severe poison from this thread!!

Have been thinking to keep GPs for a long time but couldn't make it for so many reasons. Now I have set my mind to own a pair, even clear up room space for the big cage to come, but I find another 'competitor attraction: hedgehog.

Can someone please justify the difference between owning these two different pets? (eg in terms of cage, food etc) the difference I know is only hedgehog is a loner and GPs is not.

Thanks for the clarification! I think I know what I want liao

adorable!! But I haven't settle down the cage and stuffs yet

While shopping at PLC Ikano, I saw one skinny pig is in the same cage together with two giant (comparing to the piggie) rabbits That poor thing seems like tersepit between the rabbit and the cage

The chinchillas don't seem in good shape too

New owner reporting in.

Finally got my piggies from jenshen418, travelling all the way to-fro Perlis and Seberang Jaya Penang to get them. I must say, worth it.

^M&M Mozzie and Manny

They are very nervous and cautious, but I'm so glad after settling down for few hours, Mozzie (the smaller one) got out from their hide house to eat hay and carrot. It's so cute!!

Anyway, they don't seem to pee again after they had their first pee when they got home. The water bottle also doesn't show any less water level. Worried they don't know how to drink water from the bottle...

It's my third day with my M&Ms too. I don't think taking away the dome will help, since they need a hiding place to hide and feel secure. I put a box tunnel in the cage, they hide in there most of the time but now wont run away when my hands are approaching them in the tunnel.

I always pick them up with both hands grabbing firm (but not tight) at their abdominal part, then slowly lift up while holding their legs to prevent them struggling and falling down. Always works.

I tried doing that last night, when they realised their hiding tunnel is missing, they wheeked the loudest that I ever heard, and hide in the dark corner all cuddled up with their chin down (seems like the sign of unhappy and frightened)...
'tortured' them for one hour without tunnel, then return the tunnel back...

I find this guide very helpful

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...30082159AAtYmjQ

I kept my GP in room too. Housemate says my room smells like grass and hay lol... and also change new floor layout in their cage, so their pee wouldn't smell so bad (since they pee a lot now =.=)

I do sandwich-style : 3-4 newspaper sheets -> bedding -> another layer of newspaper (2-3 sheets) -> toilet mat.
Last time I put newspaper and bedding on top, since they pee a lot now, the soaking bedding+newspaper's smell really beh tahan, I have to replace everything after 2 days
I notice that using this new flooring, my piggies mostly pee on the exposed newspaper place (place I put hay and their toilet) and their feeding area, and I can replace the newspaper easily too now.

wow your piggy so good boy, pee inside toilet.
the toilet seems to be useless for my boys, in 20 shots, maybe only 2-3 shots in the toilet, then they just pee whenever they like But now better la, they focus on one area only easier to clean after them

applied the shade-on-top-of-toilet method since they first arrive, but they still pee all over the place, most of the time in broad daylight too glad enough that they now mostly pee on their dining area and the toilet

the toilet is just beside their hay rack, water bottle and food bowl
give them some time, when they hungry they will come out to eat...
My boys now will wheek on time for their meal and wheek louder when I open the fridge But still afraid of me all of the time

i also have same situation s u are now.
be patient and give him some time to familiar with the new surrounding and u.
It takes my boys two days to finally eat hay and drink water. At first I thought they gonna thirst to death liao coz they didn't drink any water for two days, not even from bowl.
two weeks later (now), they drink almost half the bottle a day.
i think there's one good and big advantage if you have two piggies, they can learn from each other. I saw the smaller one was learning how to drink water when he saw his big brother drink it

ventilation fan lol

OMG I beh tahan jor... my boys don't seem to bother doing their business in the middle of the cage without any roof on top of them...

wah xavi, can the S hook withstand the box fan's weight?

I let my room's door and window open all the time (window 24 hours except raining, door open during daytime, night must close bcoz of the insects), fan switch on 24 hours (ceiling fan or stand fan). Fortunately my house's air circulation very good, so no smelly scent in the room and house unless i close the door...

Wh...What are YOU looking at?

be patient... It took my boys 2 weeks to start wheeking for food, and now very high pitch wheek when I wake up (for their breakfast) and when I came back from uni (for their dinner) although they still scare of me to death

Maybe I should try to use fleece
Same here I think my fingers look and smell like carrot


cute boys you have there!! My two boys are like yours too, one dominant and one shy, yet two of them dislike to be held

This is my experience I can share. I took my boys back to my hometown with me last week by car, and although I put them in a rather large box, they would just hide underneath the shade and stayed there quietly throughout the 7 hours journey, wouldn't even come out for their favourite food! Not even a sound!
If you are to travel by bus, I think you can put them in a box (not too big so you can put it on your lap), put some fruits and vege and voile! Put layers of newspaper and cloth to make them feel comfy. I want to try that method since I'm going back again next week for a week +, but since my housemate volunteered to take care of them, I am worry free.

p/s: this is the last resort though, if the boarding fee is too high and you would prefer to bring them back. Anyhow, taking a small furkid onto a bus is easier than by flight. If they stay quiet (in a frightened mode most probably), it would keep the driver and passengers in peace.

This post has been edited by Huey_nee: Sep 22 2011, 12:14 PM

They still runs away from me except food time

I use whatever I have or I can find. I use a box with tall sides so that I can pin cloth on top of it as a shade. Before depart, I let them eat some hay and pellet first. I put some apples, carrot and capsium in the box with them to keep them hydrated and full, although they stopped eating once the car started. Didn't put hay and water coz sure will make the box very messy, and they didn't eat anyway. Bedding is up to you, I just use newspaper and cloth to make them comfy, they hardly pee during the journey, but still poo. I put them in the front seat when going back, but I got distracted too much, it's hard for me to concentrate on the road. On the way back, I put them in the back seat. They don't seem to feel secured and relieved by looking at me I think

my boys freeze like batu for 7 hours loh