Alisa3114
Teenage Guinea Pig
Gorgeous pair of boys
Mine don't bother about the hoover either! I just say ' it's only the Dyson - out again !Just gorgeous! Congratulations and May next weekend come round quickly
@artcasper mine hide when I do a loud sneeze as well, even the boys yet the Hoover doesn’t phase the latter!
Aww, lovely looking boys. The white one looks like he’s gasping for joy at being adopted
Mine popcorn at the hoover, even when it’s right next to them (it’s a handheld hoover and sometimes they refuse to move/stop eating so I have to hoover around them ) scared them witless to begin with, but now it makes them excited and they start doing laps. Or they come up and try to eat it as I’m scouring it past them...which is helpful. Not.
Somepig's obviously got himself into a few scraps with that ear. They're gorgeous boys, clearly interested explorers
Hello and welcome! We adopted our piggies earlier this year and are so glad we did!Hi everyone,
As the title suggests we are trying to prepare for getting guinea pigs. We have a guinea pig rescue close by and would be looking to adopt a pair from them (no real preference whether board or sows we will chooses on personality and pigs that will be a good fit for our family). I have been reading the new owner guides and we have a good local vet.
I have a 6 year old and 1 yet old. Obviously the 1 year old would not really be involved with them in any way but the 6 year old is keen for pets and would be involved with feeding and eventually handling them. Because of the small children I have discounted a c&c cage and have been looking at the ferplast 160 (have also seen a new house extension for this which would take cage to 200cm x 60cm). I am slightly worried about cage placement as currently the only space we have big enough is in a well used dining room. This is also the access to kitchen so frequently used through the day although cage would be away from kitchen door. Will this be too stressful for guinea pigs or are they likely to become accustomed to life in a busy family home?
We have a garden and would get a run for nice days so they can access the grass. During winter and rainy days they could have floortime in the house when baby in bed.
I just want to make sure we do everything we can to make sure they’re happy and suitable pets for our family. My daughter is patient and realised she will not be able to cuddle them immediately, we are going to visit the rescue centre this week to introduce ourselves and find out if they will recommend a pair suitable for us.
Thanks.
Gorgeous piggies! Our C&C cage is 2 grids high all round as we have a demon boy child 5-year-old relative who visits regularly! A 2 grid high C&C secured with cable ties as well as the proper grid connectors is completely child proof, even for an "intelligent and creative special child" with ADHD and Aspergers who wants to touch the guinea pigs eyeballs because they are shiny...My one year old is a climber so I assumed she would climb in with them (proven correct as she tried to climb in the playpen at the guinea pig rescue on Friday )
We also have a lot of my older daughters friends round and while I can trust her not to pick them up I couldn’t be sure if all her friends. I know I could make a lid for c&c cage but felt safer with a sturdy purpose built cage.
I think in the future we would look at c&c as they look great for piggies and are wider than our cage.
Gorgeous piggies! Our C&C cage is 2 grids high all round as we have a demon boy child 5-year-old relative who visits regularly! A 2 grid high C&C secured with cable ties as well as the proper grid connectors is completely child proof, even for an "intelligent and creative special child" with ADHD and Aspergers who wants to touch the guinea pigs eyeballs because they are shiny...