How did you find out about the forum?

Jerrybelly said:
As our wonderful forum is growing daily and, we hope you'll agree, is better than ever, it would be useful to know how you first found out about us and why you decided to join.

How did you come across us? Did someone recommend the forum to you? Did you find us through a social media site (e.g Facebook) Did you find us through a search engine?

What made you join? Were you looking for some specific advice? Did you want to join a community which you perceived to have similar interests to you?

Any other thoughts and comments would be gratefully received!

TGPF Staff.
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Jerrybelly said:
As our wonderful forum is growing daily and, we hope you'll agree, is better than ever, it would be useful to know how you first found out about us and why you decided to join.

How did you come across us? Did someone recommend the forum to you? Did you find us through a social media site (e.g Facebook) Did you find us through a search engine?

What made you join? Were you looking for some specific advice? Did you want to join a community which you perceived to have similar interests to you?

Any other thoughts and comments would be gratefully received!

TGPF Staff.
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Jerrybelly said:
As our wonderful forum is growing daily and, we hope you'll agree, is better than ever, it would be useful to know how you first found out about us and why you decided to join.

How did you come across us? Did someone recommend the forum to you? Did you find us through a social media site (e.g Facebook) Did you find us through a search engine?

What made you join? Were you looking for some specific advice? Did you want to join a community which you perceived to have similar interests to you?

Any other thoughts and comments would be gratefully received!

TGPF Staff.
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I remember when my piggies where I'll using google to find what could be wrong and finding links to this forum so eventually I decided to join!
 
I found this forum through google, because I had brought home 2 baby sows, and didn't know too much about how to handle them, so I was doing alot of research and found this page to be extremely helpful :)
 
Jerrybelly said:
As our wonderful forum is growing daily and, we hope you'll agree, is better than ever, it would be useful to know how you first found out about us and why you decided to join.

How did you come across us? Did someone recommend the forum to you? Did you find us through a social media site (e.g Facebook) Did you find us through a search engine?

What made you join? Were you looking for some specific advice? Did you want to join a community which you perceived to have similar interests to you?

Any other thoughts and comments would be gratefully received!

TGPF Staff.
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Hi. I joined as I was concerned that I visited a small animal farm today and the guinea pigs looked lethargic, ungroomed and they were longer haired piggies and one piggie was pulling and eating the fur of a rabbit. I mentioned this to a person working there who seemed dismissive and when I asked why the piggies had no hay at all she replied that she gives them hay in the afternoon. It left me feeling uncomfortable and as a piggie owner of nearly 40 years I felt sad for those piggies. My piggies have access to fresh hay all day.
I think I'm going to contact the farm in the morning to discuss with them further. What do others think?
 
djw566 said:
Hi. I joined as I was concerned that I visited a small animal farm today and the guinea pigs looked lethargic, ungroomed and they were longer haired piggies and one piggie was pulling and eating the fur of a rabbit. I mentioned this to a person working there who seemed dismissive and when I asked why the piggies had no hay at all she replied that she gives them hay in the afternoon. It left me feeling uncomfortable and as a piggie owner of nearly 40 years I felt sad for those piggies. My piggies have access to fresh hay all day.
I think I'm going to contact the farm in the morning to discuss with them further. What do others think?
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I'd get in contact with the RSPCA, they should NEVER live with rabbits and should always have access to vets, the correct food and water as well as be groomed. Sounds like a breeder farm to me.

It might be worth creating an individual thread for this issue as this is just for why people joined :)
 
Cavy Kung-Fu said:
I'd get in contact with the RSPCA, they should NEVER live with rabbits and should always have access to vets, the correct food and water as well as be groomed. Sounds like a breeder farm to me.

It might be worth creating an individual thread for this issue as this is just for why people joined :)
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Cavy Kung-Fu said:
I'd get in contact with the RSPCA, they should NEVER live with rabbits and should always have access to vets, the correct food and water as well as be groomed. Sounds like a breeder farm to me.

