QUOTE(ix3Rukia @ Apr 28 2011, 11:46 PM)
^ what kinda pellets shud i buy? any reccomendation ? i cant find pellets which are specific for gp only well the gp in pet wonderland is just 10 bucks cheaper compared with if i buy from home breeders , my friend bought his gp there too . now i feel so afraid to keep another gp but yet i do want another gp..
Hi Rukia-chan >> Based on your description on how ur GP died, I can assume that the caused is mostly related to food. When you mention Bengy food, to you mean the pellets with corns and nuts mixed with it? If this is what you feed ur GP, then please stop immediately. Nuts and corns are not suitable for GPs. Sadly pet industries tend to assume that GPs are like Hamsters, and they eat almost the same food. WHICH IS NOT TRUE.
I suggest the most affordable AND suitable for GP consumption is HAGEN pellets. They are alfalfa based, no nuts, and i think the cheapest available. For GP, it is best to provide Timothy-based pellets, but this Hagen is not bad either.
If you really want to provide the best and can afford more, you can give them Oxbow or other premium quality timothy based pellets. You must also provide them variety of veges and fruits which is not harmful to them, and plenty of water. And it is best to provide unlimited timothy hay, 24/7.
1 thing about GPs, they are not able to show early signs of pain or suffering due to illness as good as other animals. They might jump around and eat like nothing happen, and they next day you will might find them dead. What is best is to closely monitor them, and provide good food. You can differentiate a healthy, well cared GP with a lesser ones judging by their size, eyes, their behavior and fur quality.
U can PM me if you need more advice, I will be more happy to help you. Oh and please read the thread's 1st page, there is A LOT of useful information that might nourished your knowledge about GP.
QUOTE(xavi5567 @ Apr 29 2011, 12:01 AM)
pellet ---> Oxbow FTW!!!
kaoru:
ya i use human nail clipper to trim.. i was force to try out on teddy 2 month ago.. as he broken his teeth due to heavy biting on the fences (wanna kacau choco punya pasal la).. i found out when he is not eating carrot only eating tomato.. which make me curious and check him out.. mana tahu.. gigi goyang dah.. at 1st i thought it tak cukup calcium kot.. mana tahu.. after closer inspection .. its tooth crack halfway (1part) then i thinking of plucking it.. but teddy was in pain.. so jus let it be for 5 day.. after his tooth grow longer liao .. i trim.. mm by mm .. until a whole 0.8mm trimmed.. i was lucky teddy is a "still" piggy.. once u hold him.. and tell him shut up.. he will play dead.. which make trimming work easy.. if choco.. i will hav a hard time.. during trimming i also very scare especially the tongue ...
lucky all went well
Oh wow that ish scary... O_o; I hope i dun need to do it to my GPs...
QUOTE(Juztiny @ Apr 29 2011, 01:02 AM)
See my 3 weeks old Texeruvian, which looks like Sheltie. Their fur are amazingly long at this young age. I still remembered when they were first born, I thought they turn out to be normal American short hair, never expected their fur quality turn out to be as long as Sheltie. Now they look exactly like Sheltie instead of Texel or Peruvian.
Added on April 29, 2011, 1:06 amAnd this is my 4 months old male Peruvian, his fur is bushyly thick.
wow they are fabulous, expecially the first one, really looked like a pure Sheltie~!
Alice gave birth to 4 kid yesterday evening, unfortunately 3 died when i arrived home from work. All the 3 one are normal size and full formed, but I am not able to determine whether they died before or after delivery. the smallest one survived, black color and looked like an abby. I hope this little one survived.
This post has been edited by kaoru himura: Apr 29 2011, 03:45 PM 
Apr 26 2011, 08:06 AM
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. Whenever i left my gp in my bf house it dies. I think the previous guinea pig who died there , had respiratory infection still has the disease lurking there.. And my tiny had problems with the eye , brought it to vet but the vet all duno treat guinea pigs.. Dont know how they all died too.. i dont put them in cages. i dont confine them in cages. i just let them roam the house whenever they want.
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