Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / April 2005

I broke a portable cd player's door---latch broke off. Door wouldn't
stay down without taping it shut.
I fixed it with self stick velcro, I put a piece in the botom of the
player and on the top of the door where the latch was.

Timothy Hay is high in fiber--
The  piggers ate it up after I dropped it in the cage---as far as I know
they hav never had it before.
The love it!

I recently lost Pip due to kidney failure and have today recieved two
youngsters whoi I have put in with Chester.  I seem to remember that
boars only cohabit in pairs and currently i have them in a trio.  Does
anyone have experience of whether a trio will be happy together?  They

I have been feeding Ceasar Alfalfa all of his life and he goes crazy for it.
Now I hear that Timothy Hay is a staple of their diet.  Which do you
recomend?

My 4-year-old female gets this white crust-like formation [coating?] on her
nipples. A gentle massage crumbles down the formation, but it will redevelop
in a couple of weeks. Any help / information appreciated. --K

I am a new gp owner, 2 months now, and we just brought home a new
female to go with our other female. They seem fine in the play area,
but when we put them in the cage togetherl, the new pig chases the
first pig around and the first one sceams for her life. The  chasing

Hey, my piggy, Ceasar, has had a triangular patch of hair mising under his
chin, by his neck.  Is this normal?(by the way, he is a male)

My guinea pig has dandruff. He scratches himself quite often. I noticed when
he'd been sitting on a black surface that after he left there was quite much
dandruff on it. What to do?

Hi guys and gals,
Pip, also known as the BFG (Big Friendly Guinea-Pig) died last night at
10:45pm :(  It appears to be the same thing as killed Fudge and Hattie
not long ago; but we are still none the wiser as to what is causing it.

My baby died of old age (7 years).  It was amazing how long she lived, but I
knew it was coming.  Oh well, I'll have to find Ceasar a new buddy.

I have 2 male piggies - Gordon age 6 and a half and Shaggy age 2, who
live happily with big white rabbit Pouncy. Just recently a neighbour
"borrowed" Shaggy for a couple of weeks to put with her female for
mating. The job done, Shaggy came home - and now attacks poor old man

How can I get my pigs to stop soiling under their igloo's? We have them
in the kitchen in an open-top cage with two plastic igloo's. Every day
when I clean up the soiled spots, it's always under the igloos. The
pigs are both female. We use CareFresh bedding, 1-2 inches thick across

...apparently Princess is in heat.  Never seen it before.
Katonia did mount her at one point, which was weird to see!  (Especially
since they're both female.)
Should I separate them, as Princess is also acting a tad aggressive when