Yes, it is strong if you are putting them indoor. But if you are only keep one or 2 gps and change the bedding everyday, should be no problem.
Last time got one visitor came to my house, and he asked me how come my house has cow dunk's smell. So embarrassing......

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Added on January 26, 2010, 10:57 pmNever experience this before, not sure how to help. But may be you can try this method, use the normal saline (contact lens use type of saline water) rinse the eye, and wipe off the excess discharge. Do this as frequent as possible. This method was thaught by my vet when my puppy had its eyes surgery.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Jan 26 2010, 10:57 PM

sigh.....new update...... This mornin my Fluffy gt the same problem again...she cant stand up...and very weak...so I decided to rush to the vet again....and gt 4 injection again, after tht she get better a bit...but still nt very well, thn due to having another afternoon class, I left her there coz no one at home to tk care of her.After class,we rush to the place again, and she seems very very weak...the vet said she hd to inject her another 2 times few hours b4....so means alrdy 6 times today in total....nt even 2 or 3min we had conversation with the vet... she suddenly stop breathing..........and confirmed dead d......cn u imagine?she has been waitin to see us for the whole day before she tk her last breath........anyway.....Im glad she died in a very peaceful way.....jz like she want to sleep........rather thn we keep inject her....is like her life is totally depends on the injection...quite suffering....hmm....anyway....R.I.P to her....... she's the smartest and cutest GP I've ever seen...... might create a slideshow tribute for her...

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Added on January 27, 2010, 12:59 amdoc also nt sure actually...she thnk tht might be bcos we gv her too much vege or fruit.....thy cnt really eat tht.......nt good for their digestion....

This post has been edited by invisibl3boyz: Jan 27 2010, 12:59 AM

Maybe due to food poisoning.. some fruits and vege r poison to them.. nvr giv them too much fruit and vege as well as diarrhea may set in.. Mine always dig in to their hay after their vege snack.. Rip to ur gp..

so sorry.. i was hoping she will be better ... looks like after i have my guinea pig i have to be very careful of thier diets ...

but anyway .. she go in peace is the best thing to happen instead of the sufferings that she might need to go thru and for sure she wont want you to be too sad also ....

sorry to hear abt your gp.. may ur baby rip..

I got some question for those who keep long hair breed gp.. When your gp pees poos does it stain on their own fur?
And how do you guys trim their Fur?just cut their fur like we cut paper,snip by snip?or you guys cut like hair dresser?also how many times you bath them,since they're long hair breed?
I wanna consider the pros n cons abt long hair breed b4 decide to keep it..
Thanks all..

This post has been edited by 5h1rl3y: Jan 27 2010, 09:14 AM

This is heard from a friend of mine. She is an animal lover. But i never try on GPs lar. Last time my cats has those symtoms too. It rub off the yellow thingy, i use warm water and add a little salt in it... just a little k. and slowly rub it off. For the mean time, i think u better bring her to vet and see... maybe her eyes has been infected.

yes, the pees and poos will stain on their fur, at the buttock there. what i do is i trim the hair near the buttock area short short so the poo and pee wont lekat there. Once it stick on the fur ans u just leave it there, a few days later u wont able to wash it off and u have to cut off that part. That happens to my crested GP and my Oreo.

Sorry for your lost. Usually when you noticed a GP is not feeling well, the survival rate is very very slim. The best thing to avoid such fatal experience is:

- buy from reliable source (healthy gene)
- feed healthy diet (hay, veg and good GP pellets, vitamin C supplements)
- make sure the veg you feed is free from commercial fertilizer, better still use organic veg.
- check your GP teeth for any over-grown teeth every 3 months. If have over grown teeth, need to trim it. I trim my own GPs teeth, not advisable for inexperience owner, please bring to vet to trim its teeth.

Juztiny , like he says.. over feeding of fresh vege food also will cause problem??

may ur gp rest in peace~ Amitabha.

Prefer not to feed vege if you are not experience.

how u trim teeth.. wanna learn as well..

so better just stick to pellets den giving fresh vegetables?

u learn along the way.. on feeding vege .. u must always learn which 1 is suitable and which 1 is poison to them.. too much of something is bad ..
newbies is best stick with pellet and hay 1st.. then along the way read up more regarding wat to feed and wat not to feed.. list on vegetable and fruit is on the front page.. so take ur time..

ok dokie... guess i need to do more research on food supply as i still have found a baby yet ~~

Possible that the fresh veg didn't clean properly or had too strong chemical in it. Now I grown my own veg and feed my gps. If I used commercial veg, I normally will soak the veg for 2 hours in water first, then only feed my piggys.

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Added on January 27, 2010, 1:33 pmHehehe....wanna learn? Must pay school fee, then only I teach.

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Added on January 27, 2010, 2:27 pmIf you just feed pellets alone, your gp will eventually die because lack of enough vitamin C. If you don't feed enough fresh veg, then you have to add vit-C into the bottle drink for your GP. In fact, hay does not provide enough vit-C to the gps too. Some how still need to feed fresh veg.

I have been feeding daily fresh veg to my gps for 1 year, they don't have any lacking vit-c sign at all. And I don't need to give any more Vit-C supplements through drinks. My piggies prefer fresh veg than hay. I am not saying hay is not important, hay is needed too to supply for other nutrition.

Just need to becareful when choosing the right veg to feed.

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Added on January 27, 2010, 2:38 pmIf you want your long fur gp have healthy long and shinny fur, here are the tips:

- bath your gp weekly with conditional shampoo for small animal or kitten. (sorry...I know some of you against bathing gp as frequent as possible, but based on my experience it is ok, no harm on the fur quality in fact benefited more than hardly bath, all depends on what sort of shampoo you used).
- every 3 weeks of the month bath your gp with anti-flea medicated shampoo, this will prevent mites and fungal that will cause hair loss.
- comb your gp fur twice a week.
- healthy diet promote fur quality too.

I used to maintain my long fur gp grooming similar to those showdog grooming condition.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Jan 27 2010, 02:42 PM

Juztiny, Did u trim ur gps buttock there too or don't?

Depends on you. If you like them to grow long with skirts, then don't need to trim, but then have to clean your cage and maintain your GP fur frequently.

If you are lazy to maintain the GP long fur skirting, then trim your gp's skirting every time you see they are long.

hehe.. how muchy? need to buy tool 1st right?

No need special tool...but cannot disclose here what I use, afraid later people accuse me of animal abuse.

juztiny, where u stay? got a piece of land to grow vege??

mebbe i can get some fresh supply from u...

i think jus enough to feed her pigs and rabbit nia lor.. lol