Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / November 2004

Last weekend one of my gp's died. Her name was Titch she was 5 1/2 years
old. she had been having problems for a while with her teeth, she had had a
few dentals etc. before that (1 1/2 years ago) she had ovarian cysts and
needed to be spayed. The vet was amazed at how long she lived ...

Is the life span of a MALE guinea--the same as a female?
Most of my 9 girls lived VERY CLOSE to 5 years (within months before
they turned 5 they died.   I gave them great care?
A few lived way past 5-- (or died just weeks) before that sixth

the little guys were kinda itchy, seemed they were scratchunbg a LITTLE too
much, so we gave them a bath and sprayed them with flea, etc stuff. This are
pictures of the newest guy, Little's, first bath--too adorable!!
Bath Time: http://www.robinmilim.com/Little/little.htm

I have two pigs. A friend gave me another cage that was bigger than the one
I had them in so I moved them both into it. They are both females and they
tend to fight a bit. I'm not sure if it is called fighting.. They just get
too close to each other and they bicker. I moved one ...

I have the pigs for 2 weeks, since bringing them home, their urine on
the tissue papers looks light orange/brown.  Is this normal?  They are
healthy, playing, eating pellets, cilantro, carrots, young celery with
leaves and timothy hay.  They drink water just fine.  No weeping eyes,

Are there any good guinea pig message boards
Been having trouble the petfinder.com
Bonnie

I need information about what kind and size of a cage or a tank for 2
guinea pigs? The only thing I can think of is, is a 2 or 3 story multi
level cage, if that's ok to use? And with or without the wire bottom
cage? Any special food to give to them besides the guinea pig pellets,

How many guinea pigs have you had/do you have?
i've read most of your posts and to me it sounds as if you've owned quite a
few (lucky you)I've got 3 at the moment, and am relatively new at caring for
guinea pigs. I'm going to get another girl next week too, because she is

Some things just make me so happy I can barely breathe.
The presence of my darling Princess in my life is the most perfect thing
to ever happen to me.
I look at her, and sometimes my heart just feels so FULL... it presses

Two days or three days ago I gave the pigs some wheat straws and they
ate it all in one day.  Yesterday I gave them 2 brussel sprouts.  I also
bought some more timothy hay for them.   Hope the brussel sprouts and
the wheat straws didn't aren't bad for them? As long as I won't give

whats everyones thought on this food?? my little guy just  loves it the
more i give him the happier he is.

does anyone know the guinea year 2 person year? like 1 human year =7 dog
years. i've been wondering about this.

We've got two guinea pigs, each about 3-4 months old, both female.  One is
white with pink eyes (quite large), and the other is a bit smaller (and a
few weeks younger), and a brown colour.
Over the past 5-6 days, the brown guinea pig has seemed to be a bit unwell.

Scooter..........!
I think he LIKES it.
He climbed in my shirt last night.... the lil' stinker!
He is settling in and loves to be held.

Bought two new male pigs.  See pictures of them and maybe you'll think
of a name for one pig for us?  I could not think of any.  
http://community.webtv.net/McDonald24364/GuineaPigs
TJ