Okayyy, my guinea pigs (two boars) started drinking a whole bottle of there vitamin C water in less than a day that I give it to them, is there something wqrong? PLEASE HELP :(
2007-11-12 11:45:45 · 8 answers · asked by Princess Natalie 2 in Pets ➔ Rodents
You may have a couple of pranksters on your hands. Some pigs, especially long-haired ones (don't know why), like to play with their water bottles. You have to watch closely from a distance (don't let them see you) so you can catch them in the act. If this is the case, you'll need to put a brick or something underneath the sipper spout to help soak up some of the water leakage. Check your pigs for wet chins--thats a dead giveaway.
On the other hand, you may just have thirsty pigs. Some of my pigs just drink alot! However, keep in mind that *excessive* drinking is a sign of diabetes.
2007-11-12 13:07:39 · answer #1 · answered by Justified 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check their bedding below the water bottle to see if it's soaked-- your little guys could be simply playing with the water. Our boar does that & would often go through a bottle in 1 day until I raised the bottle so that he could still drink easilly but it was harder for him to knock against it.
2007-11-12 18:25:25 · answer #2 · answered by Catkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont put vitamin c drops in their water. Not only does it make the water taste foul but the vitamin c disentegrates due to the light.
If they are getting a wide variety of vegetables you do not need to worry about vitamin c intake at all.
2007-11-12 13:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
STOPPPPPPPPP vitamin water is bad,bad,bad for guinea pigs for vitamin C cute them up oranges and kiwi and lemons and strawberries !!!! that way they get a good taste ! hope this helped
2007-11-12 15:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by <3all 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should NEVER buy the droplets to put into their water. Its not as sufficeint as giving them veggies and fruits. They probably need vitamin c FAST!
http://jackiesguineapiggies.com/fruitandveg.html
2007-11-12 12:42:49 · answer #5 · answered by Peaches 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um... I don't know what Vitamin C water is, but I think you're just supposed to put little drops in heir water and then they drink it normally.
2007-11-12 11:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth J 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you think maybe it could have dripped and leaked out all the water?
2007-11-12 12:02:31 · answer #7 · answered by FL Sunshine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be
2007-11-12 12:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