Betsy's Guinea Pigs

Sounds as if we need a piggy hairstyle session.
I managed to get some of Priscilla’s long fur trimmed.
She decided enough was enough after I’d trimmed her bottom, tidied up the sides and had done one side of her top fur- now it only flops over one eye!
 
Merab's Slave said:
Sounds as if we need a piggy hairstyle session.
I managed to get some of Priscilla’s long fur trimmed.
She decided enough was enough after I’d trimmed her bottom, tidied up the sides and had done one side of her top fur- now it only flops over one eye!
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When I come to visit Priscilla can have an "Aunty Betsy" trim. Just make sure you have an old newspaper, a comb, a pair of scissors and a bribe as in this threads
Guide to Cavy Coiffure (or how to give your guinea pig a haircut)Part 1
Guide to Cavy Coiffure Part 2
 
Merab's Slave said:
It will probably take 2 - she has no concept of staying still. I’ll hold her - you trim her :))
However she is gorgeous
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Sounds a good arrangement to me. I may just be bringing a bag big enough to slip her in to unnoticed when I leave. You wouldn't miss her would you?
 
Betsy said:
She is very much like Betsy in her looks. Does she feel like silk? Betsy feels like silk. I could have called her Silky but she looked more like a Betsy.
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yes she is,what you would call fly.away.hair,..
 
Earlier in the week I popped a bit of carpet on the ramp that goes in the hutch cos I found some carpet in the garage. I put it in the run for the piggies to scent mark it and then put it back in the hutch. Now instead of thinking about it and taking the ramp at a run to go up and thinking about it and running/slipping down they sedately walk up and down it. I should have done it years ago!
 
Betsy said:
Earlier in the week I popped a bit of carpet on the ramp that goes in the hutch cos I found some carpet in the garage. I put it in the run for the piggies to scent mark it and then put it back in the hutch. Now instead of thinking about it and taking the ramp at a run to go up and thinking about it and running/slipping down they sedately walk up and down it. I should have done it years ago!
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all my ramps have bits of carpet on them,you can see it on the ramp behind Blackberry,which is one of the steepest, yet is used the most.
 
Aw but she's allowed, she was like Cinderella crossed with the Ugly Duckling in her past life... and she's actually really pretty in a pink eyed crested way, she has the most expressive snuffly whiskers and the most kissable ears which I shouldnt kiss in case I get ringworm but sometimes I cant resist then I have to rub F10 hand gel on my face :)
 
My lot must have had a partaaaaaay in the hutch last night! When I went to give them breakfast this morning, the plastic pipe was part of the way down the ramp, the pigloo was turned over, the hay cube was on top of the hay tray and the bowls were turned upside down! They must have had fun, fun, fun in there last night!:bronco:

The only bad thing was shy little Meg had a strand of hay in her eye that was over an inch long:yikes: (ouch!). I took her to the vet and Meg kept on trying to leap off the table as she didn't like the nice (nasty to Meg) vet lady prodding and poking her eye about. The nice vet lady also gave her a thorough check and pronounced her nice and healthy:). Luckily I had eyedrops, corneal repair gel and Metacam still in date from where Christian had hay poke. They eye drops run out date wise next Tuesday and Meg only needs them for 5 days so loads of money saved there! :D Still cost me around 40 quid though for the consultation and the special dye that goes in the eye to show up any potential ulcers (Meg has 2 of them).
 
I have taken 2 days to clean the hutch this weekend. :blink: The bottom of the hutch wasn't dry enough yesterday before it got dark to put let the piggies back down last night so they were camped upstairs for 24 hours. They weren't very happy and couldn't understand why they couldn't go downstairs on their recently carpeted posh ramp :no:. They did try to get through the shut trap door a number of times hoping it would be open but it wasn't:soz:. This morning when I had put the puppy pads (2nd time of using my new washable ones - very pleased with them. Thanks @PigglePuggle for the recommendation) and the hay down stairs I opened the trap door, put the ramp back and stood and watched. Betsy and Christian just stood and looked (or sniffed the fresh hay in Betsy's case as she is nearly blind with cataracts) for a bit wondering if they could actually go down there, Betsy (being the intrepid explorer:bronco:) went down first and was enjoying the tasty fresh green organic hay:drool: so much she munched on it on her own for about 5 minutes before going up the posh ramp to tell the others. They all eventually got the message and went downstairs to munch on hay. Then I cleaned out the top bit of the hutch, left it to dry for a bit and then put a fresh puppy pad and hay in the "sleeping" part and left the rest just bare wood as I had to have lunch. After lunch Velvet:D was in the sleeping bit on her own (she NEVER used to go up ramp before the posh carpet was put on it) I had to creatively cut the other puppy pads (disposable in the top as it is odd shapes) to fit around the gap where the trap door is then I put in the new hay at the top. I now have happy piggies as they have got the whole hutch to use once more and it is all fresh and lovely. :)
 
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