water/ drinking

Question
Sorry about this i forgot to ask this in my last question!
My 3 guinea pigs are not really drinking anything.
i change their water every day, and clean out the bottle every week. i never see them drinking out of the bottle, so i dont know whether tey are dehydrated/
can you help me please?
Thanks again
Love
Catherine
xx

Answer
Catherine,

If they have diarrhea then they are dehydrated and will need some treatment. Good news though if they have diarrhea you can treat them fine. Make sure she has plenty of hay and that she is eating it, give her a little Pedialite or Dioralyte every hour from a dropper. Also give her a little water from the dropper every time you give her a little Pedialite or Dioralyte. This will get her hydrated again. And the Hay will help in getting the fiber back into her diet to help solidify the poop. That is only if they have diarrhea.

Check the bottle and if it is emptier then when you filled them up that morning, then they are drinking their watter and are fine.

It could also be the taste of the water, as I found out myself just last week that if the water isn't being filtered right they won't drink the water. So if they aren't drinking water for sure then try some bottled water and see if that doesn't help.

I hope this helps,
   Take care now,
        Jules