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A bit of background: a few months ago, one of my chins had an impaction due to a piece of plastic. The impaction was eventually passed and multiple sets of x-rays have confirmed that there is nothing left in his system. However, I have noticed this problem before and after the impaction.
Smudge has bouts of what I assume is constipation for no apparent reason. He still poops, but he will have days that his poops are very hard, dark (pretty much black in color) and somewhat malformed. They are usually skinny with a few pinched areas is the best I can describe it. More often than not his poops will look like this rather than the 'normal' chin poop.
He drinks from his water bottle fine, eats his Oxbow pellets, and usually eats a hand full of hay every night, though not as much as my others. He is otherwise a healthy energetic chin.
Does anyone have any ideas what would cause a chin to be prone to constipation? I have started mixing him up Life Line, Critical Care, and Essentials of Life every morning which he loves. I thought maybe it would help clear up the constipation somewhat, and he laps it up like it is candy so I figured it couldn't hurt. Is there anything else I could give him?
Smudge has bouts of what I assume is constipation for no apparent reason. He still poops, but he will have days that his poops are very hard, dark (pretty much black in color) and somewhat malformed. They are usually skinny with a few pinched areas is the best I can describe it. More often than not his poops will look like this rather than the 'normal' chin poop.
He drinks from his water bottle fine, eats his Oxbow pellets, and usually eats a hand full of hay every night, though not as much as my others. He is otherwise a healthy energetic chin.
Does anyone have any ideas what would cause a chin to be prone to constipation? I have started mixing him up Life Line, Critical Care, and Essentials of Life every morning which he loves. I thought maybe it would help clear up the constipation somewhat, and he laps it up like it is candy so I figured it couldn't hurt. Is there anything else I could give him?
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