Yeah I know can post there, but I don't wanna post there yet. I prefer to offer to ppl that are interested and care enough about Guinea pig to be in this thread rather than ppl that see free stuff and wanna grab it. Haihz...

hummm..my Nubby wont eat other types of veg other then the butterhead salad lettuce....he never had diarrhea yet...he wont take other type of veg...or fruit...=_=" not carrot also....

Fresh vege is best to feed during evening/night time~ that time.. all those nutrients in the veges are best absorbed into their bodies Btw my girls never ever liked the hay cake. Its coz its soooo compact, they gotta like really chew to take out the hay to eat.. so they use it just to chew.. not eat lol.. i still prefer loose hay.. Best!!

Don't worry reveur, you can always scan and question your adopters.. if they dunno what to answer you, clearly they know nothing about GPs actually its the same... hahahaha you post in here also those who see free stuff sometimes come here and survey~ but up to you good luck finding them new and good homes

Hmmm... like that i gotto go buy timothy hay liao lor...
As i'm not sure the previous owner giv me the hay is which type wor..
I feel its abit dry.. Maybe that's y he doesn't like to eat it..

Hitz~ where do you stay? maybe i can recommend you some things to get for your blackie ^^

Oooh Oooh, I have another question

The other day i bought timothy hay from pet shack. Self pack one. Do they or anyone else sell self packed pellet too?

I'm stay at Cheras area..
Anything to reccomend to my notti blackie?

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Added on May 6, 2009, 11:40 amMy blackie seem to eat all kind of vege wor.. But i think he like carrot and broccoli best..
He also like to eat fruits wan... hehehe.. really like piggie.. wat also eat...

This post has been edited by hitz: May 6 2009, 11:40 AM

Self packed pellets are usually not good better go for Oxbow.. a little pricey.. but very good! Petshack don't sell self packed pellets i think.. only for bunnies.. if im not mistaken.

my laddies will eat other vege, but lettuce is their most favourite, I usually serve them 1 type of vege + 2 carrots in the morning, at most of the time they will eat the carrots first, but if the vege I serve is lettuce, they will dump carrots behind... =.=


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btw
I found a good basket for bring gps out, post up pic later

This post has been edited by Xiawa: May 6 2009, 11:57 AM

Me gp eat a lot a lot a lot of pellet. lol

They go through one pack in 2 weeks flat!

I wanna seeee~ how much was it xiawa?

yeah GP are big eaters.. can't blame them also hahaha..

How many gp do u having? Mine can last about 1month..
since i only got 1 gp at the moment and feeding them fresh vege...
Another 1 coming soon..

i got 4. LOL

1 Mommy, 2 Growing Sister and 1 New born growing really fast sister/brother

4 is still ok... I can't imagine Jacklene's and Juztiny's food stock is like @@ sure spend a lot ahahha~

I need bigger cage. Any idea where can get big big cage that is suitable for 4 gp and not too expensive?

3ft is suitable for 2 GP's.. (about RM150+) any larger we dont have here in Malaysia.. Best is C&C cage.. (cubes also hard to find here) u might have to split them into 2 cages..

if all female its nevermind huhu.. but that small GP of yours.. if its male then its dangerous.. they could breed. And if they come from the same parents - inbreeding.

Wow I can't tell you how happy I am to bump into this thread. I have tried looking for a guinea pig thread since last year and before but couldn't find a satisfactory one or it's mostly long abandoned...so I just stopped coming into this thread...until now! I was searching for something and bumped into this. SO COOL!

I have a guinea pig called Pepiku which I bought and brought back from India back in early 2005. He was born on Christmas Day 2004. It was meant to be a gift to a Czech classmate but she couldn't bring it back to Czech Republic due to Lufthansa's policy for rodents(yeah poor Pepiku's considered a rodent) on airplane...so he ended up having a Czech name and coming home with me through MAS Cargo(very good service). That's also the reason why I ended up only having one gp rather than two for company coz if I get a male, I was afraid they might fight to death and I can't get a female coz my mom was already freakin' up when I brought him back.

And now he's going to be 5 years old which is quite old for a gp. He's not as active as before, not popcorning much. Most of the time he just squeaks for food or sleeping/relaxing with his head tilted or making his body look really really flat out... Ever since I changed his cage to a bigger one(long long time ago), he couldn't recognize the water bottle or wanted to get near it. No matter how I coaxed him, he just refused. So I just just give him adequate vege to give him enough liquid in his body. He loves to be pet on the head and under the chin gently but hates it if you touch below his waist or carry him.

Since last year, he suffers from impaction. Because he's getting old, his bowel muscles got weak and he wasn't able to poop properly, so all his poo poo just form into a huge ball and come out as a huge well...shit ball... Timothy hay helps ease it.

For some time now he's been shedding a lot of fur, in patches so I suspected parasites. My sister brought him to Dr Yeoh last year but it wasn't a satisfactory experience. According to my sis, the doc asked a female assistant to scrape Pepiku's skin(he was in pain) and used torchlight to check his body then just said there's nothing and gave him an injection. And now Pepiku still has the same problem and getting worse. I tried looking for good vets but found out that in Malaysia, it's usually just vets for dogs and cats but rarely good ones for guinea pigs. So I just saw a recommendation here for Dr Jenny so might try going to her. I hope she's good(and I mean professionally good) at treating guinea pigs.

Another thing that's been bugging me for some time now, has any of you thought about how you're going to manage a gp's dead body? One day they're all gonna die, what do you do? Is there somewhere to bury our beloved gp? I was thinking of my garden but afraid I don't have the strength to dig deep enough...

wow he's even older then rex (i think who is around 3 year old??)

try DIY the cage...like mine..i made is out of mounting board...

btw...if nubby only likes to eat one kind of veg will it be ok? coz he really wont touch other type of veg...or fruit...

I spend about RM300 a month just on GPs' pellet excluding hay. And that is only on Hagen brand of pellets.

I did think of changing to a better brand, but after calculating, really cannot afford to change. The only think I could substitute is more fresh veg for them.

I also tried on a cheaper brand, loose pack type for just 1 pkt, and my GPs lost weight tremendously. So still Hagen is consider quite good and economy for me.

There are pet cremation and memorial services available in KL one of them is www.petmemorial.com.my but trust me they are not cheap.. i think there are a few.. if ever my pets time has come to leave me.. i will bury in mother's garden..

@Juz - 300 per month im currently spending about Rm80-90 for my 2 girls per month.. That's not counting the fresh fruits and veges i buy every week =x