Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / February 2008

...and my 8 month old male Cavy is trying to "hump" the new one, a
baby one, who was listed as a "male" at the pet store.  This new one
looks about a month old or so...  The genitals are not yet defined for
us to properly sex this.

Well, I did it.  I went out and bought 2 more guinea pigs.  I have not
name them yet. They are a brother-sister pair.  One is a short hair, and
the female is a rough hair.  They are mostly black, some white, and a
little cinnamon color.  They were born last Christmas Eve.  Now that

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As responsible pet owners we must be diligent about protecting our
pets from harm. Besides taking care of their basic safety needs and
seeing that they get regular veterinary care, this should also include

I seem to recall...somewhere.....sometime during february it is
International Guinea Pig Day. Does anyone know about this? Just about
everything else has its own special day and I think piggys need one too.
kelvyn.

Well, happily enough, Katonia is NOT pregnant.  She does have a heart
murmur, but it's not serious and she's still energetic, so I don't
need to worry about it too much.
UNhappily, Napoleon's bloodwork came back and his kidney numbers were