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:wel: Adding a third boar to a bonded pair is not recommended. Usually what happens when adding a third boar is that the newcomer is rejected. But it can also be the case, as has happened with you, that the bond between the original two is broken. The other thing is that it breaks the bond of...

Hi! I have the Bluebell XL hutch for my guineas and looking for ideas on how to modify the big gap area upstairs that is above the ramp, and seems totally unsafe if left open. I currently use the shelf ledge from an old ferplast cage, which fits nicely and creates a bigger open area upstairs...

We have one little piggy who is just over a year old and has a current cage size 42" x 18" x 21" but I'd like to buy him something bigger. I've heard a lot of people use C&C cages which sounds like a good option but I'm afraid of buying the cheap ones from Amazon because of the paint chipping...

I bought a ramp specially made for my cage $80 ramp and the only one that uses it is olive. She’s a baby she’s trying to show the other two who are two years old to come up to the higher level and they want nothing to do with it. Lol. Miss all of also likes to go up to the hole in the hay rack...

As your piggies are boars I am afraid a two storey ferplast style cage is not going to be big enough - there are no commercial cages which meet the size needed for two boys. The biggest ferplast cage is a single storey ferplast plaza 160 But as it suggests it is 160cm so is only just over boar...

Yes, i will be having it exactly like the photo above. I was already planning on putting something on the Ramps for them anyways. Thank you so much this really helps :)

With the higher grids I couldn't open the curtains this morning and the arrangement was totally impractical for cleaning the cage so I've removed it except an extra half high grid in the place they climbed and one halfway up the ramp where they might go over the top. I hope they have scared...

I agree with the others - single level living is preferred. A second level can be added if you really want to but only as a bonus space. It cannot be counted towards the cage size and your piggies may not even use it. In fact, a second level can sometimes cause an issue if one piggy claims...

An update: the seroma swelling did eventually go down and the wound did eventually heal (we had to get another round of antibiotics and do saline washes of the wound until it closed - which I feel like we should have been doing in the first place, but anyway). The new problem started about a...

Photos, files, paper are all a bit overwhelming atm so I'm just going to write tidbits about previous guineas of mine, as they occur to me. Some other time I hope to manage pics, tho some of my pigs date from before digital photos. Usually something another mbr on here wrote reminds me. I had a...

I personally find this to be part of the issue with two storey hutches (that and the fact piggies prefer a single level living space with upper levels not counting towards the floor space (it’s only the bottom level). For some piggies they just don’t work and while most will probably learn to...

I had a loft on the guinea pig cage. I only decided to take it out since it made the cage a bit harder to clean, and took up more space than I would have liked it to. I have only had one piggy that would use it regularly, the others would only go up there if I put something like food on the...

I forgot to give an update to the situation. It wasn't an ulcer or even a hay poke, it was a piece of apple that got stuck to her eye and was causing an infection. The vet removed it and she had eye drops for a few days until it cleared up. She's right as rain now. Pfannkuchen on the other hand...

Apologies for if this is a bit imposing, but could you maybe share a picture of your set up for your guinea pigs? So that I sort of have inspiration and a reference on how to improve.

I apologise for if I sound stupid, but for the c&c cage thing, how do you make it so that no pee goes on the floor? I mentioned these quite a while ago to my mother, but she said that would be a problem.

Hi! I'm posting due to my current predicament that the 2 boars that I adopted just about 2 months ago have not been getting along. The shelter that I adopted from had them both living together in the same enclosure, as well as telling me they had apparently lived together prior to being...

Welcome to the forum Can you please clarify what you mean by fighting? We see people refer to fighting but that isn’t what is actually happening. Fighting is a full on, ball of rolling around which is likely to cause injury. If that occurs then the bond has failed and immediate and permanent...

It may be he’s just not used to the ramp. Did you glue something to it so they have good grip? Does it have sides and is it quite a gradual slope? If it’s too steep you could sit there and on a brick or similar. Also make sure there is hay and water downstairs too. You could try putting a...

Please, please look into visiting Origin in Cardiff, those prices for those tests are excessive. Origin have a very well respected cavvy-savvy vet.