Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / November 2003

Hi group,
It's me again and an update of eye injury info.
I just went to Dr. Gurney's web site
(http://www.oginet.com/pgurney/eyeinjuries.htm) and found some positive

Does anyone here know if it's okay to feed guinea pigs pomegranate?  The
outside of the fruit light red and sometimes yellow if unripe, and when you
cut them open they are full of juicy, dark red seeds (that is the part you
eat).  I eat them frequently, and one day I had them in my ...

Are there any Dutch breeders here? I may want to have kids by Monster
so something will be here when he dies. But I don't want like 4
piggies! I would need only 1 perhaps 2.

I have two female guinea pigs (age 2,5 months).
I am thinking about getting another pair of females.
These two new females will be living in their own cage, as I have my
two "old" ones in their own cage.

I have often thought it would be fun to write a short story through
the eyes of a piggy...sort of 'Welcome to my World' or 'A Day in the
Life of .....' Indeed i may do so next winter. Does anyone know of such
a story.....or has anyone written something like this....if so i would

We are now getting Starburst out of his hutch every evening for social time,
which consists of him sitting on a towel on our laps being stroked and
tickled.  We think he likes it, because he makes constant little squeaks and
whistles, and occasionally, if we hit just the right spot ...

   I've been watching this newsgroup for a long time, and this is my first
post.
   I am the owner of 2 beautiful pigsters, Caramel, and her daughter, Mia.
Caramel is a tortoiseshell American, and Mia is an albino

I hope I have that word right.
I'm taking care of a friend's guinea pig for a week while he's out of town
for a week. I've been reading things on the web and here in usenet about
them. One term I've come across a few times is "popcorning". Is that when

christmas is coming ... my web site has new design .... christmas tree ..
snow flake etc ....
also news vidéo of chewbacca .....
lets have a look !

I am trying to breed my guineas and the female keeps bitting the males
bum and chasing him around.  Is this normal, why is she doing this?  I
am taking them both out of their cages and putting them into a
completely different area.  Help please!

You've seen my Starburst messages - now see the pigtures!
http://www.alansworld.info/starburst
Alan

How do I get Princess to eat her vitamin C tablets?  She won't eat the
tablet I put in yesterday, and that container cost a pretty penny...
Any ideas as to how I can make it more palatable?  I really would like
her to eat it; I think it will really make her coat a lot brighter and ...

Just a quick post.
I have two piggies, that don't seem to get along very well. One is mostly
submissive, and the other is very dominant (Milikan). Anyways, I think the
submissive one (Stokes) may have been taken from his mom a little too soon,

I got home from work today to find the barrier breached.
Arthur had pounded away at a weakness in the fence, till
it was no more. The three of them hav spent the day together.
They had time within 10 hours.

we didn't know our dovie was prego- how should we care for her little baby?  
email at timanpat@aol.com
thanks,
first time parents