Comments | guinea_pigs: oh HAI pigz!!

anna_rexik in guinea_pigs

oh HAI pigz!!

Jan 25, 2009 16:55

Hi! I'm new to this community! i LOVE pigs and have four, two boys(Louie and Franz) and two girls(Petey and Bettie ( Read more... )

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hearthand January 25 2009, 22:28:51 UTC

It's unusual for young boys to have impaction, in older boys it's often caused by a weakness of their muscles. In your younger boys it could be caused by an inappropriate diet: try drowning them in hay, fiber and switching them gradually to a high quality pellet. If he has an infection, your vet should be able to help you out with that on Tuesday, although I suspect that it's not an infection but just the smelly gloop boys like to trail around their little world of being gross ( ... )

anna_rexik January 26 2009, 00:13:36 UTC

awesome, thank you so much! I've been trying to be extragentle with the boypigs and start to handle them more. AND giving them tons of hay/veggies and good quality veggies, so hopefully they're on their way to getting healthy. yay thank you again!

hearthand January 26 2009, 00:25:05 UTC

You're very welcome. It sounds like you're on your way to having two very comfortable little boys.

And: sorry for not saying this earlier, I was in "write full answer with backup" mode. Welcome to the community. :)

spacewolfcub January 26 2009, 07:16:45 UTC

Oooooh! Sleepy pig face of kyoot DOOOOM!

Also: hi, welcome

eccentricforms January 26 2009, 07:22:33 UTC

When I read the part about how Petey was found, I had to hold my piggie immediately! Humans can be so cruel. I'm constantly reminding mine what a lucky animal he is. My Gizmo was originally thought to be a female, but I figured it out and renamed him.

november_love January 26 2009, 14:32:11 UTC

Omg...they are so adorable! =D

femina_noctis January 29 2009, 07:17:36 UTC

Omg, MY pig is named Franz!!! Great minds...