Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / February 2007

Well this post is a little sad. As i write, my very,very old and long-time
friend and pig,Chuckles, is slipping away. She can no longer eat. Sometime
ago she had a stroke and lost the use of one back leg, now both back legs
do not work. She cannot stand or walk. I give her water ...

I had 6 guinea pigs living with me in my apartment.  Tonight, I am
down to 5.  Hutch died in my arms tonight.  I am not sure what happen,
but it happen too quickly.  Yesterday she stopped eating and drinking
on her own.  She became very quiet and less energenic.  Her heart beat

Ok, we started off with just one Guinea pig not knowing she was
already pregnant at 6 weeks. Tinny had 2 babies, and we gave away one
and kept the one I thought was the girl. Well fast forward and Tinny
had another litter. I thought I was doing good with telling the sex,

i was wondering but they been using aspen right now. since money is
tight thought try that if it is good for them.

Well, my little sweetie seems to have rather soft poops.  In fact,
they're sometimes so soft that they're barely formed.  That used to
happen if I gave her a piece of an apple or pear.  So I stopped giving
her any fruit.  It also used to happen if she had two bunches of

Hello everyone... A week ago, we bought our first 'lil piggies - gosh
they are soooo cute! ;-) We named them Brownie and Schnubbi - 2 boys.
Both piggies are about 9 weeks old, they seem so afraid of us and hide
in their box everytime we are around. If we are around the whole day -