Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / August 2006

I have what I thought was a well adjusted piggy called Scooby who lives in
the house with myself, my girlfriend and a house-rabbit called Bob.
I know that rabbits routinely eat their night-time poops because they are so
good at re-cycling, but in the last few days we have noticed ...

Greetings all.
The little piggie has arrived for her week of being babysat.  She is a
sweet pig.  I do think they have her in way too small a cage but she
seems healthy and happy.  They told me that she is very sweet and loves

Dear Group
I have a two year old female guinea that is eating well however recently is
always messy around the corners/either side of the outside of her
mouth/lips. The fur there gets messy she does not mind you trying to clean

I've finally given in and made a vets appointment for Darla. You may
remember my story back in Feb/Mar, where I took all 3 to the vets
because of Darla's slight wheezy breathing. All 3 were put on Baytri
and Tallulah (who probably didn't even need to medication) nearly died

I am a total novice to piggies but have been a dedicated hamster owner
for years.
Someone that I know casually has asked me to babysit her piggie for a
week while she travels on vacation.   A few years ago, this person

A previous comment has made me quite concerned...
Apparently feeding a lot of spinich can cause bladder/kidney stones. Up
until now my 3 girls have eaten lots of spinach, most days for the past
few months. Obviously now that I know, I will make this more of a rare

I have 12 piggies in all 10 femmale and 2 males we recently lost 2 males now
the male with the last one is starting to cry and is hardly eating we have
tried to put the other piggiey in with him but he constantly humps him and
so that one wont eat.  any ideas or suggestions will ...

decided to put together the old bunk bed for my kid.
she will get the top bunk and I will convert the bottom frame into a
pig cage for her two pigs.
she wants a 3rd pig.  a rough measurement of the area is about 18 sq.

It has been posted by some to only feed Romaine lettuce....  
Why only Romaine Lettuce?  
I know Iceberg is not nutritional and mostly water (I have used it to
hydrate the pigs at times when water was not available temporarily and

Sorry if this has already been posted.
Peter Gurney, the UK guinea pig expert died on 1st July:((
http://www.gpdd.org/peter-gurney.html

Sorry to say I just cannot care for all the pigs my daughter has foisted
upon her just can't say no mother.  Is there any good guinea pig rescue
group(s) in South East Florida?  A Googe search I am sure will turn up
something, but how do I know if a place would be safe to turn the ...

Im a bunny person but my friend has pigs and i said i'd drop a post in here
to see if anyone could help her with her pig, Charlie.
Charlie is about 4 years old, he's been sick for 3 weeks.  When I say sick
i mean he's not eating much and my friend is having to almost force feed

Hello there.  I am a fisrt time guinea owner and have  a few small
concerns. first they are both female from the same litter but Winnie is
much bigger than Pru, they both eat loads. Pru has now started sniffing
Winnie's rear and humping her. Is this normal we have had them both ...

So I have five piggers.  Have raised lots of them and never quite had
one like I do now.
Timeron is our oldest pigger.  He is almost five years old.
This summer I can't keep weight on him at all.  He gets LOTS of

Hi guys, don't know how many of you live in the UK, but today it's 32C
and tomorrow it will be 34. Any of you got any tips on how you keep
your guineas cool?
I have to work during the day, but get back when I can. I keep them