Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / October 2005

hi, i am a new owner of a guinea pig and had a couple questions.
first, she doesnt seem to like it when i turn the light out, is that normal?
second, she doesnt like me and my brother at all, keeps running away from us
and NO WAY are we allowed to pick her up.

I was cutting my guinea pig, Ceasar's, nails and I found that hisf ront leg
paw had large hard thing instead of his usual soft pad.  What do I do?
Should I take him to the vet?

So, my hubbie worked hard to build it, and I worked to figure out what
they needed to make it home for them.   And we have happy piggies!
Our boys are on the upper level, the girls on the lower and we have
sawdust on the floor from popcorning piggies!    It's nice to see them

not quite sure if its anything but the smaller one seems a bit warm.
does not seem to be acting any different though....
my book does not mention body temp issues...
Craig

Does your piggie rip a piece of newspaper and appear to play with it.
'Cooter and Riley do this to amuse themselves--sure is cute to watch
Bonnie

My daughter's two piggies have been getting a daily mix of 4-5
different veggies and fruit along with the pellets and hay. Is this
really necessary?  Could they get by with this say 3 times a week
instead of every day?  they seem to be leaving the greens and I'm

About a month ago, I bought 2 guinea pigs.  One was 5 weeks old-the
male, and the other was about 7 month old-the female.  Little did I know
that the female was in her early stages of being pregnant.  She (Hutch)
got bigger and bigger, in my small apartment.  The other male ...

we have two females roughly 6 months old. One has grown decidedly
larger than the other. the smaller one is showing no ill effects but
the size difference is noticeable.  I've seen her eat all the time so
she is not being deprived as I originally thought the other one was

Can I treat my pregnant pig with Frontline, or do I have to wait until the
little ones leave her?
Liss Hege

Whew!  We survived clipping the two of them this afternoon.
Ranks up there with giving a cat a bath!
Craig

Was just looking for ideas for (dare I say it) XMAS, and came across a robot
Guinea called GUPI.  Does anyone know where the website is for it that tells
you more about it and gives you sound clips of what it sounds like...
Thanx

Here's a question for the group:
How long have you ever left your piggies unattended?
Other than being gone during the day, we had never left our piggie
unattended. If we were going to be gone overnight or for a weekend we

Anyone tried Cheerios, Chex, etc?
My son wanted to try out Captain Crunch on them this morning so I
thought I'd kick around the idea of feeding them the
good, healthy, kinds..

Our piggie died last week and the whole family is very sad. I held him
wrapped in a blanket in my arms as he was dying. We have been piecing
together what may have happened or lead up to this and could use some
help trying to understand what went wrong.

I thought I read here somewhere that it was not the best for  cage
tray.  Looking for ways to make a larger cage, The Container Store,
Home Depot, etc have some good metal shelving that can be adapted for
walls but the tray is the big problem I need to overcome.