Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / March 2006

Held Lola this morning and one of her nostrils seems to have brown gunk
in it (still air hole for her to breath clearly) and she sneezes every
now and then. Could this be a URI? She is still lively and has a good
appitite. The other two also sneeze every now and again but that seems

What kind of fruits  do you feed your GP?    Mine just do not seem
interested in anything other than regular food...
nikki

 How much Hay do u put in the cage at a time? is it a food they eat, or
just a comfort in the cage???
thanks
nikki

Hi, folks
Does anyone know how long is too long for a gp's upper teeth to grow? I know
they can't be so long as to start to curl under. I checked my boys' mouths
the other day, and their upper teeth are all about a half inch long. Is it

After a fight that lasted a year, last night, at 01:10 AM, my best
friend in the world died peacefully in my arms. Once I am emotionally
capable I will write down his complete story and post it here. Right now
I'm still a mess, because just 15 minutes ago we had a small ceremony ...

I desperately want to make my three girls a bigger cage. At the moment
they are in roughly a 6 sq foot cage which I know is too small. The pet
shop convinced me that it was big enough, but now that they have grown
I feel that they need more running room. Also, I would like to put

I forgot to put my guinea pig's medication back in the fridge.  Is it
still safe to use or should I go get a new one?

my daughter has two and desperately wants a third. the two she has are
all black and all brown and
really wants a tri-color.
the cage she has is 28 x 44 inches.

Hi! I'm new to this board and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it.
I just got two baby girl guinea pigs (about 3 and 4 months old) named
Ginnie and Jenny.  Jenny, I noticed had started losing the hair on her
front limbs, and a few days later started getting a scaly looking right

Scooter, Riley, Dillen have a couple of guests....
Plash a boy and Peppie a girl are slumbering with me---
Pep is in with neutered Scooter and Flash in his own digs.....
Pep and Scoot are getting along great eating timothy hay

well i wanted one for months.well they say looks like i picked a girl
piggy out. she has a blackface white mid section and a little brown.now
i got to name her.she is 2 to 3 months old.i just knew she was for me.i
had no problem picking her out.you get that feeling hey this one ...

I just started growing cat grass for my two cats and they don't seem to want
anything to do with it. Can I feed it to the pigs?

I posted a pic of Cookie and her baby Weeblet over at
alt.binaries.pictures.animals, if anyone is interested. Weeblet is two weeks
old today.

This news snippet is taken from the BBC News site....the farm is in the
UK...
Guinea pig farm officially closes.
...A farm that has been breeding guinea pigs for medical research and has

Flash is due for surgery (3-15-06)--removal of his tumor.  His "mom" is
a little worried.
Our thoughts and our prayers go with him
Will post an update---when he returns from the hospital; he should be