[Gpdd] Health - hair balls

Liddlepaws at aol.com Liddlepaws at aol.com
Tue Apr 20 17:45:52 EDT 2004


None of my pigs have ever had hairballs. I have one little guy who his a 
peruvian and at three he's never had any problems. Guinea pig tongues are much 
softer than cat tongues so they don't collect hair in the same way, like the 
second vet told you. 

Joanna




>Viru is a peruvian guinea pig and the vet says me that I must give her
>"malta" for cats (I don´t know the correct translate). It is a product to
>eliminate the hair balls. Viru doesn´t like it at all. Other vet says me
>that malta isn´t necessary because the guinea pigs tongue doesn´t drag hair.
>I don´t know what to do. Thanks for your answers.




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