My dramatic weekend update

[mer]

Weekends are way too short to spend two hours digging a fecal plug out of a guinea pig's butt.

OMG THE STINK.

And I didn't even succeed.

~fin~

Comments

[roane.livejournal.com]

Just imagine how the poor guinea pig felt. ;)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

About 98% of the time, he barely seemed to notice. The other 2% of the time, high-pitched squealing.

[iuliamentis.livejournal.com]

FECES FTW!

I mean, ack, how awful for both you *and* the guinea pig. (this is why sensible people have hamsters instead)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Or girl guinea pigs, who don't have this problem.

[wbledbetter.livejournal.com]

Ack! I think I would have just had a dead guinea pig!

-Bill

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

We're not out of the woods yet, but well. There's been some loosening, anyway.

[captainblack.livejournal.com]

Poor little guy! : (

Is there some food additive that would increase fiber in his diet and prevent this sort of thing?

We feed our cats Libby pumpkin.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Well, it's sort of created by too much looseness, if you know what I mean. It's not actually his poo, but the pellets that need to be re-eaten to be fully digested. Too many "good" foods (ie, fresh veggies, the ones with the nutrients but also the ones with all the cellulose) and not enough hay and pet store pellets, I guess. Supposedly. Possibly also too much fruit.

So.

Anyway, my efforts have at least allowed a release of the pressure valve, so to speak. We may have to go to the vet to get the thing fully removed. Or develop a lot more patience and get our noses cauterized.