Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / July 2003

i asked this a while ago but i need to ask again. Does anyone out there have
a gp who poos in its food? i was told it might because because she was young
but she's getting older now and still does it.....any suggestions to help
her stop!?

Hi group,
I received the following question from a website-visitor:
"Our male piggie wheeks in pain while peeing, there is blood in his urine.
We think it's a bladder infection or 'dust', maybe kidney stones. Everything

Folks,
While changing the bedding of Eleanor's cage this morning, she decided to take
a dive to the floor.  (She is housed in a large under-bed storage container
with cube-panel walls.  The entire cage sits approximately 18 inches off the

at work we produce a fare amount of shredded paper, i does have ink
from a bubble jet printer on it, would this make good bedding for my
guinea pigs?  Does it have any benefits or disadvantages?  thanks

Need to ask someone out there if their piggie(s) have those days were they
are picky eaters. Teddy usually loves tomatoes and most of the fresh veggies
I give her but there are some days she won't eat anything but keeps
squeaking that she's hungry. Now I understand that they can ...

I let my 2 girls out for some floor time last night - normally they are less
active than the boys and hide under the couch but last night they were up to
something else. I had tidied up and put the lettuce bag near the kitchen. I
looked around for the girls as I hadn't seen them for ...

my pig's cage stinks, any ideas how to make it not stink?
guineapigfan

I have two guinea pigs.  I feed them once in the morning (pellets, alfa
treats and timothy hay).  And once at night (pellets, veggies and more hay).
They're getting fat.  Am I not supposed to be feeding them so much?  Every
time I feed them the alfa treats, hay and veggies, they ...

Hi group,
Remember I created a Cavy Birthday Calendar and added it to my site? Well,
the download didn't *really* work, as some of you already told me.
So I've made some changes and guess what.. IT WORKS!

 I took Ginger to the vet yesterday . Her eye had been a little weepy
the day before but yesterday it was bad .
The vet put dye in her eye but couldn't see any wounds or damage . He
couldn't see anything in the eye but I said that grass often works it

Hello you all,
I've got 2 pigggies (female) and they're called Pluk & Otje. I'm wondering
what does it mean when I'm stroking their backs and they go "Brrr" and
waggle with their behinds and also make some licking gestures. I think they

Both of my guinea pigs have red rashes on their feet. They aren't bumpy or
blotched, just a solid red shade. Is this a sign that I need to switch to a
different brand of bedding? I use Carefresh and they didn't have rashes with
their previous owners, who also used Carefresh. I clean ...

I wrote last week right after we got our new piggy (muffin) ...we already
had one (ninja) They dont seem to be fighting...but every once in awhile one
of them will squeal loudly...what does this mean...as I said before Ninja is
very calm while muffin is a liitle more high strung...I ...

Both of my piggies are pregnant. Should I change there diet. What do I do to
prepare for the births? I notices during bath time that one has two lumps
and the other has one small lump.

We just bought a second guinea pig...our first one was a rescue I am not
sure how old he is for sure but I think he is about 3...We thought we were
getting a sow when we bought the second one...but it looks like he is a
young boar....they are not crazy about eachother...they don't ...