How did you find out about the forum?

My daughter came home from school one day chatting nonstop about the cavies her friend had been given. We were worn down over many months by my daughter and her little friend.
Eventually we adopted two rescue guinea pigs about six months ago. We bought most of their equipment from a pet supermarket to get us started.
I am now completely besotted with our little piggies!
I am now researching new housing for them, they are kept indoors. This forum came up on a Google search.
I signed up straight away and keep referring back to this site.
Thank you to everyone who contributes it is a mine of information
 
Cleyres said:
Well we're getting to piggie girls on Sunday, so I have been on the internet permanently the last few days trying to learn everything I possibly could to give them the best home possible! I found you guys through a Google search! This is the first post I've read, but everyone says how friendly it is, I can't wait to get reading and chatting! I had guinea pigs growing up, and to be honest they probably didn't have the best upkeep in terms of space to run etc... They were always fed watered and clean, we're wanting to do the best job possible x
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Welcome to the forum @Cleyres . How exciting for you - new piggies are such a thrill. Please come back and post us some photos once they have settled in.
 
Little critter said:
My daughter came home from school one day chatting nonstop about the cavies her friend had been given. We were worn down over many months by my daughter and her little friend.
Eventually we adopted two rescue guinea pigs about six months ago. We bought most of their equipment from a pet supermarket to get us started.
I am now completely besotted with our little piggies!
I am now researching new housing for them, they are kept indoors. This forum came up on a Google search.
I signed up straight away and keep referring back to this site.
Thank you to everyone who contributes it is a mine of information
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welcome @Little critter. please feel free to post some photos of your piggies on our photo threads, we just love piggies on here x
 
sport_billy said:
Mrs SB and I joined up when Pitch was first poorly I think to get some info, we found the forum through google, we then returned when Pitch had dental issues and never left :))
As you can gather I love it here :) Have made so many good friends, learnt and still learning so much about piggies
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I found the site on Google, I am a member of several Guinea pig sites , but this is the most informative, also I trust what is said on this site.
 
Google led me here. I am a huge animal lover and wanted to know everything about guinea pigs before getting one myself. I am in canada and we have our own local sites but this one I found to be the most useful and joined very quickly
 
Keiko The Pig said:
Google led me here. I am a huge animal lover and wanted to know everything about guinea pigs before getting one myself. I am in canada and we have our own local sites but this one I found to be the most useful and joined very quickly
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Well done for researching before. I must admit I didn't, so I'm reading Guinea pig magazine & gaining knowledge from this forum. Canada is one of the country's which get this magazine. May's issue is out shortly. Over here I get it from pets at home. Or you can download from there website.
www.guineapigmagazine.com
Just in case your wondering, I have nothing at all to do with this magazine so I'm not advertising it in anyway.
It comes ever 2 months. As soon as it comes out that's my cue to make coffee & read it through. Hope maybe this post helps you out. Hugs Tia & gang.
 
i had my first two guinea pigs,both boys,had lived together for 6 months,then Jerry knocked Bens teeth out,so i was looking for information on boars fighting and what to do next,hence a came to find the guinea pig forum,and have never looked back.a friendly bunch of people who really understand what cavies are about.!:yahoo:
 
Hello, we do not have guinea's yet but while searching up on Google I found this forum and joined. Still reading lots about guinea care and the precautions I will need to learn to take, being slightly asthmatic too I also wanted to search because I don't want to adopt first and then find out i'm allergic so me and family are planning to visit a few rescues these coming summer holidays and because I have four kids and youngest is two I don't want to put any fur babies in danger of having accident either so we are still all in the research process before heading to adopt a pair.
 
Kherunnissa said:
Hello, we do not have guinea's yet but while searching up on Google I found this forum and joined. Still reading lots about guinea care and the precautions I will need to learn to take, being slightly asthmatic too I also wanted to search because I don't want to adopt first and then find out i'm allergic so me and family are planning to visit a few rescues these coming summer holidays and because I have four kids and youngest is two I don't want to put any fur babies in danger of having accident either so we are still all in the research process before heading to adopt a pair.
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Hi and welcome!

It is good that you are doing your research first and that you want to test whether your asthma can cope with guinea pigs or not before you adopt. You can find a number of recommended guinea pig rescues in the wider London area in a our rescue locator on the top bar. The ones that we recommend are all piggy savvy, have a mandatory quarantine and pregnancy watch and rehome only healthy and well bonded piggies; we can guarantee for them in view that anybody can call themselves a "rescue" (the same goes for breeders) and the result is sadly often not as desired and often an adopters beware minefield.
If you find that you are OK with guinea pigs, preferably go with the choice of the rescue; they may not be the showiest or cutest piggies, but the ones suited best for a family home to give you a smooth start.

You are welcome to ask any questions you may have in our Care section; each section has got a number of guides and information threads heading it.
 
Kherunnissa said:
Hello, we do not have guinea's yet but while searching up on Google I found this forum and joined. Still reading lots about guinea care and the precautions I will need to learn to take, being slightly asthmatic too I also wanted to search because I don't want to adopt first and then find out i'm allergic so me and family are planning to visit a few rescues these coming summer holidays and because I have four kids and youngest is two I don't want to put any fur babies in danger of having accident either so we are still all in the research process before heading to adopt a pair.
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We put ours up on a cupboard because we have dogs, the cupboard is 27" high, but still wouldn't leave the dogs.if you could maybe put it somewhere where they could see but not touch. You could let the children have lap time, under supervision. Maybe lift they up to feed the piggies. Wonder if you went to a rescue & handle the piggies if you explain the situation with your Asthma.
 
