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In an attempt to feel better about myself and my pets, I am wanting to really redo how I treat my pets.
My guinea pig is on my list.
She has an enclosure about two by three feet around, not sure about the height but plenty deep enough. I use a gravity fed water container though (it can evaporate fast though I do check it every day. I figure this would also cover me in case I forget). Water bottles ALWAYS leak on me so I never use them.
She is fed guinea pig pellets, plus carrots, and i have timothy hay pellets (about 1 inch square compressed hay), plus yogurt drops for guinea pigs. she also gets red bell pepper on occasion too. I use Carefresh because it does not smell or set off my allergies and looks much more comfy to lay on than shavings!
so far, on my 'enrich enviroment' plans, I have:
-every 1-2 days, watch an episode of Firefly, muppets or something else with her.
-Use her playpen more (big wire fence enclosure. Thing is, there's nothing for her to DO yet in that enclosure except watch the cat watch her).
-Find a way to mount her water feeder on the outside, through a fitted cut slot in the cage's side (properly fitted to avoid injury) to make more room inside the cage.
-Get wood chew toys (on grocery list for the payday of the 15th)
I am wondering what I can do to enrich her enviroment? I want to get her a hutch and stuff but I worry about crowding her cage. With the water feeder and food bowl that cuts down about 50% of the room. I saw a while ago a 'second story' type thing in a pig cage. would that work perhaps and I could put a bed/hutch up there?
She's also very skinny (trip to the vet on list asap, but she's about 2.5 years old too. I just noticed she's rather thin for a piggy. hard to tell with all that hair!). She's a longhair petshop crossbreed, and I keep her trimmed with a bad haircut for hygene purposes.
Dont hate me too much for all my negligence. I've been having a rather rough time and I hope by improving my animals' life, my life too will improve via karma and feeling better.
My guinea pig is on my list.
She has an enclosure about two by three feet around, not sure about the height but plenty deep enough. I use a gravity fed water container though (it can evaporate fast though I do check it every day. I figure this would also cover me in case I forget). Water bottles ALWAYS leak on me so I never use them.
She is fed guinea pig pellets, plus carrots, and i have timothy hay pellets (about 1 inch square compressed hay), plus yogurt drops for guinea pigs. she also gets red bell pepper on occasion too. I use Carefresh because it does not smell or set off my allergies and looks much more comfy to lay on than shavings!
so far, on my 'enrich enviroment' plans, I have:
-every 1-2 days, watch an episode of Firefly, muppets or something else with her.
-Use her playpen more (big wire fence enclosure. Thing is, there's nothing for her to DO yet in that enclosure except watch the cat watch her).
-Find a way to mount her water feeder on the outside, through a fitted cut slot in the cage's side (properly fitted to avoid injury) to make more room inside the cage.
-Get wood chew toys (on grocery list for the payday of the 15th)
I am wondering what I can do to enrich her enviroment? I want to get her a hutch and stuff but I worry about crowding her cage. With the water feeder and food bowl that cuts down about 50% of the room. I saw a while ago a 'second story' type thing in a pig cage. would that work perhaps and I could put a bed/hutch up there?
She's also very skinny (trip to the vet on list asap, but she's about 2.5 years old too. I just noticed she's rather thin for a piggy. hard to tell with all that hair!). She's a longhair petshop crossbreed, and I keep her trimmed with a bad haircut for hygene purposes.
Dont hate me too much for all my negligence. I've been having a rather rough time and I hope by improving my animals' life, my life too will improve via karma and feeling better.