Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / May 2005

Hi,wondered if anybody could tell me if guinea pigs can be mixed with
hamsters .
Thanks..Graham

I haven't been reading this NG for almost 2 years.  Does Nancy DeMarco
still lurk around?
The past year has been difficult.  I lost my 16 yo golden retriever, who
loved my guinea pigs very much.  The day before I put her down, my

      My daughter usually feeds her two Guinea Pigs store bought dry
food as well as a variety of fruits and vegetables to round out their
diet. But last week, she ran out of dry food without telling me, and for
two days they received nothing but lots of vegetables and hay. They ...

I was in Petsmart today and say a hairless guinea pig labelled as "Skinny
Pig".  Apart from a few bristles on it's nose it was completely hairless,
and very cute!  Does anyone know if these animals are good for peole with
allergies?

My daughter had two guinea pigs. Although we where told by a vet that she
had two females, this turned out to be wrong (or a miracle). They had pups
and everything was going well until about 6 or 7 week.
We went to feed them in the morning as usual when to our horror we

My five month old gp Hazel has hurt her left front leg, it started last
night. She is holding it up in the air when she walks, she does put it
down on the ground when she is resting and her toes do seem to spread
out ok. But when she trys to lay down she does not seem to get ...

Hi group,
Just a quick line to share the latest developments with you. I have one (now
neutered) boar (Sebastian) and three sows. Two of them are Sebastian's
daughters from the same litter, so they're sisters. I used to have all three

I have just visited my eight or so guinea pigs all sitting pretty in their
cage ready to be fed.
One of my female guinea pigs was looking a  bit dishevelled and on closer
inspection found a white lump sitting on her coat. I checked this lump which

I just got two female guinea pigs.  When they pee where we can see it (in a
basket while changing their cage)  the urine is a milky yellowish white
color.  Is this normal?