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Post by Marg on Jul 20, 2005 14:17:24 GMT
My guinea pig has not been eating much of her food, only eating small ammounts of veggies, and yesterday evening I filled her water but when I looked today none was gone. I held a string bean and a carrot out but she showed know interest.
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Post by Josie on Jul 20, 2005 14:23:20 GMT
sometimes mine go a whole day without drinking so i wouldn't worry about it. remember you have only just got her so she wont be 100% settled yet, she probably doesn't trust you enough yet to eat from your hand. what i do with coffee is i put some food outside the entrance to the igloo and the rest on the opposite side of the cage. toffee, tufty, fudge and snowy eat from the big pile and coffee eats from the little one, i do it so she doesn't have to go out of the igloo, even the water bottle is next to the entrance of it.
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Post by Marg on Jul 20, 2005 14:33:22 GMT
oh nice ideas.
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Post by Teebers on Jul 20, 2005 14:51:11 GMT
So how long have you had her? She may well just be settling in, as Josie says.
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Post by Marg on Jul 20, 2005 14:58:56 GMT
We got him (changing name because I think "he" was mis-sexed) on Monday. He seems to be getting more settled today he let me hand feed him a bean.
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Post by skipperdoo on Jul 20, 2005 15:44:03 GMT
My guinea pig has not been eating much of her food, only eating small ammounts of veggies, and yesterday evening I filled her water but when I looked today none was gone. I held a string bean and a carrot out but she showed know interest. There is another of your threads on this topic since I replied to it. Please check that thread for my response: wheekers.proboards32.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=care&thread=1121793197&page=1 |
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Post by Marg on Jul 21, 2005 13:09:14 GMT
Okay thanks
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Post by Josie on Jul 21, 2005 15:12:21 GMT
so is she eating now?
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Post by Marg on Jul 21, 2005 15:26:31 GMT
Some
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Post by Josie on Jul 21, 2005 15:49:29 GMT
what do you mean by that? pigs, well MY pigs, dont really eat much dried food they tend to pick at throughout the day so not much of that is normal. and theres 5 of them and they eat about 1/2 bowlful between them a day. the bowl is quite large though.
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Post by Marg on Jul 21, 2005 16:25:36 GMT
Its not a very large bowl, I gave her the food on monday and on thursday at 12:26 there are maybe 20-30 pellets left.
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Post by Josie on Jul 21, 2005 17:05:39 GMT
you only feed her once every 4 days?
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Post by Marg on Jul 21, 2005 17:08:33 GMT
She didn't eat the food and nothing was wrong with it so I kept the food in. I have been giving her veggies since she doesn't seem to enjoy her food.
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Post by Josie on Jul 21, 2005 17:21:48 GMT
oh okay i thought you meant that you should only feed a pig once every 4 days.
I do the same as you with my pigs otherwise it otherwise it would be a huge waste lol.
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Post by Marg on Jul 21, 2005 17:23:46 GMT
Yea we are getting a different brand of hay and food so We will see what she thinks of that.
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Post by samnbud on Jul 22, 2005 22:28:17 GMT
Marg....I think you should try and keep the food you feed her a constant thing....you can give her a tummy ache! Are you actually counting the pellets LOL? It may seem that she isnt eating, but I assure you she may be doing just that, just you are sleeping. Also she hasnt had time to settle in. Not to be harse here, but ever since you brought her home you have been taking pictures and holding her and trying to get her to eat veggies. You have to remember that pet store bought guinea pigs arent used to veggies. I wouldnt expect her to go crazy with them or even like them right away. I know you wont listen when I tell you to let her be. And if you are always checking on her every chance you get, she wont settle in. She will be a little anxious. Introduce a small baby carrot or piece of kale. Put it in the cage and leave it after an hour if she hasnt ate it take it out and try the next day with a fresh piece. She doesnt have to have veggies "every" day. And do this for me...run your finger over the little ball where the water comes out of the spout...does your finger get wet? If not you may need to squeeze some pressure out to make the water start flowing...I have had mine not come out and this worked.
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Post by Marg on Jul 22, 2005 22:55:08 GMT
They feed them veggies there and she enjoys them. For one I changed her food because I was told by people from cavycages.com that qoute it was crap. The water works and she is eating just not much is 4 days she hadn't even finshed a bowl.
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Post by samnbud on Jul 22, 2005 23:27:29 GMT
You need to get a measuring cup and measure by the back of the bag so you know how much she should get..you may be giving her to much. I use Hartz pellets and it is fine! If anything you can get a pellet "mix" and mix this with the Hartz pellets ....but you have to gradually wheen her off the food.
I use Hartz pellets and Nutriphase Gold mix and put it in a large screw top container and mix it. I also use a 1/4c measuring cup to measure out the food I give them.
You should give about 1/4 to 1/2 cup full of food per day. The bowl doesnt have to be full.
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Post by Marg on Jul 22, 2005 23:31:30 GMT
Okay I will go find a cup or something. Thanks! I am going to mix her new and her old food.
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Post by samnbud on Jul 22, 2005 23:46:11 GMT
Whats the new food?
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