Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / June 2007

It is very quiet now that Monster has passed on. :-( No guinea pig
conversations anymore :-|

I can't afford to keep them anymore and my husband wants them gone.
Anyone in the 705 area code PLEASE email me if you want them.
There are two of them. Both girls. One is a diva and the other loves
to be touched. Their cages are starting to fall apart so if you have

I posted a while ago when I had a baby guniea pig, unfortunantly he didnt
make it and passed away. My vet believed the pet shop where I got him from
took him away from mum way to soon but said I'd done a good job and gave him
a good short life.

in case no one has gone there yet, lots of videos....
a news report from England on guinea pig races, 3 pigs "fighting"
over a cucumber,look for the young one hopping up a flight of stairs.
these guys can really climb when they want to!

Sad news again. Monster after is last ordeal was fine for some time.
This morning I found him in convulsions. he was sctracthing and
crawling on hi side, and looked like swimming dog. All his legs were
..like bicycling and his back was in an arch. head backward.

My daughter's guinea pig has been with us about a month and I was
wondering about this curious quirk. What's it all about when the
animal shivers and then leaps high into the air? is it happy? Is it
itchy? Is it just trying to freak me out?

Went too a pet store today and my husband and I caught a kid of about
12 holding a lovely lil guinea pig up in the air by only its ear
making it shreek at the top of its poor lil lungs. My hubby a big EX
Cop yelled at the kid " hey what the &^%^ are you doing you lil B*&$@!%

I have been using the free version of kintraks breeding software to keep my
cavy records and calculate inbreeding coefficient. The program produces
beutiful stats instantly but I need to know what is the maximum inbreeding
percentage before things start getting dangerous (like ...

Went too a pet store today and my husband and I caught a kid of about
12 holding a lovely lil guinea pig up in the air by only its ear
making it shreek at the top of its poor lil lungs. My hubby a big EX
Cop yelled at the kid " hey what the &^%^ are you doing you lil B*&$@!%