^ u to manja them liau ~

no really manja oso la... but tat their daily intake liao..

Saw these 4 feet cage at Petshack. Selling at 180. Perfect for new GP owner.


GP cage, PetShack. by riezforester, on Flickr

Seriously, it is HUGE!

anyone know where can I find guinea around subang area ? desperate to get one/two

those from petshop are usually not healthy at all.. i suggest u take a look at adoption thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/443156

too bad i read ur post late, i just bought two from the pet shop yesterday. i went through the adoption page and i should really go there first but i do not know there is such thread exist

which pet shop u buy them from?? maybe u can post some pic of them to let people here have a look at them @@ or bring them to vet for body check.. i bring mine to vet once in a while too, oni RM15/pig cheap enough..

This post has been edited by sianghung: Mar 19 2013, 02:30 PM

i bought mine from the pet family ss24 taman megah ~ is that shop fine ?

aww.. i saw their gp in pets fair last year in midvalley, terribly infected by mites, they put too many gp babies together in a small dirty cage i got 1 of mine from there too last year, also infected by mites but my sister like her look too much so we bought her and send her to vet. now fully recover d

hope urs isn't infected lor.. if they scratch too much then u should be careful d..

i think mine is fine my issue now is when i try to play with them they just give me the sound "MUM I AM GOING TO DIE"
what should i do to bond with them ?

better let them get used to the environment 1st before playing with them @@ i think 1st page got the guide on how to take care of them..

I will read through again to get more idea

This post has been edited by gn9746203: Mar 20 2013, 12:02 AM

Hello~ Meet my Bebot & Brownie. Brownie is newly bought actually so Bebot can have playmates. Cheers!

I am currently use HAY as my bedding and one of my pig is making the wheek noise always (i suppose its week) ... is it because they dont like to walk on the hay and eat the hay ? although i have pellet in their bowl too

Isn't hay is for GP to eat, not for bedding? Change the bedding for bedding materials.

The best type of bedding is hay – it’s great for sleeping and for snacking. Other bedding such as Fleece and recycled paper works too.

first page... or i misunderstand

Actually I noticed that my GP doesn't like the hays to be dirty by their pees & poos. They won't eat the dirty ones. Hehe. Sorry for unnoticed.

I am still new so have to learn more
I realized one of my pig is very picky ... she only want to eat fresh food and ignore the pellet in the bowl
one more thing they will suddenly run like crazy ... why ? how to check for mites ?

This post has been edited by gn9746203: Mar 24 2013, 11:41 PM

From my experience, if the GP avoid the pellet, maybe it doesn't like the pellet taste. However, if your other GP likes them, you just ignore the other one. Eventually, when it starts to get hungry, it will just eat the pellet. My GP used to be like that but eventually he just started eat the pellets anyway.

For the running, it's normal as energetic and normal happy GP likes to run around the cage cuz of curiosity, unless if spooked or scared of a person approaching or sudden moves.

For mites, just go to vet for check-ups. Maybe go to petstores and ask some tips. One more option that I read on an online pet blog says that to get a white piece of paper and put your guinea pig on it and wipe the paper all over him, if you see black specks/bug like thing you need to get him to vet.

mites are too small to be noticed by us.. but u can check their butt, forehead and ears, usually mites will feed on their ears and forehead, if u see closely sometimes u will notice some black or brown dots on their fur..

if really seriously infected, their fur will drop, leaving the infected area empty, then u should really go to vet immediately

using hay as bedding is common practice in those western country but seldom have ppl do it in msia i guess (our hay is not cheap ) coz u have to change those hay everyday otherwise those dirty hay will carry some germs tat might make ur gp sick..

This post has been edited by sianghung: Mar 25 2013, 09:25 AM