new guinea pig

I'm getting a new guinea pig and I was hoping I could get some tips from this forum. Maybe you could reply with a guinea pig checklist or notes on of to take take care of them.

Just noticed this on canelos back end this evening :/ I haven't had them long so I can't say I've noticed any changed behaviour but he is quite shy and likes to hide and curl up in corners a lot but I haven't noticed any change I want to try and avoid further investigation as I don't want to...

I got a very young guinea pig yesterday and I dont know the gender so I have referred to her as a she. The person at the pet store said she was almost 4 months old. She cant seem to eat out of her bowl and when I got up this morning she was twitching around her tank. She has a bald spot above...

Hello I have a couple questions about my new guinea pig that I got about 3 days ago. Right now she is alone, but we are thinking about getting a companion. I was wondering if I should take the towel off of her cage. I put a towel on the cage because she wouldn't come out and it, but now she is...

My new guinea pig I just got from the pet store(Solo), is not coming out of her hiding place. She has not moved at all since I put her in the cage, which was 2 days ago she doesn't even move her head. Today to move her I had to pick her up, and put her in a box to see if I could get her to eat...

Any tips or advice for me? This will be my first time owning a Guinea Pig, but not a rodent. I'm open to all! C:

So, I adopted 2 guinea pigs about a week ago, and the bedding they came with causes dust. I understand that dusty bedding is bad for guinea pigs, but I didn't want to stress them out even more by cleaning their cage and replacing their bedding in less than a week. I'm cleaning their cage later...

I've had my 2 Guinea Pigs, Mocha and Coco for a while now and Mocha is just fine with me being around. She lets me pick her up and pet her and things like that. However, Coco is still extremely shy. I do understand that when you first get your Guinea Pigs, they'll be shy and it may take some...

So I just got a new guinea pig named Maggie. And I'm going to introduce her to my new guinea pig Luna tomorrow. Because Luna's cage me sadly passed away. Do you guys have any advice for me for introducing them. I have kept them separated for a week just in case Maggie is sick.

hey, I was wondering if people had found that getting two storey hutches with a built in run are worth getting (we have a foldable run at the moment but we probably won't be able to get it out for them to play in everyday). Our two sows are new so if we are going to get a different hutch is it...

Hello, i recently became a guinea pig owner, ive never had one before but my daughter has been asking for one, and was so excited to get one but we have all fallen in love with our new guinea pig she is so sweet! we are even thinking of getting another! unfortunatley we adopted flower from...

this morning i got two 6 week old female guinea pigs they were both nervous at first but after about 4 hours one of them stopped hiding and starting eating and moving although one of them hasn't moved for around 7 hours and when i touch him or pick him up he doesn't move either (i only picked...

(Not sure if this is quite the right thread) Hello, I just met a very sweet piggy at a shelter. I was volunteering with dogs, but this piggy was sitting out on a counter, and he's been at the shelter for multiple months : ( the problem is he's a boar and I have two girls. If I get him I'll house...

at the end of christmas break one of my guinea pigs suddenly died :( its taken a few weeks for me to process and move past it but I'm mostly okay now. my guinea pig is named haytham (like the assassin’s creed character!) and he and his brother have been together for all their lives (3 years!)...

Hi everyone :) I know that every pig is different and it's impossible to comment on different situations when you don't know the pigs in question, but any generic advice would be very gratefully received! I still have my lonely 7 month old girl, who's best friend died a couple of weeks ago. The...

About 4 days ago i had gotten a male guinea. Ended up getting promoted so I went out and got him a buddy since i could no longer give him the 2 hours of attention he needs a day for being the only guinea. Everything was fine. Went to work and they were left alone for 7ish hours. When i got home...

I got my GP yesterday at a store. He is a long-haired est. 2 month old piggy. I have gone to the medical emergency site and everything else but nothing seems to be giving me answers! I even called the local vet and they couldn't tell me anything! He sneezes a couple times an hour, when I put him...

Hi everyone, not sure if this thread is in the right section or not, sorry if it's not! I got a new piggie on Sunday, (it's now Tuesdayn) my piggie is very shy and timid, the previous owner said he was extremely friendly and likes to bury himself, at the minute he barely comes out of his...

Mikey's father and cage buddy died a while back, and a few days ago I finally got my hands on a new friend for my poor piggy. Her name is Maybel and she's (hopefully) 4 weeks old. (I forgot to ask the breeder when she was born. I'll just have to trust her on this, so she better take this...

I got a female 3month old from the pet store two days ago. It was very spontaneous. We went in for fish. My wife kept looking at the piggies and said she wanted one. We picked the one she wanted, the store gave us info and helped us find a cage. They said nothing about getting a pair and said...