Yay the new thread is up..just saw it lol. Let me spam a few of my old piggy pics since I think most of you have not seen it b4, I think i posted them in V1 long long ago.





Heres my C&C cage with their hammock and cube.


My sheltie Piko



My black roan Sheba, Eevee =)

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Apr 17 2009, 10:53 PM

Roan is a type of coat color, black mix white(hence the greyish coat). Sheba guinea pig is a breed of semi long hair guinea pig, usually originating from Peruvian mixed with Abysinnian. Its a fancy name for a mix breed that looks like that lah , although in Australia they do purposely breed Shebas.

I think he meant she could bury the GP as stated in the 1st line, then was giving some comment on feeding a GP that doesn't want to eat.

If they are together since babies then they should not fight as long as there are no females nearby.

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Apr 18 2009, 11:55 PM

Haha Hello I'm kinda broke after buying 1-2 months supply of pet items.

So sorry to hear the news. Don't feel bad though. There's benefits to neutering a male too, hope he recovers fully in time.

I use cat carrier to transport my GPs to vet.

Sometimes teeth trimming is needed if they are overgrown ma, don't blame yourself further for what happened. Complications with surgery happen now and then, sometimes also hard to say if its the vets fault. Keep us updated on how your GP is doing

You can try to pick out the GP and put her on your lap and pet her. After she settle down on your lap, give her a few small size treats like bits of carrot or rolled oats. Talk to her, pet her, feed her... sooner or later she will get used to you. I owned my GPs more than 1 year already but sometimes they still run away when I try to pat them in their cage but sometimes they are just fine with it. See mood I guess.... mostly I think they are ruled by their appetites Bring out food sure come running and wheeking.

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Added on April 20, 2009, 3:48 pmIn some cases they might break their top or bottom teeth due to chewing to hard on cage bars if they have that habit. Then the leftover teeth gets overgrown because of lack of grinding with the broken teeth. If like that then no choice but to trim the teeth until the broken teeth grow back. I have had cases where my pets teeth never grew back after being broken though . Then they need teeth trimming for life. So anyhow still need to keep checking their teeth regularly to make sure the teeth are fine.

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Apr 20 2009, 03:48 PM

Not sure... but with my pets, I found out the hard way that its better to trim it early... one of my pets, the teeth was extremely overgrown coz I was hoping she could grind them down herself after the 1st few trimmings. Ends up when I finally tried to trim it, she accidently bit herself with those long teeth when she struggle and her mouth was bleeding all over.

Its probably for the vet to decide how long is too long I guess.

You can try Petsmoore. At times they have a lot of cute GP to choose from. Theres a couple of cute GP I saw at Petshack a few days ago as well.

So fast Petshack no more GP? I just saw them on Saturday which is 4 days ago.

Yea true what you said about Pet Safari, the small pets there are so pitiful.

Just check out any pet shops. As long as the GP have no fungus/parasites on them its safe to buy. I would say that 80% of pet shop guinea pigs are infested by parasites or skin disease. Make sure to check properly before buying.

Try not to buy Delikate for GP, I think it has those hamster food inside (nuts/ seeds) which is really not part of a Guinea Pigs diet. Delikate seems to provide very similar food for all types of animals which I think is the reason the price is cheap.

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Added on April 23, 2009, 12:32 pmDepends on pet shop. I would say Abys are around 40 - 80

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Apr 23 2009, 12:32 PM

I think I read somewhere that most GP have dormant mites, then living condition will determine if they come out to infect the skin badly or not. Those GP in some pet shop have more than mites though, they have BIG BIG kutus on them!

GP with white/black fur is easy to see the parasites. On black fur, the eggs of the parasites can be seen clearly. On white fur, you can see the parasites themselves moving (geli! ) For the skin disease thing , look at their ears and eyes area if got like dandruff or flaky skin. Then for the body, see if got any areas thats balding until can see the skin. (Note that most GPs are bald in a small area directly behind the ear. That one is normal)

If not mistaken I think its mainly for lice. Mites I think they use Ivermectin jab to cure it, coz mites can live under the skin, but lice is on top.

Yes, Hagen pellets don't contain good ingredients. If you want to switch to better brand you can go for Kaytee or Cavia Complete although in my opinion Oxbow is still the best. I used to buy it from Singapore but now its available in KL.

WHen I bought my 2 girls, they used to fight also. The bigger one always chase and bully the smaller sized one. It got quite bad at one point. Later on I upgrade their cage to a bigger one (C&C Cage) and they stopped fighting. I guess it was more of a space issue. The bigger one doesnt want to share her space.

I guess he is full from the vege? Maybe you can feed the hay first in morning, then when he finish most of it only feed the vege.

Oh yea, I also seperated mine bcoz they were fighting, the the smaller one start to wheek loudly for the whole day non stop. So in the end, put them back together

You can buy the better brand now and mix mix feed with the Hagen, so its easier for them to adjust to new brand.


Timothy can feed start from any age. Alfalfa feed till around 6 months old. You can mix it for them now lo, bcoz if too late intro timothy they might not want to eat it after being used to alfalfa.

2 months old is OK age for GP to be sold. They are born fully developed, unlike other rodents, so actually by 6 weeks old they no longer need milk already.