Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / December 2005

OK, I need a review what what is good bedding for GP and what are bad.
I understand that pine is no good.  But what about Aspen bedding?  Also
is Cedar okay.  Presently I am using newspaper layers, with some cedar,
mix in with pine (until it is gone). And I tear up some newspaper ...

Q. What "tool" does one use for the required "digging" out the cheese?
Any recommendations on shaving the area or not and a post-lancing
cream, or not?  Incision position (botton, top, etc.) ?
Neosporin? (He is bonded to a girl rabbit who grooms him, so the

Dear Group,
Now that Ginger is gone, I am afraid we are spoiling Miss Flash terribly.
We cuddle her from first thing in the morning until last thing at night and
shower her with treats.

I have 2 piggies: George is a rotund, slow-moving piggy while Carlos is a
slim, energetic piggy. I wouldn't normally be concerned about the
differences in their sizes and energy levels, except that George continues
to grow rounder and rounder while Carlos maintains his ...

Hello dear group,
A few weeks ago, I posted a message in which I did mention a weird
scab. I know I did say that it came quickly.  And then I said that it
went away (well, it did fall off a few days after a gentle shampoo

http://www.germandressage.com/education.html
Found on the Ultimate Dressage forum.
For those who care.

Hello. Our pig has a benign cyst or tumor (not sure what the difference
is) right around one of his back legs (verified through bloodwork not
to be cancerous). It's growing quite large - bigger than a golf ball
now. He is happy, lively, eating well, and shows no behavioural

There was a little story in our local newspaper about the 'Moscow Friends
of Guinea Pigs' club. They held a fashion show for the little guys ! I
managed to track down the source and there are a few pics here..
http://en-1.ce.cn/Life/news/photo%20news/200511/28/t20051128_5342462 ...

Hello dear group,
I think Daisy is 4 years old according to when I got her  (anyhow, we
have her Bday Nov 4).
What should I be looking for?  Should she change her food (as in pig

When can you tell that your guinea pigs teeth need to be trimed. I know
how and when to trim there nails bu not there teeth. Yes they have
things to chew on but despite that we had to get busters trimed last
year and I have no clue how to tell if the rest need theres trimed they

We Took one of our 2 guineas to the vet for a checkup and he recommended Oak
dowels for our cavies to chew on.  I'm not too sure about this so I thought
I would ask about it.  What do you think?  What other woods might be good
for the Cavies to chew on.  Ours likes plastic which ...

Okay I got some straight dope on this....
You can have IFOTL without collection but you cannot have collection without
IFOTL.
They are different.  I was wrong to conjecture that IFOTL was a type of

For the first time today my new pig (as yet un-named) ate some tomato...and
now its strawberry season here i know thats all they'll want too. Why do
the little critters like all my favourite food? Sharing is fine but we need
to draw the line somewhere. (Oh My God...I hope they don't ...

Here's a picture of my Harvey and Kiki.          Joanne
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/j.gillespie@nl.rogers.com/album?.dir=/1d0e

Hi all.  My 4 year old cavy Blizzard died Wednesday morning in my arms
while we were driving her to the vet.  She was lying on her back in her
cage when we got up this morning and she had seizures and couldn't seem
to hold herself up as usual when we held her.