GPcrazy
Teenage Guinea Pig
So excited, I got my piggies today!
cage parts arrived this morning, so this afternoon we went and got 2 female piggies. they're only 5 weeks old. Very cute. I'm hazarding a guess and saying they're abysinnians. Both look very similar though one has black fur around both eyes and one has white fur around one eye. Still thinking of names although I really like the name Patches for the one with both black eyes. Hubby wants a say in naming though so nothing is decided yet.
They're both very scared still, although are now eating and drinking which is a great relief to me.
I was a bit frustrated though because the 2 large grids I ordered for the base and roof I received smaller than I ordered. So there is currently no base grid, just coroplast (which also means I can't raise the cage higher yet), and then I'm having to position both grids on top as a makeshift roof until I get the correct sizes.
The cage seems so HUGE and they are only tiny - I need more stuff for my cage! LoL
At the moment I have a blanket draped down like a fort which they are hiding in. I've made a hay box but I've also put hay under the blanket fort and I've positioned one of the water bottles under it too so they can eat and drink in safety while they adjust.
I managed to get a photo of one of them as I put them in - she kind of froze in terror out in the open, so I snapped a quick pic. Don't have a pic of the other one yet but she is very similar.
The cats keep staring, trying to figure out what's making the blanket move. They haven't actually seen the piggies yet.
cage parts arrived this morning, so this afternoon we went and got 2 female piggies. they're only 5 weeks old. Very cute. I'm hazarding a guess and saying they're abysinnians. Both look very similar though one has black fur around both eyes and one has white fur around one eye. Still thinking of names although I really like the name Patches for the one with both black eyes. Hubby wants a say in naming though so nothing is decided yet.
They're both very scared still, although are now eating and drinking which is a great relief to me.
I was a bit frustrated though because the 2 large grids I ordered for the base and roof I received smaller than I ordered. So there is currently no base grid, just coroplast (which also means I can't raise the cage higher yet), and then I'm having to position both grids on top as a makeshift roof until I get the correct sizes.
The cage seems so HUGE and they are only tiny - I need more stuff for my cage! LoL
At the moment I have a blanket draped down like a fort which they are hiding in. I've made a hay box but I've also put hay under the blanket fort and I've positioned one of the water bottles under it too so they can eat and drink in safety while they adjust.
I managed to get a photo of one of them as I put them in - she kind of froze in terror out in the open, so I snapped a quick pic. Don't have a pic of the other one yet but she is very similar.
The cats keep staring, trying to figure out what's making the blanket move. They haven't actually seen the piggies yet.