Tiamolly123 said:
We put ours up on a cupboard because we have dogs, the cupboard is 27" high, but still wouldn't leave the dogs.if you could maybe put it somewhere where they could see but not touch. You could let the children have lap time, under supervision. Maybe lift they up to feed the piggies. Wonder if you went to a rescue & handle the piggies if you explain the situation with your Asthma.
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I intend to speak to my gp to discuss having an allergy test done. I am hoping to talk to a few shelter near me to book day we can visit with the children during the holidays and take it from there. I don't intend to adopt until i'm sure I can take care of the guinea pig and we have appropriate space for them. As we have been given notice to leave our rented house my husband is still unsure to what kind of accommodations we will move into buying or renting. To top the house we are living in is being sold, so all sorts of buyers are coming to see the property and It's already causing anxiety in the children so definately not going to put any fur baby through such a situation. Once we have move and my asthma's good then I will first buy the necessary things to care for the guinea and will start looking to adopt from a rescue near me even take a few trips I need to help find a guinea pig best to become part of the family. My husbands family are carpenters and Khalil my husband is very skilled and also has learnt many building skill here so hoping to use his skills to diy our own cages for the guinea pigs:) The children and I are looking on th Internet for the few idea's
 
Google of course! I joined when i first got stan and benson 4 years ago. I was on here a lot, then the forum got lots of new features and the phone i had at the time just couldn't cope so i stopped visiting altogether.

It was the first place i turned to when stan became ill in may this year. i am very glad of all the information on here. it's brilliant!
 
Kherunnissa said:
Hello, we do not have guinea's yet but while searching up on Google I found this forum and joined. Still reading lots about guinea care and the precautions I will need to learn to take, being slightly asthmatic too I also wanted to search because I don't want to adopt first and then find out i'm allergic so me and family are planning to visit a few rescues these coming summer holidays and because I have four kids and youngest is two I don't want to put any fur babies in danger of having accident either so we are still all in the research process before heading to adopt a pair.
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You are going to be the perfect person to adopt a Guinea, you are thinking everything though. Sorry everything in your world is upside down at the moment, I hope everything will quieten down for you all soon. London house prices
must be very expensive.
 
Upside down's are a part of life so can expect them to crop up from time to time. Yeah the prices are high, we can't buy a house here may be rent but that too is looking to be unaffordable at the moment with next benefit cap arriving in fall this year. Khalil and I are discussing moving out from London, he has relatives in Oldham and Bradford, I have family friends in Derbyshire, and maternal family in staffordshire Burton upon trent and leeds. Paternal relatives some live in Birmingham so we have a few options to think about.
 
I wanted to join a u k based forum and google came to my rescue as this forum was the 1st link on the page...
 
Kherunnissa said:
I intend to speak to my gp to discuss having an allergy test done. I am hoping to talk to a few shelter near me to book day we can visit with the children during the holidays and take it from there. I don't intend to adopt until i'm sure I can take care of the guinea pig and we have appropriate space for them. As we have been given notice to leave our rented house my husband is still unsure to what kind of accommodations we will move into buying or renting. To top the house we are living in is being sold, so all sorts of buyers are coming to see the property and It's already causing anxiety in the children so definately not going to put any fur baby through such a situation. Once we have move and my asthma's good then I will first buy the necessary things to care for the guinea and will start looking to adopt from a rescue near me even take a few trips I need to help find a guinea pig best to become part of the family. My husbands family are carpenters and Khalil my husband is very skilled and also has learnt many building skill here so hoping to use his skills to diy our own cages for the guinea pigs:) The children and I are looking on th Internet for the few idea's
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You will make a great owner. great to have you here on the forum :)
 
I don't know if it was this forum but many years ago... around 11 or 12 maybe...or even 10... I'm crap with dates! Anyway however long ago it was I went to a breeder to buy 1 guinea pig... before I arrived she had separated them into a box of boys and a box of girls... she said they like company and that 2 would not be any more work than 1 so we chose 2 from the same box... weren't fussed about sex but told they were boys.. we had them well over a year before one day as I was approaching the hutch I thought a rat or mouse had got into the hutch.... closer inspection showed a baby piggy..... mum had 2 and seemed to have kicked one out of the nest... I had no idea what to do so turned to the internet for advice and found a forum which I believe was this one! I got the help and advice I needed but then didn't remain in contact... wasn't until we got piggies 2nd time around that I decided to join again and did a google search!
 
Google led me here, I originally wanted something closer to home but this was the best most knowledgeable and friendly forum by far so here I am.
 
I found the forum when googling for information on fleece bedding. I've been lurking for about 6 months, as I was sans pigs. I've had my furbabies for 3-4 weeks now, so thought I'd better make it official and sign up. I've gotten so much useful information off here, and now I've received a really warm welcome :-)
 
I had realised I wanted guinea pigs as pets, and so had been watching loads of youtube videos to learn more about them and what is required to keep this wonderful creatures happy and healthy. But there is only so much you can learn from youtube videos and I started having specific questions that I wanted to ask, but no where to ask them.

So I googled "guinea pig forum" and this was the first site that popped up. I had a quick look around and it seemed like a really good forum so I joined :)
 
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