I'm babysitting a 6-month old chin for my friend for a month.
He was only 340g when he came to my house two weeks ago. He was on Charlie, and obviously he only ate the colorful stuff (dried veggies and fruits I guess) but never the pellets. He came to me with a bag of Kaytee Timothy cube and a bag of Kaytee Timothy hay that has mango in it (?!), and he seldom ate any hay at all.
So in general, he lived on treats.
I switched him to Oxbow immediately, and also provided him with fresh Timothy hay that I had. He refused to eat anything for about 2 days but eventually started eating. He can eat about 1 to 1.5 tbsp pellets now, and a big bowl of hay, and I'm happy about it.
The problem is, he kept giving me soft poops!!! :hair:
I guess it must be caused by the sudden change of diet? But how can I change his diet gradually if he lived solely on treats in the past?? I tried to mix the pellets from Charlie with Oxbow pellets, but it didn't help at all (I guess for him it's still a new diet since he never ate Charlie pellets in the past any way).
Any suggestion at this point?
His poops are very soft but not mushy yet. Should I wait for a couple of days?
He was only 340g when he came to my house two weeks ago. He was on Charlie, and obviously he only ate the colorful stuff (dried veggies and fruits I guess) but never the pellets. He came to me with a bag of Kaytee Timothy cube and a bag of Kaytee Timothy hay that has mango in it (?!), and he seldom ate any hay at all.
So in general, he lived on treats.
I switched him to Oxbow immediately, and also provided him with fresh Timothy hay that I had. He refused to eat anything for about 2 days but eventually started eating. He can eat about 1 to 1.5 tbsp pellets now, and a big bowl of hay, and I'm happy about it.
The problem is, he kept giving me soft poops!!! :hair:
I guess it must be caused by the sudden change of diet? But how can I change his diet gradually if he lived solely on treats in the past?? I tried to mix the pellets from Charlie with Oxbow pellets, but it didn't help at all (I guess for him it's still a new diet since he never ate Charlie pellets in the past any way).
Any suggestion at this point?
His poops are very soft but not mushy yet. Should I wait for a couple of days?