It might be worth creating an individual thread for this issue as this is just for why people joined :)
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Thank you for your response. I'm going to phone the farm today and revisit. It's a garden centre that has learning challenged adults working there so I don't think they are a breeding farm, perhaps they're just misinformed on guinea pig care.
I'll keep you posted.
Thanks again.
 
djw566 said:
Hi. I joined as I was concerned that I visited a small animal farm today and the guinea pigs looked lethargic, ungroomed and they were longer haired piggies and one piggie was pulling and eating the fur of a rabbit. I mentioned this to a person working there who seemed dismissive and when I asked why the piggies had no hay at all she replied that she gives them hay in the afternoon. It left me feeling uncomfortable and as a piggie owner of nearly 40 years I felt sad for those piggies. My piggies have access to fresh hay all day.
I think I'm going to contact the farm in the morning to discuss with them further. What do others think?
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Would be good to have an individual thread for this. I had a similar problem with a small Scottish zoo - did get a reply but no promises to actually change anything. I've written again but still no reply. Also going to visit again to check if any changes made.
 
Jerrybelly said:
As our wonderful forum is growing daily and, we hope you'll agree, is better than ever, it would be useful to know how you first found out about us and why you decided to join.

How did you come across us? Did someone recommend the forum to you? Did you find us through a social media site (e.g Facebook) Did you find us through a search engine?

What made you join? Were you looking for some specific advice? Did you want to join a community which you perceived to have similar interests to you?

Any other thoughts and comments would be gratefully received!

TGPF Staff.
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Hiya,
I think I was just rumaging through google looking for info on cages and where to buy bits and bobs for our girls and came across your site.
I had a read at a few things as a guest and found it really informative and interesting, all the differant helpful points of view, but more important was how friendly everyone was and with the range of information you supply I just wanted to join and have access to your site for the well-being of our girls.☺
 
Gem789 said:
Hi, what would you like advice on? x
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Thank you for getting back to me. I'll try to keep it as brief as possible, although I may not be able to! I have a herd of one neutered male with six ladies. Two weeks ago I adopted two adult males (brothers who've always been together) I kept the two new boys in the sitting room for a few days until they got used to new sounds, smells etc. Last week I put them into 'the pig room' in a separate cage, & all hell has broken loose! The new boys have started fighting to the point of blood shed (I've separated them, but one is in a small shop cage) & my herd have started grooming each other (they are or were long haired) I'm at my wits end 7 my heart is breaking for all of my piggies! Sorry, this is a long message. I hope you can understand my upset? I'll be very grateful for any advice. Thank you.
 
Piggies-R-Us said:
Thank you for getting back to me. I'll try to keep it as brief as possible, although I may not be able to! I have a herd of one neutered male with six ladies. Two weeks ago I adopted two adult males (brothers who've always been together) I kept the two new boys in the sitting room for a few days until they got used to new sounds, smells etc. Last week I put them into 'the pig room' in a separate cage, & all hell has broken loose! The new boys have started fighting to the point of blood shed (I've separated them, but one is in a small shop cage) & my herd have started grooming each other (they are or were long haired) I'm at my wits end 7 my heart is breaking for all of my piggies! Sorry, this is a long message. I hope you can understand my upset? I'll be very grateful for any advice. Thank you.
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I'm afraid I haven't got any useful advice so I'll tag @Wiebke for you x
 
I'd suggest taking the new boars out of the same room asap. The smell of the sows has given them a hormone rise and caused them to fight! Are they both un-neutered too? The smell will be sending them crazy! All those sows just waiting for their attentions - it's nature after all!
Unfortunately, as the new boars have drawn blood from each other it will be very difficult to put them together again. Could you maybe borrow a bigger cage from someone or get a second one from one of those sales sites? This is supposing you have the room of course! Hopefully your own herd will settle again once the others are out of sight.
I'm sure others will be on soon with more help.
 
