chocolates are unhealthy for animals bro, its a wonder ur hamsters din die.

Are Peruvians, Abbys, normal fur, sheltie different breeds or same breeds with different kind of fur?

What I meant actually is whether Peru,Abby, normal fur, sheltie are under the same genus and species name i.e are their scientific names the same?

Ah, which means that they are of the same breed lo, just different fur types.

I do not have guinea pigs. These things just pop up in my mind and I was browsing through this forum at the moment so don't flame me for not researching. If I have guinea pigs and still needed to be spoon-fed, I understand that it's wrong.

I was confused because their scientific name is the same which is Cavia Porcellus, which means same genus (Cavia) and same species(Porcellus). I was always under the impression that breed equates to species, hence the misunderstanding.

Take hamsters for example, you have Syrians, Robos, RC and WWs which all have different scientific names and are all totally different species.

What I thought was for example, Syrian = Normal coat, Robo = peru, RC = sheltie, WW = abby. Now I know that guinea pigs are of the same species, just different breeds.

I was confused between 'breeds' and 'species'. My apologies and thanks for your enlightenment.

been monitoring this thread for some time and i must admit GPs seem to attract me but i'll read more till i know im so ready.

sharil, are u the guy at pet shack today wit the glider?

got a question too, how does a GP's poo look like? similar to rabbit's droppings or?

This post has been edited by liette`: Jun 28 2008, 01:54 AM

Thanks for answering Jamien. What's the best recommended cage for GPs?
zoo zone? or those wire bottom cage, like the one pet shack using to house their GP... i know wire bottom is not good for their paws but u can put the rubber thing like wat pet shack do rite?

which is better?

I think I'll aim for the guinea pig starter kit from pet shack/jtl. Everything I need would be there. but den again, breeder celect as bedding would be a tad bit pricey eh. im using that as my hamster's bedding tho.

any tips on how to toilet train etc. and do u know of any breeders? i, for one, dislike purchasing pets from pet shops.

Ahh, remember the small boy that ask u what's a sugar glider rofl. I'm him. HAHA.

No la, im the guy with him..

btw, mind to elaborate on why keeping one, male is better and not female? female more prone to loneliness ?

i understand that 2 males might fight tho.



This post has been edited by liette`: Jun 28 2008, 11:55 AM

No. one gf, both kids are her niece and her nephew. haha.

anyway, i edited my post above. mind to enlighten me on it?

btw, my guessing is good, i didn't even know u from the forums before yesterday but i heard jtl talk to you and said something bout surf threads on forum, den i heard her talkin wit u bout guinea pigs, so i visited this thread and guess the threadstarter.