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Hay makes up 85 of their diet. If going away for a vacation and leaving your pets at home how long can guinea pigs go without food and water SAFELY.
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How many days can guinea pigs go without food. If going away for a vacation and leaving your pets at home how long can guinea pigs go without food and water SAFELY. Find out what vets say. I had only been back from a 3 week holiday for a few days and so hadnt seen her everyday.
Can a guinea pig die that quickly without food. Just exactly how long can a guinea pig last without food. Btw when I checked on them they had loads of hay as we use it as bedding as well and also a lot of gerry guinea pig.
I feel so awful and I just want to know if she was possibly already ill. The vegetables give your guinea pig the vitamins and minerals they cannot produce on their own especially vitamin C. The longest they can go without vegetables is two to three days.
A guinea pig is prone to illnesses and can become sick very fast. If no one checks on them for a couple of days they could die or be dead when you get home. Your guinea pigs diet.
Guinea pigs are herbivores meaning they only eat plants. Their ideal diet will include. A constant supply of good quality feeding hay or grass.
This should make up at least 80 of their food its really important for their teeth and their digestive system. Clean dry hay straw or shredded paper as bedding. Your guinea pig will also need feeding hay to eat.
You can read more about this on our guinea pig diet page. Constant access to a large exercise area. Guinea pigs dont usually have one long sleep at night but they still need to take naps throughout the day and night.
Theyll need to be able to choose when to go to bed and when to be active. Uneaten food should be removed from your guinea pigs enclosure after a few hours to ensure that these dont rot or become mouldy and harm your guinea pig. Please remember that any new foods should be introduced gradually to allow your guinea pigs digestive system to adjust so they dont get sick.
Mix any new food into the existing diet in small quantities slowly increasing the amount over two weeks. Many guinea pigs like to place their front feet on the rim of their food bowl when they eat and this design will lessen the chances that the bowl and your pig could be upended. Place the food bowl in an area of the cage thats far away from your guinea pigs bathroom area.
Spot clean your guinea pigs food bowl as needed throughout the week if they kick bedding or droppings into it. Guinea pigs are also vocal communicators while rabbits are mostly silent - this can be upsetting for the guinea pig. Introducing your guinea pigs to each other.
When introducing guinea pigs it is very important that its done on neutral territory. Ideally mix them in the outside run. This will give them plenty of space and the fresh grass will be neutral.
If you do mix indoors make sure they have plenty of space. For adult guinea pigs we recommend a timothy-based pellet without added fruits nuts or seeds such as Oxbows Cavy Cuisine. Most adult guinea pigs do well with 12 tbspday bu- t.
The guinea pig gestation period is 59 to 72 days. The litter size ranges from 1 to 8 pups but a litter of 2 to 4 is more common. A female can give birth to up to 5 litters per year.
When a guinea pig is about to give birth any male guinea pigs near her will gather around and try to become the dominant male in order to both protect the female. Here is what you need for general care and medical emergencies Nail Cutters Scissors Your guinea pigs nails will need to be trimmed monthly Your vet can show you how to perform this correctly. Paraffin This is great for Dry Skin areas A Hidey House Every guinea pig needs a hidey house Water Bottle Ceramic Food Bowl 3-4 Old Towels Dust Pan Broom Electric shaver Long haired guinea pigs may need to groomed Grooming Brush Baby Shampoo Rabbit Guinea Pig.
Guinea pigs are herbivores who require a full belly of fibre at all times. A healthy diet should include the following. Hay makes up 85 of their diet.
Your guinea pig will need a constant supply of soft long green sweet-smelling hay added fresh in their enclosure for them to graze on. Offer a mixture of varieties such as bales of mixed meadow hay forage treat hay by Burgess and small amounts of timothy hay. Pelleted diets marketed for guinea pigs may be used in moderation.
Welle recommended limiting pellets by weight. 1 tablespoon pellets per pound of guinea pig. That means the average adult guinea pig can have roughly 2 tablespoons of pellets a day.
Young growing guinea pigs can have unlimited access to pelleted guinea pig food. When you bring home a new friend for an existing guinea pig or get guinea pigs from two different sources keep them in separate rooms with separate cages for 2-3 weeks before trying to put them together. This will ensure that the new guinea pig does not have any medical problems which could be transmitted to the other.
If the new guinea pig is sick or has any parasites or fungal infections you will want to treat it first rather than risk spreading the condition to the other guinea pig. Malocclusion or misalignment of the teeth can happen in guinea pigs. In Diseases of Domestic Guinea Pigs Virginia C.
Richardson writes Molar malocclusion can be an inherited condition or it can develop in any guinea pig over 1 year of age. The molar teeth wear unevenly and maxillary cheek teeth develop spurs which grow into and ulcerate the cheeks whilst the mandibular. The average interval between mating and birth gestation period is 68 days but it can vary from 59 to 72 days.
Since you dont know the date of mating. It is difficult to determine how long someone can go without food but experts believe that it is between 1 and 2 months. Doctors strongly advise against starvation diets.
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