check its paws.. c whether got dry scaly skin or not.. if got confirm sick... u bath ur piggy to often liao.. might have irritated its skin.. once a month is enough.. u jus need to groom its (comb its hair if they are long one, if remain short jus a quick combing will do) if ur pig dont have mites, lice.. u dont need to give them bath so often, more bath the dryer their skin the more irritating to them .. wat guinea pig shampoo is use? sometimes they might be too hash.. i jus use baby johnson shampoo, they are milder.. and i recommend u change ur bedding to fleece type where u dont need to worry bout pee stain or stinky pig.. but jus worry bout the fleece.. i find cleaning the fleece is much easier than cleaning the pigs.. for pigs, i only bath them when they really super dirty or stinky (my boys once a month) my choco (shelties) havent have her bath for 3 month d.. but she still smell fine and no pee stain becos she stain in fleece bedded C&C..

wow..so costly....
tak jadi nak hantar my piggies ke sabah coz afraid nanti my gps mati..huwaa...
so i decide to sell them to someone near KL.

i will miss my mocca and choca...that was my 1st gps and my birthday present...but i have to let them go..finally.. so sad..
hope my gps will happy with the new owner...

Thanks for your advise yeah...

Checked the paws... Everything seems fine. Not dry also...
Even check its skin on the butt... She got a big butt...

I didnt know I bath her too much.
Hehe... Even bath her when she's not smelly.... Looks like I got less work to do now...
I am usng fleece blanket actually... But she'll pee & poo all over... That is why I lay newspaper...

Can I know how often u change their fleece blanket?
Cuz mine I need to wash once a week. I mean my mom...
If everyday need to change blanket I scared she'll mumble....

Need to ask Gp sifu's here......
Can we use hay as their bedding meaning put the hay all over the cage floor.
If we do that, the gp will pee and poo on the hay and then later will eat the hay...
Will it be unhygenic for the gp?
Currently I am using recycle paper pellets as their bedding.

get her a toilet area and here a trick so tat u will have less work.. go buy "morning kitchen towel" and lay in over the fleece bedding .. so if she pee poo she still wont get stain but u can take away those towel and wash and reused again.. newspaper isnt the best absorbent material.. due the method i use i only need to clean my fleece which 2 feet by 4 feet once every month.. while the 3 "morning kitchen towel once a week" but my choco is toilet train a bit liao.. so not so much stain jus tat she lazy lay there poo and pee there.. but most of the time she will go to the toilet to pee and poo..

CutiePie69:
it is not recommended for u to use hay as bedding unless u super rich. and change them every now and then.. u either continue using wat u using now or change to fleece type..

do you mean put morning kitchen towel on top of fleece? if yes then do we still need to put towel below fleece?
My current cage setup is 2 layer of fleece + 2 layer of towel, need to change weekly

yup... morning towel on top of fleece.. the change will depend on ur pig lor.. if it aint toilet train.. it gonna be a bit hard.. also depend on the numbers.. i find if there is a gal and boy in the cage.. ur bedding will get wet very fast bcos the gal will try to resist the boy by spraying pee... hence she might get confuse by her scent so will pee and poo every where lor.. and the boy will then pee and poo pulak on the pee to restain the scent...so basically i setup only works if there is only 1 piggy or 2 toilet trained piggies or 2 well behave piggies

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This post has been edited by juno88: Nov 26 2010, 07:25 PM

Sad for me.. I bought her the cute pink toilet... 1st week very good girl...
Then 2nd week until now simple pee and poo! Make me so furious....

If its my pig, probably need to change everyday

I'll try your method
Hopefully it works on my super naughty and noisy pig...

xavi..thanks for the solution... look like my gps are getting better..and act normally again..i give him ivermectin and clean the mites with vinegar...but still need 2 or 3 times to clear the mites..

Thanks Xaxi for your answer.
Just wanted to know only.
Still sticking to my recycle paper pellet.
I am also lucky that my gp's are half toilet train so the recycle paper last for quite a while.
Thanks again.

welcome.. haiz... today house cleaning day and bath day for all three pig... jus finish grooming them.. hahah... tired liao.. wanna rest 1st..

i just bought a GP from pet safari at Ikano. i think is a Peruvian... fur very long. but 1 of the nail is broken... very pity, but tats y i brought him back lo.
i suspect he got lice / ringworm... can any1 show me picture about this 2 bacteria? how i can do.... its white colour at the skin & its moving!!!

dear juno: pls go to http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1457169/+1900#

My pretty little Paige:

Hi there, I have 2 little GP wan to find a caring and kind owner.. who love GPs may pm me.. thanks a lot..

my abby is pregnant now....

u mean ur white colour de?

Hi!

I hope someone can help me here. My friend's guinea pig has been having diarrhea for more than 6 months. Been to the vets before, the medicine given by the vets is not working. Furthermore, the guinae pig lost appetite due to stress (visiting the vet) last time. Although she's having diarrhea for such a long time already, she still doens't look weak at all. Only the cage is a complete mess due to her poo. Been cleaning it up everyday! Any advise of what medicine or vitamin for her?
PLease help~

Thanks ~!

guys can abby grow as big as peru or is it much smaler.cz i c the gp in pets wonderland and pet safari soo big compared to gp in other places.is it cz its imported or sumting like dat,,,noob here