Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / July 2005

Can guinea pigs eat mushrooms and avocados?  Are there any fruits and
veggies that are bad for them that they shouldn't eat?

When I had gp's there cage was in a protected carport. My daughter
wants one  and would like the cage in her bedroom.  There is space
enough for a 3x2 cage.  My memory has faded as to how noisy gp's are.
Would having them in her room soon turn into a nuisance for her? Will

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Somebody posted a site awhile back on making your own cage using
Coroplast and grids....thought I saved it, but can't find it....anybody
got it?

I have recently acquired a new male guinea pig about 2 months old.  Over the
past few days, a round spot of hair on his hindquarters has fallen out and
the skin underneath is dry and scaly looking.  He doesn't seem to be itchy
or in pain and the other piggy purchased at the same ...

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I put a few pics of my guinea pigs on my website.
Here is their new C&C cage:
http://www.kizandjenn.com/July2005/guineapigcage.jpg
Here is my lethal white, Snowball:

Does anyone have a link to a webpage about the subject??
Anja and the Herd

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I have a guinea pig and there is always a constant brown mess in the bottom
as if he has a control problem. I even clean the cage every other day. There
are brown stains all over the cage, the wall, and even him! I bet that I
could bleach the wall and cage...but how do I go about ...

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I finally finished the C&C cage tonight and put the boys in to play.
They're doing so well I put all their cage furniture in and I'm going to
leave them in unless they start fighting.  No sign of it yet.  Thet're
walking and running all over, going in circles, in and out of the

We're watching my son's teacher's female for this week and then for
the whole month of August.  We put her on the floor with our male and
they really hit it off - cooing and squealing.  We asked his teacher
if she would like them to mate and she said yes.  We'll do it in

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