I just attempted again to toilet train my GP. This time I put a hay rack and water bottle next to their toilet. The result is my GP lie on the litter box whole day, jus reach out the neck to drink and eat only

Sugar how u get the piggie fur out of your fleece? That part is always headache for me, haha

lol yealo... I can't take out all the fur and it bugs me, hahahahaha...so I didn't try using fleece or other fabrics anymore for bedding. My mum would kill me if I use her washing machine for my pet fleece

As I am reattempting to toilet train my GPs... my sheltie also sits in the litter box all day and her long fur got really dirty. Had to bathe her again less than 1 week after her previous bath coz she was horribly dirty. But if I put the "grid" on top of the litter box then they won't use it. Headache, hahah..

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There is 1 white color grid thingy that comes with the box, but if I put it, they wont use the litter box, thats the problem. They are still not fully litter box trained, still sometimes peeing around the newspaper...then sitting on it, lol..... So now the only way to keep them clean is change the newspaper 2 times a day and the litter box shavings everyday. Seems the litter box training makes even more work for me, LOL

You can buy for photo taking purpose if you like...haha... I dress my piggies up in mini hats and scarfs each xmas for photoshoot.

I think I will get my piggies more used to peeing n pooing in the toilet box b4 trying to put a grid on top again. Using water is economical I guess, nvr occured to me to try it tho, somehow feels geli to me to imagine all the poos floating around in their "piggy" toilet bowl, haha

Hi chamy, after female GP give birth they go into heat again so probably thats why the males fight. I guess you need to put their cage far apart so they can't smell the female

It has teeth. Once baby GP are born they can eat solids adi

I think if can smell then it will affect them... maybe need to put the cage at different area

My GP already had 3 baths in the space of 2 weeks... lol... toilet training lazy GP is a chore. My sheltie is sleeping in the dirty litter box everyday. Although I clean it daily, but coz she pee n sit in it, the fur is all dirty. Then when the other GP want to use the toilet oso cannot == Feel like cutting her botak adi, haha.... I think end of the week I need to try putting the grid back on the litter box and hope they still use it...

This post has been edited by jaswwp: May 25 2009, 05:23 PM

Oo Scarlette vry cute leh.



grats juztiny. Waiting for its cute pics.

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Added on May 28, 2009, 9:35 amHaha..posted at same time as you, just saw the pics...nice baby you have there

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Oh I remember the Harlequinn at the Cheras petshop...got 1 left there when I went, so tempted to get it... luckily didn't lo since as you said they probably were not healthy.

Sorry for the loss Juztiny. All the best for the rest of your newborn piggies.

From what I read, the reason why sows living in the same place might bite and chase newborn, is to get their survival instinct up, so that they are alert and have good reflexes from young. I guess this is important in the wild. Unfortunately some babies do not survive the harassing, coz here in a cage they cant really run away from whichever adult pig is biting them.

Sorry this had to happen to you. Sometimes its really quite hard to tell the gender of young GP. My personal experience with Dr Jenny was ok so far, must be just bad luck on your side. =( Hope things get better for u

My frens GP got pregnant at 4 weeks old. Was pregnant when bought back from the pet shop. Gave birth to 2 babies but both died Too early pregnancy is hard on mum and babies.

The mum was fine, just the babies were not.

Yes as you said, Hay is considered staple food for GP and rabbits. I guess for some other small animals, it can be a supplement.

Having some headache with my Sheltie lately. She suddenly started to loose her hair in huge chunks! Strange thing is the bald areas look like normal healthy skin, no scabs or anything. This started ever since I started litter box training. Not sure if its the result of sitting in the toilet often in the wet shavings. I did put a toilet mat on top but her fur can still touch the shavings under the mat. But if it was I thought the bottom areas would be affected, but shes losing hair at the sides and top of her back.

I changed the Chipsi shavings in her litter box to something else in case shes allergic to it. I guess it cant be that shes allergic to the toilet mats I put around her cage. Weird.... I gave her a bath and put some neem melts on her, hope her hair sstarts to grow back if not its another trip to the vet.

Yeah now I'm using back a mixture of the Oxbow hay based pellets and my leftover Aspen bedding from some time back. Previously I discontinued it coz it was too powdery and didnt absorb too well. When I finish it I'll go back to breeder celect. All this while I had been Tierwohl (Also from Chipsi) and they were fine with it, but the Pets Wonderland branch I usually get it from just closed down so I bought the regular chipsi instead.

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Added on June 8, 2009, 5:22 pmYour GP is a mix just like my GP in my signature But its still really pretty!

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