Guineapigs33
New Born Pup
This is gonna be a lengthy thread but I’m lost and need some guidance. Yesterday afternoon, I made the decision to adopt 2 female Guinea pigs. I had been doing research for quite some time while I had a hamster. My hamster just recently passed due to old age and I decided instead of getting another hamster, to get 2 guineas since they’re more people friendly and interactive. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adored my hamster but I wanted to attempt with guinea pigs next. I bought a cage that met the recommended space Guinea’s need and all of the recommended items from all the research I had done. We get home, and start to assemble the cage which the cage should have been assembled prior to us getting them. That was a mistake on our part. But it took us 3-4 hours because the cage was absolutely one of the worst made cages. We finally got it together and it still wasn’t the most stable cage. This morning, I went to go spot clean because guinea pigs poop a lot lol and the cage started to come apart. So I had to attempt to rebuild which was another 3 plus hours. Luckily, I had a decent sized playpen for them to run around in and I fed them veggies throughout this whole process. I ended up getting it put together once again, but the I had to downsize it a bit for it to snap into place. I can’t do CC cages due to having 2 dogs and carpet. But I’ve been looking into other cages on Amazon. I know the Midwest guinea pig cage is a decent one but it doesn’t have anything to cover the top. I’m gonna continue to look for other cages. It’s been a stressful process and I’ve tried my best to keep the guineas as happy as possible throughout it. I’m starting to feel like rehoming them may be a better option to keep them happy. I want the best life possible for them. Has anyones guinea pig adoption process been similar in the beginning,