Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / April 2006

My kids have decided that the pigs are all bladder, as they just can't
believe the volume they produce, usually when they are just about to be
put down after being held......
We are always guessing who is gonna get it next!  :-)

    I had posted around a week ago about my little one-and-a-half year
old pig, Fred, who was going to have a leg amputated on account of a
tumor that might be bone cancer.
    Fred is a rather strange pet addition to our household, which

Some of you might remember Exodia.  He was diagnosed with kidney
failure back in December.  He gave up the fight today.  He was such a
sweet loving pig and I just wanted to say a few words about him.
He became part of our family in January 2003.  He was so very little.

    I took little Fred into the vet yesterday because he had been
limping on one of his back legs... and although I didn't see any
signs of bumblefoot or spurs on the bottom of that foot, I was
afraid he had gotten injured somehow.  Unfortunately, the problem

hi my aunt just got a new guinea pig because her old one died and she
wants me to name it it is grey and brown with pink eyes and i'm
wondering wat i should call it

We have two mature male gp's (the're about 4 i think) who live i separate
cages. The Big Pig and Homer.  The Big Pig has been on his own for a long
time, but Homer sheared his cage with his brother Ripple unlit recently
when he died. (Ripple got a GI infection and didn't respond ...

I wasn't here at the time, but a a pet specialist came to ours last week
(looking to buy our condo) and she spotted Artie in the cage. Artie has the
typical brown and white markings. I only thought his nose is a bit wider
than any other gp we've had. The only unusual thing about ...

The other day I brought a cat grass pot up for the pigs to nibble on. I
would cut off blades to give them and then put it back near the window. I
was out all day today and when I got home, one of my pigs KNOCKED DOWN one
of the walls to her coroplast (sp?) cage to get to the pot. ...

  how long at a time do you keep your pigs out??  i feel bad leaving them
out for too long cuz there is no water available, i put out their food and
give them their veggies while they are out of their cage, but how long is
too long at a time with no water??

Darla seems to be developing pea eye. It is only in one eye and is
TINY, I don't know why I am even worrying as it isn't affecting her
vision, and she appears to be extremely happy and healthy, the most
lively out of the three.

Does anyone know why my 2 year old guinea pig
eats my rabbits fur( 3 years old). I think it is very strange. He has done
it a few times, don´t know why!!
from, mousy200

I recently posted the post about the ivermectin shots.  I wanted to
show you pictures of Jenny's leg and ear.
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I was in the pet store the other day buying a bag of food when I was told
that after 3 months, pellets go bad. Is this true?