Anarchybmc
Teenage Guinea Pig
good morning all.
I have been lurking around for a while researching all I can before I get my piggies, this site is amazing for advice and recommendations! Anyway I have a few questions before I actually become a piggy mommy just too make sure that I'm doing everything right.
So first of all I have bought: the ferplast 120 cage which I plan too take the plastic hut out of for more floor space, I have replaced the plastic food bowl with two ceramic ones. For the floor of the cage I have got 3 fleece blankets in the asda sale which will have towels underneath is that enough or do I need something else?we don't get newspapers you see. Eerrrr what else ........ Oh yes I have bought harringtons optimum Guinea pig food, and I popped into my local b&m yesterday too get hay, I know that a lot of you say they sell the Timothy hay but mine only had the glennwood essential Devonshire meadow hay it was only 99p for 1kg is this ok or should I get a bale of Timothy too mix in?
I have also bought a pig snuggle bed,cuddle cup and two wee pads from a seller on eBay, play tubes, grass balls, wigwam and I'm now saving loo rolls for hay toys, and a pet carrier for picking them up/holidays etc. I have also put £200 in a savers account for emergency vet bills.
The plan is too get my hubby to build a cupboard for the cage to sit on, hopefully it will look like a sideboard, with storage boxes underneath for all of their food etc. Now here's my first issue I don't want to lift the cage too put into the run that I also bought recommended by artcasper on here, I want them too be able to make their own way too it from the cage, however the sideboard will probably be waist height any ideas what we could build to get them to walk themselves there?i would love it to be like an adventure for them sounds silly I know.
So now onto the actual piggys, I am really liking the idea of adopting some from Walsall RSPCA but I'm soooooo nervous! I feel like I will be declined or something. Has anyone adopted from them before? Can you explain the whole process to me, as in how long the whole process takes, is it a donation that I give, have you ever been declined, what the house visit (which feels like a test entails? Oh my word I wasn't this nervous on my driving test lol any help advice and support would very much be gratefully received.
Thanks x
I have been lurking around for a while researching all I can before I get my piggies, this site is amazing for advice and recommendations! Anyway I have a few questions before I actually become a piggy mommy just too make sure that I'm doing everything right.
So first of all I have bought: the ferplast 120 cage which I plan too take the plastic hut out of for more floor space, I have replaced the plastic food bowl with two ceramic ones. For the floor of the cage I have got 3 fleece blankets in the asda sale which will have towels underneath is that enough or do I need something else?we don't get newspapers you see. Eerrrr what else ........ Oh yes I have bought harringtons optimum Guinea pig food, and I popped into my local b&m yesterday too get hay, I know that a lot of you say they sell the Timothy hay but mine only had the glennwood essential Devonshire meadow hay it was only 99p for 1kg is this ok or should I get a bale of Timothy too mix in?
I have also bought a pig snuggle bed,cuddle cup and two wee pads from a seller on eBay, play tubes, grass balls, wigwam and I'm now saving loo rolls for hay toys, and a pet carrier for picking them up/holidays etc. I have also put £200 in a savers account for emergency vet bills.
The plan is too get my hubby to build a cupboard for the cage to sit on, hopefully it will look like a sideboard, with storage boxes underneath for all of their food etc. Now here's my first issue I don't want to lift the cage too put into the run that I also bought recommended by artcasper on here, I want them too be able to make their own way too it from the cage, however the sideboard will probably be waist height any ideas what we could build to get them to walk themselves there?i would love it to be like an adventure for them sounds silly I know.
So now onto the actual piggys, I am really liking the idea of adopting some from Walsall RSPCA but I'm soooooo nervous! I feel like I will be declined or something. Has anyone adopted from them before? Can you explain the whole process to me, as in how long the whole process takes, is it a donation that I give, have you ever been declined, what the house visit (which feels like a test entails? Oh my word I wasn't this nervous on my driving test lol any help advice and support would very much be gratefully received.
Thanks x