Why does my guinea pig p**p smell so bad than before??

Question

it never use to smell. now it does what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Has something changed with your piggie?

Like are you feeding him/her different pellets/food?

Is s/he acting any differently?

This is from Guinea Lynx:

DROPPINGS

NORMAL:

Droppings should be uniform and oval, medium to dark brown. Aromatic greenish droppings may be caecal pellets, which the cavy re-ingests (necessary for good nutrition).

NOT NORMAL:

     Clumped droppings: may indicate impaction (males).

     Smaller droppings and/or teardrop shaped droppings: may indicate dehydration and/or eating less food.

     Pitted soft droppings may be caused by an overgrowth of yeast in the intestinal tract: a vet can diagnose this and treat with oral Nystatin.

     Diarrhea: can be life threatening. If the droppings are merely soft, temporarily withholding vegetables may help.

See a vet immediately for severe diarrhea, which may indicate a serious parasitic or bacterial infection.

http://www.guinealynx.info/normal.html#d...

Good luck!

Answer 2

well probably because you changed your diet.

Answer 3

Have you changed her diet? Is the consistency of the p**p the same as before or is it watery/more smooshy, or does it have mucus with it?

Answer 4

my pig has done this before because i changed its food to a healther food and iot did that have you changed its food??????????????

Answer 5

Could be his diet. Are you feeding him Oxbow pellets and Oxbow or Kleenmama timothy hay? http://www.oxwbohay.com/

http://www.kmshayloft.com/

Here's their veggie list: http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/diet...

Answer 6

maybe something has changed in her diet research it on the net