I've had my guinea pig for a few yrs now he's an abby mix and from a litter of my previous guinea pigs....I had lotsa guinea pigs back then but then I had to admit I wasn't a responsible owner as I was still young...like 12 and my sister was away....so they all died of a disease at the same time...not sure what....except the one I have now....his name is caramel....
he's been living alone in quite a small cage but transfered it to a big cage that I used back then when I had more GPs but recently I've brought a female home from my friend bcos he wanted her to breed.....but he doesnt seem interested....maybe the female too ugly looks like a mouse without a tail...nvm....here're some pics taken last yr...have some new pics but lazy to post them....


I read in some forums that when they put fleece in the cage the guinea pig won't pee and shit on the fleece and will only do it on the bedding?? was wondering how to go without bedding as it's really tiring to clean the cage all the time...I'm quite busy with my studies...as I have SPM this yr....pls help....of course I want to do all this with the guinea pig still feeling comfy...

This post has been edited by chuakz: Aug 16 2008, 12:06 AM

I'm thinkin of just DIYing a cage using coroplast....is the material widely avaible here and where is it easiest to find them? I'm from Malacca....maybe carrefour? Any of you tried this?

u guys havent tried putting cloth inside in place of the bedding??

and where can I get the coroplast?

This post has been edited by chuakz: Aug 16 2008, 12:45 PM

thx....yea....I was refering to fleece...can get fleece in textile shops? they're easier to clean right?

they wont get out of the coro cage without cubes right?If so then I may consider doing it.....plus where are they drinking from??

This post has been edited by chuakz: Aug 17 2008, 10:13 PM

talking bout food has anybody here tried guinea pig?? the chinese use to sell them at pasars and eat them here but now nobody eat them anymore....at least not in M'sia....in China still alot.....in south america it's like chicken.....

pet shops in melaka sell guinea pigs overpriced too....a smooth coat guinea pig can be sold for 180....crazy isnt it? My friend told me she went to ask once and she told me it was 180 and when I told her they sell much cheaper in KL for a long coat breed and then she was surprised....nvr been to king kong to see their guinea pigs but my sis said that they have many varieties?

May I ask where is petshack?

This post has been edited by chuakz: Aug 21 2008, 01:48 PM

is it easy to find teddy guinea pigs here cos I'm interested...

just want to know if they're easy to find here cos I've nvr seen any.....

my GP is having a lil hair loss in 2 small little areas just in front of the hind legs....what seems to be the prob??

no flaky or reddish skin......just a patch of skin with a low amount shorter than normal hair...

My current GP is an infant of a peruvian dad and abby mum....and it looks like an abby....

it looks exactly like an abby...maybe already 3 yrs old....maybe more to the mother's side....the mums genes are more dominants....

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Added on August 31, 2008, 2:44 pmhey guys i wanna ask if hay will become bad when being stored?...cause in Melaka it is not easy to find a constant supply of hay...plus it is almost impossible.....so I was thinkin bout buying hay in a large quantity and storing it.....of course....if anyone knows where to find hay in melaka pls inform me....

This post has been edited by chuakz: Aug 31 2008, 02:44 PM

how can he help??

anybody got his profile?? maybe I can send him a pm...

hey guys....usually when I change my guinea pig cage's bedding I put a layer of newspaper and then the bedding on top of that....but few weeks ago I decided to try it without newspaper and I found out my guinea pig was having severe hair loss.....what can I do?? Fungal infection perhaps??

hmm...I just brought a friends pig in for mating and it turns out it's a male....he doesnt even know how to sex a pig....since i've brought it in my guinea pig starts losing hair.....weird?? well....I'll try to bathe him more often n see what happens...

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?