Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / December 2003

We have a 7 yr old GP and my daughter wants to get an up ear Rabbit. I heard
you can't have the GP and rabbit together in the same play area? I heard the
rabbit will hurt the GP? Can the rabbit eat the GP grain food or is it the
opposite the GP can eat rabbit food? I know rabbits ...

My 3 yrs old male GP is sitting in a corner making high, fast, squeeky
sounds like i've never hears before. What could be wrong? He looks kinda
frightned. I gave them some hay half an hour ago, and he started running
around making some funny moves. 20 mins later he started doing ...

My daughter's pig, Nicky has one bald spot on his back. It seems he is
nipping at that area with his teeth. What could the causes be, how can I ID
(or at least narrow down) the problem. I realize ther may not be much I can
do to fix the problem until I figure out it's root cause.

Is lemon cleaner okay on the cage?  I haven't been using anything to
clean out Princess' cage besides elbow grease to scrape out any
wet-through shavings, but I'm thinking that once a month it would
probably be a good idea to 'sterilize' the plastic...

Princess is being a pain.  I thought I'd try grinding up the tablets and
coating her pear in the dust last night, like how whoever it was said he
did with romaine lettuce.  So I cut up the pear half into small cubes.
Well, um, she's apparently "gone off" pears.  She ate about half ...

Hello dear group,
We just got back from the vet.  He said that it is a cataract.
I just don't know what to think.
She's still having "some kind of reaction" in the eye - but her vision

We are about as brand-new as you can be to guinea pigs.  My 9-year-old
daughter requested one for Xmas so we had her research guinea pigs (a little
trickery on our part to get her to practice her research skills for
school...) and, after her efforts, decided to get her two males, ...

Hi.  As the subject suggests, I live near Rochester, NY and am trying to
locate someone locally with guinea pigs for sale.  I'd rather not buy one
from the pet store.  Not looking for anything fancy.  I have a one-year old
who could use a playmate.  We like our Gwennie-pig so much ...

Monster has his left eye half closed most of the time. What could this
be? I see no damage or hay stuck anywhere!

Okay, now that I have made the decision, and he is off to be neutered...
I have one more thought. I was thinking that when he got home, maybe
it would be best to put him back home, so he would feel .."I'm home it's
over!"

I picked him up from the vet today, and put him on his side of the fence
for a while.
I'm not sure why he should be alone, but I've heard somewhere  he
shouldn't be with other pigs.

Just wondering how much the average G.P. on this group drinks (water, not
beer : ) ). Mine seem to drink just about non-stop. And of course it all
comes out the other end, and gets very smelly very fast...
So how much do your pigs drink?

I called my mom today, and gave her the word to pick up Arthur for me,
and take him
to the vet. He is going to be nuetered.  I hope they realy do know what
they are doing.

My sow Toffee is 14 months old and pregnant with her third litter (her last
was born in June). She is very heavily pregnant and today has not eaten and
is not passing water or solids. She has been to the vet this afternoon and
she is well hydrated - apparently sometimes sows do go ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
The guinea pigs were sleeping, as quiet as a mouse
Their tiny mugs were sitting on the mantle with care
In hopes that someone would remember them there.