Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / August 2007

So sometime this week I will taking over the care of a long-haired
male guinea pig.  It's been AGES since I had a long-haired piggie to
care for.   Anything of special interest I should know about.  he's
been a lone piggie for all his life, so I am hoping that I can

I haven't seen any new messages and my last posting (which was several weeks
ago) didn't show up.  Is the list down?

so I come back after a break away and all that's here is MI5 stuff.
What's up with that?

I am hoping someone with guinea pigs and a dog can help me out here.
I have two very young guinea pigs in a pretty darn big closed-in cage
in our family room. They are new to our family - only been here 3
days. I would like to keep them in the family room so they have lots

I have been letting my pigs roam around outdoors in a chicken run and ex-hen
house.  It has a hay floor.  Well, the cats have been getting in there and
playing with the pigs and now there's a flea infestation.  Does anyone know
of a safe but effective method of getting rid of the ...

Last Friday morning, our new guinea pigs were fine as indeed thay had been
all week.
However, on Friday evening, we noticed that one of them had got a runny nose
and was sneezing now and then. He was still lively and behaving fully

How would you best advise administering Baytril, an antibiotic liquid
medicine syrup? We have a syringe for mouth feeding our two new GPs, but one
in particular (Biggun) doesn't like it and he fights to avoid it. The other
one (Freakazoid) is reasonably happy to drink it. We ...

Has anyone used homemade pine chips for bedding for their guinea pig.
I read pretty extensively about how pine can be harmful to their
health if it contains a lot of volatile oils, and that if you let them
sit out and dry they can be safe.

I feed my babies and youngster pigs lots and lots of hay and different
sorts of veggies every day. But what about pellets? I´ve heard they
are supposed to have as much as the want to eat, but I´m not into
that. I´m afraid they will get fat or grow too fast. I give them a

Vedra Stanley-Spatcher at UKs CCT (Cambridge Cavy trust) has just
written a diagnostic guide for Guinea pigs. I have just proof read and
edited it for her free of charge. Unfortunately she had printed 300
copies before I saw it, so if you buy it, let's hope you get an edited

what a lot of squeakers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o31rT0QilvI

Please can you advise us - how should we tame two guinea pigs who get on
well with one another but seem afraid of us? We have seen some improvement
in "tameness" during the last seven days, but would like to know if we need
to do things differently.

I am curious to know the value of a little guinea pig around the world...
Here in New Zealand they range from "free" to perhaps $10 in a pet shop.
I think mostly they are free as they can easily be found through the trade
and exchange magazines..I have heard they can cost up to $400 ...

I've NEVER seen mine close their eyes even when I thought they were
sleeping.  Do they sleep with their eyes open???

Blossom pig died whilst she was with me last Summer aged 6 and a half
after a brief illness and we buried her in the garden. Her soulmate
and sister Cocoa was taken into the garden to graze 2 days later. She
had weak hindlimbs from birth and very poor sight so NEVER ventured