If your GP is only 5-6 months old, you can continue to feed mix of 50/50 alfalfa hay and timothy hay, till your gp about 10 months old, from there you reduce the amount of alfalfa hay and slide toward 90% timothy hay and 10% alfalfa daily.

For the oat grass and others variety of grass actually is for VARIETY, is to encourage your GP to eat more hay for helping them to have good disgestive system and keep their teeth in good shape. Selecting hay don't go by brand, go by smell, freshness and quality. Pellet need to go by brand. Take up the hay on the rack and compare with few others brand available in the shop you visit, then you can easily see which one is OK at that moment, and pick up to smell, fresh, good hay smell really good, of cause this need to practise many time for you to catch the ideal what is fresh, green hay.

Some people believe(Local people) they can feed their backyard/frontyard grass to the GP as long as their GP wont die, their will continue to do it. I don't find that is proper way of feeding, and I just not agreed with feeding such thing to ward your PET. PET meant to be sayang.

GP is design to eat high fiber food, proper diet pellet plus moderate amount of Vit C daily to maintain their daily need.

Hee... u say la to ur gf.... its for you to get an experience for preparation like prepare baby need..

I just bought the toilet for my Jingle and now train her to pee and poo on it by putting some of the used and wet (wt pee&poo)bedding in the toilet.

Hope that she will not disappointed me lah..... and will learn how to use the toilet asap.

I was thinking to change another brand of hay for Jingle and Jasper because the brand that i bought is not fresh. Previously i was feeding them Alfafa hay and i will buy a timothy hay tomorrow and try to mixed 50/50 for both of them since both of them are less then 10 mths.

p/s:Hi Chinchillas, do you sell mixed of both Alfafa and Timothy hay for each 1kg? I would like to buy 1kg for each of the hay to let them have a try 1st. Pls PM me the best price. Thank you.

Hi Carolhyf,

Where u stay? As Im oso plan 2 buy hay fr Chincillas...
Mayb v can share both 2kg of Alfalfa & Timothy hay 2gether?
So it wil b ez 4 Chincillas divide & packed 2 packs for us. Hehe

Hi iFeel100,

I'm staying in PJ near Kelana Jaya LRT Station. Yeah...we can share but might need to trouble Chincillas to pack for us or else is a bit difficult to weight ourself... or mayb u have better idea?

My place dun hv any weight too
Then really need to troublesome Chincillas LOL
Mayb v shld ask Chincillas 1st, rite?
Pls PM me details coz I'll away until Tue only bck

Good to hear you just a beginner and you learn how to discern the hay already, do more experience and study, you will know what hay in the best for you and your pet.

I have pm you the details regarding your request. :

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Added on October 26, 2008, 11:13 amThat will be even better! But soon you will notice your not enough to share the hay!

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Added on October 26, 2008, 11:15 amI will PM you the the suggestion I give Carol, I am sure by individual or both of you will benifit greatly.

This post has been edited by Chinchillas: Oct 26 2008, 11:15 AM

Hey,, i went pyramid at friday.. i saw the guinea pig there is terible... got one gp with one one blinded and got skin problem sumore... but still put in the same tank....
really nth to say liao
@.@
worst than pasar malam

Hi, i just went to PJ Taman Megah The Pets Family yesterdat wt my sister and we saw few very cute and nice GP at there.

You may have a look there and i think their better then PLC Sunway Pyramid.

if my guinea pig is taking too much calcium rich food wat should i feed it? its been peeing whitish pee....any veges low in calcium content?

It is normal for a guinea pig to have cloudy urine, but it should not be white. Excess of calcium comes out in their waste aka urine. But too much calcium might cause bladder stones.

To reduce calcium intake, increase your piggy's timothy hay intake and decrease the intake of alfafa hay. Alfafa hay has more amounts of calcium that are good for aiding young guinea pigs in bone development. So if your piggy is past the age of 1 year, you should not feed alfafa hay altogether, unless in very small amounts as treats (which means not too often either).

Some high calcium foods include: broccoli, collards, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, and bok choy or Chinese cabbage. So feed in moderate amounts ok?

Guinea lynx has very good informational charts on vit C, calcium:phosphorous ratio, etc.

For amounts of calcium in fruits and vege : http://www.guinealynx.info/diet_order-cal.html#top

For amounts of vitamin C in fruits and vege: http://www.guinealynx.info/diet_order-c.html

no la... i just update update there for have a look and share some info to member here... no more keep guineapig.. already give friend adopt jo

Jst order 2kg of Alfalfa hay from Chincillas Hope 2 get it soon~

This post has been edited by ifeel100: Oct 28 2008, 07:45 AM

Fast~ Fast~ go Toby pet at Ikano grab some GP...

i saw 1 Lion hair GP... Lion hair type is peruvian?

Feed hay, hay have the most balance of Cal: Pho ratio. Either is timothy or alfalfa. Stop feeding alfalfa if you do. Vegetables should given moderate not overload. Too much calcium with lead to calcium deficiency, too little phosphorous will lead to problem absorb calcium, too little vit C will lead to fatal.

My Greyyie just passed away last Thurs. The operation has failed...
There's sth very important we need to know about GP's diet
I didn't know at first, not many aware

This post has been edited by silverwineus: Oct 28 2008, 11:57 AM

omg silver, I'm so sorry.... Please don't be sad. Anything that can be done would have been done already right?

Which important thing we have to know of GP's diet? Please share.

Thanks for your comfort Jamien.. I was very sad and cried a lot as i loved the guinea dearly,
i wish everyone to cherish, love and appreciate their guinea more while they are still with us, take more photo and video of them, spend time making them happy.
I have learned a lesson and i will share that later once i have found the time..
Thanks Jamien..seeya:)

ello !.....

My guinea pig got 5 babies yesterday but den one was like so ermmm....
immature i think waz very small n pink so it died then today the most healthy one died dunno y..... sad....

As requested earlier for your viewing pleasure...

My GP, male 2 months old. Colour pure brown with some black patches at head top and butt. Breed : Normal short hair. Name : GabaGaba







After bath...


Sorry coz the pics are so huge...