My cousins are INBREEDING guinea pigs and I don't know how to make them stop!

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Eish sounds horrid.My guinea pigs were for my 8 year old daughter.Obviously I have to be very involved (but I dont mind I love them) but my daughter is very good with them she listens to me and she helps with everything.At 1st I was pre cutting up veggies and putting in container.The she fed them morning and night but decided against pre-cutting cause after a day or two veggies didnt look great.Anyway so now she has less to do but she still loves being involved.Terrible that a 12 year old and a 16 year old dont know better then an 8 year old.

not to hi-jack but you commented on the shredded paper with a bit of ink on, I am still quiet new to this and have read and the breeder I used use shredded paper so I have done the same but it does have a little printed on it so I would be very interested to know if that is bad or not??
 
Also think intorducing them to forum is a good idea.When considering to buy a guinea pig I started doing research on the on internet.....I do research on anything as excuse to serf the net.ANyway by reading what is out there I have learnt alot about piggies and if I hadnt have read that stuff I would have assumed they were like hamster and treatred them as such.The internet has a weath of knowledge and is very educating
 
I'm not sure if paper with ink on it is bad. Maybe someone more knowledgeable could help us out? I don't mind that they use it, but they don't give them any hay, so the piggies can't wear their teeth down. Any expert input? I'm a bit confused :S
 
They should definatley have hay as not only does it wear their teeth down it should be the majority of their diet (I think about 80% but not sure if that is exactly right). Could you possibly take some hay round for them? I know it is not an ideal solution but it is better than them going without!
 
I just bought a giant bale of hay, and put it in a black bag. The bag broke when I picked it up, but the hay wasn't even that heavy! Typical..

I would take some hay round, and just say I had loads spare. Briony, you're right, it is 80% of their diet.

Paper with ink on can't be bad, I've never seen a newspaper in just black and white :O
 
Ink isn't necessarily coloured, it's still ink if it's black :P

Maybe I will take them some hay. We collect our own so I can just say we had excess.

Thanks!
 
I'm always a bit iffy about using shredded paper with ink on it, as printer ink is not the same as newspaper ink. Newspapers in this country use non toxic ink.
 
Yes I think you are right about the printer ink I would never use scrap printed paper or magazines in my piggies cages but do use newspaper and they eat a little of it with no problems.
 
I try not to, but sometimes if I'm away my dad will 'clean out' the hutch and he uses scrap paper. I come home and I'm like 'Dad, no!' Lol. Newspaper I have no problem with, they seem to love it so I'm not bothered!
 
I don't use scarp paper but I use newspaper as a base under the hay and it works well. They don't give their guinea pigs hay at all. I am so angry at them grrrrr
 
Soybeans? WTH! Very - unusual..

Any updates on the poor piggies aussiegirl? I hate to think that they have no hay, they must chew the newspaper and they've used it as a toilet too! Yeuch! :)>>>

Anyways, any updates, tell us. I'm dying to know what's happening to the darlings. :...
 
I guess the best thing you can do is educate them on how to look after the piggies. Give them printed stuff of the computer, get your cousin to go to the library with you and borrow some books.
Also show them how to set up the hutch properly with some absorbent stuff on the ground and tell them that hay is vital to the guinea pigs health.
And tell them that they need cleaning out at least every second day. That will reduce the smell as well.

Pretty much that is all you can do to keep the family peace as well especially when you have non-supportive parents on their side.

Good luck!
 
my partners friend uses shredded paper his guinea pig is 8 he told us to use it . but we put it on bottom and have loads of hay on top and they go vetbed and igloo upstairs but i think they think that is just a posh toilet at the mo :(|) got them on sunday so think getting rid of paper now after every ones comments cause you never know
 
I haven't taken hay round yet, but I want to soon. Next time I see them I will try to remember to! They now have four more inbred babies. Luckily they and the mother are fine so far. They still have the father but are planning to give him to the pet shop, and as far as I know he is separate from the mother and babies. My cousin wants to breed them again though! Grrr I told her that the mother could get pregnant again pretty much straight away (how long is it exactly?) and she said she knows but she hopes that she does! AND, without even asking, she assumed that we want to have one of their female babies since three of ours sadly died :( However, I do not plan to get on as I don't want to support their cruel inbreeding program. It's not the piggies' faults of course, but there are lots of other piggies that are just as deserving. Thanks for all the advice! I really want to go there again so I can check out the hutch, and probably clean it out since I bet they won't have. Grrr so angry :(:(
 
Guinea pigs are fertile with in HOURS of giving birth - talk about non-stop breeding!
 
Oh that's so awful. I really hope they haven't put the male back in! I want to go round and check but it's not possible at the moment :(
 
Look, you're doing your best, but you can do only so much.

It is very sad for the pigs, especially overbred mummy, and VERY upsetting for you. If you don't have your family behind you, your options are SOOO limited! Try to see it that way that every little thing that gets changed about those poor piggies' lives is a major victory - without what you're doing it would be even worse!
 
ARGH!... what are they thinking!...

nice one about cleaning it out though matie!

phone the RSPCA! its animals creuwlty!:(
 
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