Feeding the guinea pigs at TEAS

You could even springle it with water too, or have you? A mini kids watering can would work great. Those little toy ones that they help mummy and daddy with
 
Since loosing Pippin on Christmas Day - I have been scattering Winny's food - just because she is alone at the moment - although she always goes to her 'end' of the cage when I say ' Winny go to your corner ' ..... I started to say that as Pippin would scoff all the food if I didn't put it at opposite ends..
 
artcasper said:
Since loosing Pippin on Christmas Day - I have been scattering Winny's food - just because she is alone at the moment - although she always goes to her 'end' of the cage when I say ' Winny go to your corner ' ..... I started to say that as Pippin would scoff all the food if I didn't put it at opposite ends..
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Poor Winny, and poor you- hope you are both doing ok, its a miserable time of year to lose someone x
 
I did scatter feeding with the piggies last week. I think they were a bit confused though, as I usually hand feed each thing except the pellets. They stand at the bars for a while before they cotton on that the food is in the cage.

Do you scatter the pellets as well?
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Tonight’s dinner!


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I’ve just been catching up on this post. I think I feed about the same as you Debbie but I end up counting everything out so they all get the same. 🤣 How do you manage to chop corn-on-the-cob up? I can snap it in half by hand but my attempts to chop smaller by whacking it on the chopping board with a knife in it result in corn juice and kernels all over the cupboards etc. 🤦‍♀️
 
alexr said:
I’ve just been catching up on this post. I think I feed about the same as you Debbie but I end up counting everything out so they all get the same. 🤣 How do you manage to chop corn-on-the-cob up? I can snap it in half by hand but my attempts to chop smaller by whacking it on the chopping board with a knife in it result in corn juice and kernels all over the cupboards etc. 🤦‍♀️
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No making sure everyone gets the same here! You get what you're given! 🤣 I just use a sharp knife to cut the corn on the cob! I use a sawing motion and eventually you get through it!
 
artcasper said:
You must have some muscle then to saw the corn on the cob 🤣🤣
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It's all the carrying bales of hay! I have been complimented before on how toned the tops of my arms are! Great when the tops of your arms are your best feature! 🤣
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Yes, it's important to give them a check over, but I actually enjoy watching them interacting with one another, rather than getting them out for cuddles. I am sure they prefer being with their friends, than with me! 🙂
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For a long time, I thought I was doing something wrong in not having tame guinea pigs that lay on me to sleep and snuggle. I thought I just wasn't taming them properly. My girls do squeak when I initially pick them up from their hutch but will settle for a stroke and a cuddle then go out in their run on the grass. They don't bite or wriggle. Millie even licks my hand. When I open the hutch door she will come to my hand to see what tasty things I have for her and will often put her front paws on my hand. And they always wheek when I open the backdoor of our house.

And like you, I like seeing them together (I have 2), the nose butts from the shy sister (Mollie) when they are sharing fresh grass as if to say 'butt out, it's mine!'. And when Mollie is in a weird mood and kind of slowly stalks her sister, Millie, who just trots away, pretending its not happening, but with this guinea pig creeping after her. Then their zoomies when they are on the grass.

It's nice to hear that it's 'ok' for them to be guinea pigs with each other, and not petted loads.
 
Siikibam said:
I did scatter feeding with the piggies last week. I think they were a bit confused though, as I usually hand feed each thing except the pellets. They stand at the bars for a while before they cotton on that the food is in the cage.

Do you scatter the pellets as well?
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Yes, for most. Tilly has hers in a bowl as her teeth are so out of alignment, she’d struggle to pick them up from out of the hay x x
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Cheers, I was scared to write that, but it's something I have been thinking for a while, I believe all we animal lovers are doing is making the best of the situation for these animals, which is good, and whilst they are being mass bread and keep ending up in rescues which most of us get our guinea pigs from, we should keep doing this

Yes I am guilty of having most of my animals from the pets at home adoption part. I'm a push over I can't help it, but no more lol
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Me too, me too!

