One soft dark poop not watery

[Willowknows]

Hey, four days ago I found a light brown soft poop on aspen I checked him and the whole cage everything was clear all normal pooos.Today I found a dark black poop that was a bit soft. He eating drinking and active his butt is completely dry and clean. I stopped all treat and veg since and all the other recent poop have been completely normal. Just wondering if I should worry ?

[Pebbles82]

All sounds perfectly normal to me They have two different kinds of poops - one type they eat sometimes (they have two stomachs and can redigest nutrients from these poops which is normal). The edible type are usually hard and black. A softer poop is ok. You only really want to worry if there is liquid diarrhoea.

Daily veg is fine. Initially every 3 days or so but after a week or two they do well to have it every day. But just a tiny piece - about 1cm cubed size for a syrian and a bit smaller for a dwarf hamster.

Natural treats are best - like pumpkin seeds or half a shelled walnut eg.

[Willowknows]

Yeah it’s was only two soft poops that I’ve found. All the other were the usual black solid poop. I just don’t wanna stress him out with vet appointments for nothing 🙃 I havent tried the walnut So that’s next on the list.