Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / October 2003

Here is a list of the names for guinea pigs in many languages. The list was taken
directly from a post in 'GPDD'...So full acknowledgement to that person (i think
it was written by 'Misti Cefcik' but have lost the reference so cannot be entirely sure.)
Surprisingly the Peruvian ...

   Can someone tell me what the best  bedding for piggies is? I stopped
using cedar chips when  I heard they were bad, now I see something about
Pine being bad, what is safe to use?

I'm about to be a mommy, and I have heard it is possible that one pig
may end up without as much food,  So I was wondering about hand feeding.
I want all of them to be big, and healthy, so I was going to help the
mommy feed

Okay I took a few minutes and made a page for my daughter's guinea pig.
hopefully the two photos will help in ID of breed or at least let me know if
Nicky, AKA Mr. Piggleton, is a mutt.
thanks

I was wondering if someone's ever had a similar situation with their guinea
pig....
Something 'strange'  happened to my 5.5 years old guinea pig Leevi last
night.... He woke me up in the middle of the night when he was running like

Hi, I just bought a pair of guinea pigs by mistake from a garage sale.  I
thought I was buying an empty cage to be used as an outdoor cage for my
lizards, but once my kids discovered the cage came with 2 guinea pigs, there
was no turning back.  I now have 4 cats, 4 cockatiels, 3 ...

Today was D-day for Rico, he had a neutering appointment with the vet this
morning. I brought him by at eight o 'clock and then I went home and started
preparing his cage. Disinfected the entire cage and put nice warm towels in
for him to lie on. I phoned the vet at noon, to check ...

Hello - I've come out of lurkdom to ask a question... ;o)
Nearly 4 weeks ago I bought a gorgeous girly piggy - a himilayan who I
called Fern. We've bonded really well, and a lot quicker than I expected.
She'll lick and nibble my finger ends quite happily while we snuggle up

Well, it's finally happened...
I have a new guinea pig!  :)  Her name is currently Rose, but I don't
think it suits her, so that will likely be changing rather soon (once I
know her a bit better).  She's an albino Abby and positively beautiful!

But it's not a normal one. This one is like MIB weird. He talks on the
phone.
When we first got him we looked at this forum, and my initial reaction
was that you people were extremely weird, but now, this guy has taken

I have been incredibly worried about my pig  ever since I made the
HORRIBLE mistake of buying her a boyfriend, without researching
the dangerous side. I wasn't sure of her age, and after I discovered
dangers I prepaired everything for a c-section.

Now I've delurked, I had better introduce myself.
I live very close to the Olympic site in Sydney with my DH and my DS who is 2
1/2.  When I am not a devoted piggie slave, I am a librarian.  We have three
piggies:  Boronia, Lilac and Millie -- smooth-haired 10-month-old sisters.  

Can guinea pigs swim?
kelvyn.
*No Guinea Pigs were harmed in the writing or sending of this post.

Does anyone have info on feeding pigsters (cooked) potatoes.
They are related to tomatoes,peppers and eggplant
and my pigs have eaten various parts of these other plants with no apparent ill
effects.....ie: tomato and pepper fruit and eggplant leaves..are cooked potatoes

Does anyone familar with the American pet diner Timmy C guinea pig pellet?
How's that compare with the Oxbow cavy cuisine?
What is Yucca? I found that in the description of the American pet diner
Timmy C guinea pig pellet.