Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / June 2004

Just what is safe and what isn't? I don't want to look down a list with
10 gazillion things on them. One week Pokey likes mushrooms....then he
turns his nose up at them. I bought a package of veggies has broccoli,
carrots, snow peas, and celery. He seems to say no thanks to that too ...

Just thought I'd let everyone know that Hattie is much improved and has put
about 300g back on now she's eating again.
Thanks for all your advice.
Stuart and co

My friend's piggy is pregnant and I'm wondering how I might introduce
Pebbles to her roommate when she comes. Any ideas?
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Samantha

I was reading Paul's post about his poor sick little piggy and feel so
bad for him. There have been a few posts lately about sick friends and
of course the first suggestion is always take them to the vet.
Unfortunately, vets aren't always an option for everyone. There was

I just thought this was a cute moment! Pebbles looking out at Tara the cat.
http://www.1334beachwood.com/pig.html
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Samantha

Hi group,
I finally got a picture of Daisy on-line, but it's a really bad one!
www.butler-online.com/daisy.html
Anyhow, at least you can see a bit how pretty she is!

Just wondering if Red Radish Leaves are OK to feed a pig. I couldn't find
anything on red radishes or their leaves. Are they OK? Thanks!!
Kip

I have a cavy for 2 months now & I got her when she was about 2 months old.
I noticed that she doesn`t eat slices of apple for last couple of days, and
I suspected that something might be wrong. And it was, i checked her teeth
today, and she didn`t have one on lower jaw, and the ...

ok, so last night i went to play with lily for our nightly time together and
i noticed that she is all fluffed up.  I got her out and noticed that she
had diahrea.  I had gotten lily from a pet store very young and pregnant.
While she was pregnant she had gotten diarhea from ...

I am posting this from another group that I am on......not a guinea pig
group.  I don't know about guinea pigs and am not sure what to tell this
girl.  Hopefully someone here will have some suggestions for her.....please?
I will send any replies to her right away.  She is very ...

Hattie seems to be off her food and has dark green diarrhoea.
She's just been sitting in her cage doing nothing though we gave her a
little milk by syringe and she perked up a little and started drinking fro
her bottle again then.

Hi dear group,
After a sleep-less night, with Daisy on my knees, I'm very seriously
worried about an total change of environment for her.
Both pig sitters seem very competent.  I will most likely go with the

I have just cleaned my piggy's cage and went from Pine shavings to Aspin. Is
this one safe for her?
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Samantha

Anyone know where I can find those cube grid things that people make cages
out of in Canada? I'm looking for something that is better than the lizard
tank I'm housing my pig in right now and I have two killing machines (cats).
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I have to guinea pigs and they have sawdust and newspaper in they cage. In
their sleeping bed they have sawdust and hay.
When the weather is hot they like to sleep out side in the cage bit of there
hut.