Janice C said:
I'd suggest taking the new boars out of the same room asap. The smell of the sows has given them a hormone rise and caused them to fight! Are they both un-neutered too? The smell will be sending them crazy! All those sows just waiting for their attentions - it's nature after all!
Unfortunately, as the new boars have drawn blood from each other it will be very difficult to put them together again. Could you maybe borrow a bigger cage from someone or get a second one from one of those sales sites? This is supposing you have the room of course! Hopefully your own herd will settle again once the others are out of sight.
I'm sure others will be on soon with more help.
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Thank you for your reply. I don't have room anywhere else in the house for another cage unfortunately. I'd hate for them to have to go somewhere else as they'd been moved a few times before I adopted them.
 
Piggies-R-Us said:
Thank you for getting back to me. I'll try to keep it as brief as possible, although I may not be able to! I have a herd of one neutered male with six ladies. Two weeks ago I adopted two adult males (brothers who've always been together) I kept the two new boys in the sitting room for a few days until they got used to new sounds, smells etc. Last week I put them into 'the pig room' in a separate cage, & all hell has broken loose! The new boys have started fighting to the point of blood shed (I've separated them, but one is in a small shop cage) & my herd have started grooming each other (they are or were long haired) I'm at my wits end 7 my heart is breaking for all of my piggies! Sorry, this is a long message. I hope you can understand my upset? I'll be very grateful for any advice. Thank you.
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Hi! Can you please start a thread in our behaviour section? You are currently posting in a thread about how members have found out about the forum.

Here is the link to the behaviour section. Please click on the large "post new thread" button on the right.
Behaviour and Bonding

Sow pheromones upset boar bonds and can lead to bloody fights, especially with boars that are already under stress and/or in the teenage months. Unless boars grow up in an environment with sows in the same room, they are ideally kept in another room, at a distance or well above sows - i.e. well out of reach of their pheromones.

Here is our guide for fallen-out boars; you can find it at the top of our behaviour and bonding section. It is sadly very likely that your boys will not go back together again depending on how serious the fight was (bloody scratches may be got past, full-on bites usually not. Please disinfect any bites with saline solution and see a vet if necessary).
Boars: Bullying, Fighting, Fall-outs And What Next?
 
One of my piggies got very sick and I was looking for advice on caring for a sick piggy (on top of vet recommendations and medication). I was very adement on doing whatever I could to make her better. Unfortunalty, I lost her and then her sister shortly after. As a part of my grieving I figured it might help to join the forum and speak to other people who are currently grieving or who have lost piggies in the past. I was right about it helping, I adopted two baby girls, and now I'm hooked. :luv:
 
I found you guys on google. I was looking for some more info on the Swiss breed as I will be the proud owner of two soon but couldn’t find much information. I didn’t really find any more breed information but did find tons and tons of other advice on cage setup etc and am still soaking all of that up. It’s been a great experience and I look forward to being a long term member of this great community xx
 
Google for me too ...... just typed in guinea pig having just bought Wilbur and Orville and I stumbled across the forum Yay :)
 
Jerrybelly said:
As our wonderful forum is growing daily and, we hope you'll agree, is better than ever, it would be useful to know how you first found out about us and why you decided to join.

How did you come across us? Did someone recommend the forum to you? Did you find us through a social media site (e.g Facebook) Did you find us through a search engine?

What made you join? Were you looking for some specific advice? Did you want to join a community which you perceived to have similar interests to you?

Any other thoughts and comments would be gratefully received!

TGPF Staff.
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I was looking for info on a sick piggy and your page came up. You bet i signed up right away!
 
I was encouraged by Little Adventures, a youtuber, to look up guinea pig forums so I can be encouraged and get more information about how to care for my guinea! I found you via Google!
 
I found the forum through a google search as I was looking for guinea pig safe veggies, I came across the forum, lurked for a while then decided to join :)
 
I found the forum because my piggies cage mate died of an illness and I needed help figuring out if my current guinea pig also had it. The forum helped me in a time of need and I am very grateful. I think I was actually looking for a forum where people knew what they were talking about, and everyone here seemed very nice, accepting, and they knew what they were talking about.
 
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