Gunea pigs.

dogluver101 · 07-15-2006, 11:35 PM

My guinea pigs keep me SOO busy. Having two really ups the poop factor so I spend a lot of money on litter. I think I will swich to fleece bedding and vacum it every day and wash it every week. Does any one have guinea pigs?

GSD lover · 07-16-2006, 06:42 AM

I've got one guinea pig named Raven. She is about 6 years old. She is a sweet girl and loves dogs.

I've been thinking of getting her a playmate but I wasn't sure how guinea pigs are with eachother especially when they are older and used to being alone. I would just like to get her a friend since I work and go to school and don't get to spend as much time with her as I would like to.

dogluver101 · 07-16-2006, 07:53 PM

That would be nice for her. I read somewhere that guinea pigs are herd animals and like the company of another guinea pig.

ilovemychihuahua · 10-19-2006, 02:33 PM

I have 2 Guinea Pigs too!

One is an Adult( Cinnamon) And the other is a baby( Caremel) And the baby has a collection of poop! Just wondering, is it to late to reply?

blackrose · 10-19-2006, 03:59 PM

I also hav a Guinea Pig! Her name is Lucy and she is around....three, maybe? She was a rescue from a neglect situation, so I don't know for sure. When my old Cavy, Chum, died at the age of five, I just had to have another squeaker in my life. Low and behold if someone from my mom's work was trying to get rid of a Guinea Pig!
Lucy is the sweetest, but she is so fat! I don't know what to do to slim her down. I'm only feeding her about 1/4 a cup of food a day and I just bought her a good size cage (4'x2') so she can run, but yeash! The fat is just litterally rolling off of her. I think it has something to do with her being fed cat food before we got her, but I'm not sure.

Ace Of Hearts · 11-12-2006, 03:46 PM

Are Guinea Pigs a hard pet to take care of? It sure sounds like they can be a handful!!

Meghan&Pedro · 11-12-2006, 04:45 PM

I have four - three american shorthair and one silky.

They are very low maintaince pets, and easy to take great care of.

Mine take over my entire dining room - their cage is 4X8'. they love it - and it really cuts down on floor time!!!

ilovemychihuahua · 11-12-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ace Of Hearts

Are Guinea Pigs a hard pet to take care of? It sure sounds like they can be a handful!!

YES and YES!!!! My sis is tired for taking care of her 2 poop masters.

SpottedDog · 11-14-2006, 01:40 PM

Guinea Pigs, I used to have 14 (Full family 28)!

They were sooo sweet but we couldn't take care of them. Our poodles LOVED them! They would lick their fur for them and nuzzle them. They multiplied fast! Here are their names:
Cocoa
Duchess
Wolfie
Calico
Caramel
Albert
Oreo
Raul
Cherry
Sweetie
Nick
Timber
Jenson
Mickey
and Varlouse

marley334 · 04-04-2007, 07:46 PM

I have a guinea pig and her name is Kassie. She is a short-haired
yeah, Kassie sure does poop a lot -- we have to clen her cage twice a week instead of once!!!!

peace36 · 04-05-2007, 10:03 AM

I have 3 little piggies.
Charlie-neutired peruvian male
Chloe-a silkie/amierican/female
Daisy=-Abbisinian/female

I keep them all in a plastic Kiddie pool on top of a cheap round patio table in our family room. They love it they do laps around the the pool they are really fast.

CrzyBritNAmerica · 04-05-2007, 03:19 PM

I no longer have a guinea pig, but Hedwig was a lovely girl when she was alive! The friend that gave her to me said she was 1 1/2 to 2 years and then I had her for 5 years! We think she was around seven year old when she passed away (which I've heard is old for guinea pigs!) but she was very sweet and playful. I don't think I will ever get another one, but I loved her to bits!

Love's_Sophie · 10-18-2007, 11:11 PM

I have guinea pigs; I use pine shavings for mine 7 months out of the year; I change their bedding fully once every week, and scoop wet spots out daily, and refresh the bedding. They are our 'deck dwellers' in the late spring and summer...they love it!

They have a 'house' out there, too, and that gets cleaned thoroughly weekly as well...

TeddieXRuxpin · 10-19-2007, 12:12 AM

I am a tad bit late, but...
I had two guinea pigs about a year and half ago.

I hated useing shavings and they gave one of my piglets an upper reperitory infection from the dust. I switched over to fleece and OMG what a nice change. I had to sweep it out once a day with just a little dust pan and wash the fleece once-twice a week. It was much nicer to look at, sleep on and easier to clean.

I put puppy pads under the fleece and used tape to hold it down and bricks to hld the fleece down so it actually stuck in place.

They liked sleeping on the fleece much more than bedding. Toup'e was never sick again.

Puppy_love_122 · 10-20-2007, 10:42 AM

I have piggies too!!!!!! They are in my siggy. Here are some pigs of them and their cage.

Their names are Chewie and Charlie, chewie is the brown aby and charlie is the tri mixed breed.

There cage is a 2x6 c&c cage which I am switching to fleece TODAY!!! WhooHoo I cant wait I am sooooo Excited! The little half grid part is because there is normally a ramp down unto the floor but it was not there because I had friends over.(normally they have roam of my room)
Here is a pic of their cage, you can see my hammy cage in it too

more in next post......

Puppy_love_122 · 10-20-2007, 10:49 AM

Here is chewie:

yumyum parsley

chewie luvs grass time

Here is Charlie:

mr.royalty

charlie luvs grass time too

There are also pics of them in my siggy and avitar

Teddie x Ruxpin- how do you like the bright colored fleece, I would love to get colors like that but alot of people say they show poos really good. How is yours in that department?

Annamarie · 10-20-2007, 11:59 PM

how cute! i never had a guinea pig but I had rabbits and hamsters

of course you all probably know never to use cedar shavings, but has anyone ever tried care fresh bedding? It's made out of paper pulp and is dust free and the critters seem to like it. It's soft and keeps the smell down.

I've never heard of washable fleece though, tell me more! (not that i'll be getting another tiny critter any time soon but i'm curious!)

Puppy_love_122 · 10-21-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Annamarie

how cute! i never had a guinea pig but I had rabbits and hamsters

of course you all probably know never to use cedar shavings, but has anyone ever tried care fresh bedding? It's made out of paper pulp and is dust free and the critters seem to like it. It's soft and keeps the smell down.

I've never heard of washable fleece though, tell me more! (not that i'll be getting another tiny critter any time soon but i'm curious!)

I have never tried carefresh for my pigs because of the price, it'd cost me like $30 per cage change

but I use it for my hamster.

This link explains fleece and how it works: http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/...ect-study.html

TeddieXRuxpin · 10-21-2007, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Puppy_love_122

Teddie x Ruxpin- how do you like the bright colored fleece, I would love to get colors like that but alot of people say they show poos really good. How is yours in that department?

I no longer have them, but I really didn't mind the bright colors. If anything they helped me make sure I cleaned them all up. I used puppy pads under the fleece that way it didn't soak all the way through to the bottom.

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Originally Posted by Annamarie

I've never heard of washable fleece though, tell me more! (not that i'll be getting another tiny critter any time soon but i'm curious!)

I'm not sure if you're thinking of the right kind of fleece. Fleece is a material you can buy at stores like Joan's and fabric shops. You find blankets, pillows etc. made out of fleece.