets

He also has hay for bedding which gets nibbled a little but not much.

Guinea pig not eating hay or pellets. A healthy guinea pig diet includes an unlimited amount of hay a cup of fresh vegetables a small serving of pellets and some occasional treats. Over the last few weeks my daughters began to notice him losing weight. As they are herbivores their diet should include high quality plant like hay. Why is my guinea pig not eating pellets.

She is blind and has developed a lump near her eye. Pellets do contain everything a pig needs but if they get it through their veggies and hay they will be just as healthy as eating pellets. Recommendations for a balanced general guinea pig diet. They need to have food in their digestive system constantly to avoid health problems like diarrhea.

We brought him in. Guinea pigs who don t eat enough food slowly slow their digestive system and lose their appetite making it more difficult for you to encourage him to get back on track. If a guinea pig stops eating it s extremely difficult to recover them from this especially if you re not willing to put in the work required hand feeding and will die. She still eats her hay and veggies and drinks a lot but has stopped eating her pellets.

If your guinea pig doesn t eat their food for 12 24 hours then their health can go bad in no time. The final straw was when we saw some dark blood on the newspaper. If your guinea pig is not eating their food then the same can affect their gut movement. Guinea pig not eating pellets might be because of dental pain.

Guinea pig s teeth grow continuously. He has a rack full of lovely expensive oxbow timothy hay and he is totally ignoring it. Guinea pig having healthy teeth but still not having food may be suffering due to gastrointestinal. But my guinea pig jack won t eat it.

Guinea pigs loves to eat in fact they live to eat. Do you weigh your pigs. We have two boar guinea pigs brothers two and half years old. Not open for further replies.

Crunchie has always been smaller and lighter but very active and healthy eating a mixed diet of excel pellets we live in england hay grass and veg and fruit treats. Should i take her to the vets and is this a warning sign of illness. I know that 80 of a guinea pig s diet should be hay. Gps have teeth that never stop growing and their cheek or back teeth can grow over their tongue holding it down and then they can t grind food.

The daily cycle of a guinea pig includes eat poop sleep and repeat. In the interval between feeds your girls won t go hungry eating unlimited hay which should make up to 80 of the daily food intake and is the crucial part in long term health. I have a guinea pig who is 7 and around 2 days ago she stopped eating her pellets. As pbatters said so long as your giving them hay and the right veggies they will be fine skipping pellets.