How Do You Separate A Guinea Pig For Feeding?
• Ensure that bullying is the cause of weight loss. If your guinea pig is losing weight, it’s imperative that they see a vet. Unless you’ve actually seen other guinea pigs blocking them from food and you’re certain this is the only cause of loss, get them checked by a vet to ensure there are no other problems. • If the pecking order has changed, and there is another bottom pig, the previous lightest cavy may begin gaining weight while the new bottom pig loses. • Set up the cage to optimise feeding opportunities. If the guinea pig is being bullied at veggie time, chances are it’s happening with hay, pellets and even water too. • Have the same number of bowls, hayracks and bottles as guinea pigs – even if bullying is terrible, each pig can only hog one at once. • Space these evenly around the cage (eg. in opposite corners) to that cavies cannot block access to all of them at once. • Set up a separate, smaller cage to accomodate feeding. It’s awfully inconvenient to do this with any kind
• Ensure that bullying is the cause of weight loss. If your guinea pig is losing weight, it’s imperative that they see a vet. Unless you’ve actually seen other guinea pigs blocking them from food and you’re certain this is the only cause of loss, get them checked by a vet to ensure there are no other problems. • If the pecking order has changed, and there is another bottom pig, the previous lightest cavy may begin gaining weight while the new bottom pig loses. • Set up the cage to optimise feeding opportunities. If the guinea pig is being bullied at veggie time, chances are it’s happening with hay, pellets and even water too. • Have the same number of bowls, hay racks and bottles as guinea pigs – even if bullying is terrible, each pig can only hog one at once. • Space these evenly around the cage (eg. in opposite corners) to that cavies cannot block access to all of them at once. • Set up a separate, smaller cage to accommodate feeding. It’s awfully inconvenient to do this with any kin
