Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / December 2004

I'm not quite sure what to make of this. Just seen an ad in the paper for
Hamley's Toy Shop, London. Selling battery operated toy guineapigs complete
with little kennels of hay. Either:
Children will at least practice on the inanimate and therefore the living

Do you have allergy to guinea pigs---and you still have them, how do you
cope with dander?
Bonnie

Scooter had an orange slices today.  He was reluctant--but eventually
munched 'em down.
Orange pulp hits you in the eyes....
He'll probably get a girl for Christmas........That'll perk him

I bought a guinea pig for my daughter for Christmas and I'm looking for a
cage for the little guy. Peanut is his name. If anyone has a cage to sell of
donate I would much appretiate it. Please reply to this add or to Eric
MacDonald at ericmacdonald@sympatico.ca

Katonia came home with me today from the Humane Society.  :)
She is SOOO little!
I built her cage using an underbed Rubbermaid storage container and the
cubes.  I still need to buy her a proper hay rack and an igloo (purple

Fleas will take over your house when you own guinea-pigs, so better
throw them away or the fleas will eat you, too !

Yes, Dogs and piggies can do just fine together.
I had a shepherd cross who used to cuddle up with them on the couch,
claimed the babies as her own, sulked when I found them new homes, and
cleaned up after them when they had floor time.  She would carry them

There is a new guinea pig forum avaible at the following address:
www.guinea-pigs.co.uk
Please check it out!

OK!  I am nearly convinced about this fleece idea.  I was out Christmas
shopping and my wife insisted on going to a fabric store.  They had
loads of fleece fabric on sale in their scrape piles.  So what do I do?
I am thinking that I should throw down a whole Sunday paper on both

I want to know is corn cobs bedding good for GP?  And also to mix other
bedding in with the corn cobs?
TJ

We now have two guinea pigs. My younger daughter named the big agouti grey
one "Marquis de Lafayette" as she is a big fan of the history of the
American Revolution. That he would squeal in French, "oui! oui!" seems like
frosting on the cake. The small dark brown one my older ...

I have two new guinea pigs. Little girls called honeybun and sweetheart.
I have no idea about guinea pig behaviour.  They have a large cage, I
ensured I got one made big enough.
They keep chasing each other round the cage and jumping on each other. They

I love the polar fleece as bedding...it is really working out well and
so easy.....
I just bought a Black & Decker Dust Buster 7.2v handheld vacuum...it's
bagless and cordless...needs to be charged.  It cost $18.95 plus

hi everyone! does anyone know if feeding a guinea pig some grass (that has
never been sprayed with chemical stuff) from my backyard would be okay?

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The smaller one was her first cage.