Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / September 2005

I got some good advice from this group a few months ago regarding
mating piggies.  You told me that females over 1 year old shouldn't get
pregnant because it could kill them.  I told this to my son's teacher
who wanted me to mate their classroom pig.  She said that the pig had

I have three piggies which have turned to be a bit wild.
One in particular is a mean piggy that fights the other two. We had so
expand the cage to put her by herself. Plus I've seen that they do something
weird with their teeth, like a grinding noise, when they attack each other.

Have a hamster..good pet. But TODAY, I held a guinea pig
I WANT ONE!!
Tell me the good/bad and if you can, compare em
to hamsters. good and bad.

My wife is bringing a cat in a few days and I have three GPs. Is this going
to be an issue? Does anybody have any experience on this?
The cat is 10weeks old, seems rather quiet and it's male. The GPs live in a
3'x3' cage on the floor, but get floor time twice a day, when they run, ...

hi meee again, i have a question this time. my sister has a guinea pig that
keeps digging. every time she gives him outdoor time he digs holes under the
side of his cage and runs away, then she has to chase him around the garden,
which stresses both of them out a bit. Does anyone ...

Does anyone know where I can adopt a GP in or around Peterborough Ontario? I
wasn't able to get the piggy from my friend.

I have had my piggie Flower for several months now.  I love her very much,
but she won't stop peeing on me every time I pick her up. Every time I want
to hold her I have to go change into different clothes just to do do.  Do
all piggies do this?  Also, she seems to drink a really ...