Back in 2017, there were 2 pairs of guinea pigs in the adoption part of Pets at Home at Worcester. We were due to go away for a mini break and I said if they are still here when we get back, I will adopt them. There were 2 boys and 2 girls. Their owner gave them up because they didn't win any prizes in shows. I adopted the girls. She didn't even pass on their names 😔. So glad I did. I've since learned some of the pets that go into the adoption part are from the store's own livestock that don't sell when they are babies and people overlook them. When I adopted mine and they said how much did I want to donate, I donated their full shop price. The staff said some people offer £1 and they are turned down, because if someone only wants to spend £1 to buy an animal, then how are they gonna look after it properly.

One of the two boys... Screenshot_20200103-204211.webp

And my two girls 💕... Screenshot_20200103-204222.webp
 
Piggylove82 said:
Me too, me too!

Back in 2017, there were 2 pairs of guinea pigs in the adoption part of Pets at Home at Worcester. We were due to go away for a mini break and I said if they are still here when we get back, I will adopt them. There were 2 boys and 2 girls. Their owner gave them up because they didn't win any prizes in shows. I adopted the girls. She didn't even pass on their names 😔. So glad I did. I've since learned some of the pets that go into the adoption part are from the store's own livestock that don't sell when they are babies and people overlook them. When I adopted mine and they said how much did I want to donate, I donated their full shop price. The staff said some people offer £1 and they are turned down, because if someone only wants to spend £1 to buy an animal, then how are they gonna look after it properly.

One of the two boys... View attachment 130115

And my two girls 💕... View attachment 130116
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Gorgeous, both look like lemon agouti 's
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
To be honest, I don't examine or obsess about pee and as I use puppy pads with a thick layer of hay on top, then I don't really get to examine urine too often, although white calcium deposits are completely normal in guinea pig pee.

As I mention, in the post above, there is no weighing out of foods and looking at calcium:phosphorus ratios! They get a mixture of everything that is thrown into the washing up bowl.

I feed very few nuggets and in the summer months, the piggies spend most of the day eating grass. In the winter, I pick grass for them, but we are starting to run out and it isn't of such a good quality now, so I feed readigrass more through the winter months.
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My pigs went mad on Readigrass. They stopped stocking it at my local pet shops but I found some online, and although it was cheaper than the £4.99 a bag shop price, I had to pay for delivery. I ordered a couple of bags and they munched through that whenever it was in their hutch, so I splashed out and bulk bought 8 bags! One delivery charge, way cheaper overall 👍🏻.

Only, now they have gone completely off it. I've tried giving them a break from it and feeding Timothy hay then tried Readigrass again. But no, they just leave it. So now I have FIVE brand new unopened bags of Readigrass sitting in my shed with no one to eat it 😣
 
Piggylove82 said:
My pigs went mad on Readigrass. They stopped stocking it at my local pet shops but I found some online, and although it was cheaper than the £4.99 a bag shop price, I had to pay for delivery. I ordered a couple of bags and they munched through that whenever it was in their hutch, so I splashed out and bulk bought 8 bags! One delivery charge, way cheaper overall 👍🏻.

Only, now they have gone completely off it. I've tried giving them a break from it and feeding Timothy hay then tried Readigrass again. But no, they just leave it. So now I have FIVE brand new unopened bags of Readigrass sitting in my shed with no one to eat it 😣
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I'm sure they'll want it again, sometime soon! 🙂
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Gorgeous, both look like lemon agouti 's
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Mollie's patches are a little lighter, less creamy coloured than her sister. And until I came to the forum, I'd never even known they were agoutis! Call me stupid if you like 🤪. I just saw how wary and nervous they looked in the pet shop and my heart went out to them. They are lovely girls and they didn't deserve to be 'rejected' like that by their original owner. I just hope their brothers had a happy ending too
 
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