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    biting bars!

    Has he got plenty of stuff to chew on in the cage? They sometimes seem to try and use the bars to grind down their teeth. Squeak constantly bit the bars. I gave her loads of willow sticks which she ignored so in the end I got her a wooden hut, which she happily chews instead of the bars...
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    You know you love your piggies when ...

    I thought it might be good to share stories of the lengths we go to for our piggies and start it off with this, hopefully, interesting story about the time Beano escaped. In the summer we take the top of the cage out in the garden and let the piggies enjoy a bit of sun and grass. It's like...
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    Please help! Worrying skin rash

    Thanks for all the advice and help. I finally got squeak into the vets yesterday and she's being treated for both a fungal infection and ringworm to be on the safe side. I was panicking because, in the 4 years I've kept guinea pigs I've only had to take one to the vet before and she died the...
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    Please help! Worrying skin rash

    Thanks for all those replies Is Caneston 2% cream okay to use? She seems to be eating just the same as usual but I'll have a closer look at the way she's eating. I did change their food on Xmas day from Wagg to Tesco's own (only because I couldn't get to the shops to get their usual)...
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    Please help! Worrying skin rash

    This isn 't a great pic but the best I could get - She's booked in with the vets for Wednesday. Is that too long to wait without any treatment? Having never experienced skin problems with any of my guinea pigs I don't know how urgent the situation is.
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    Please help! Worrying skin rash

    Can anyone help please. Squeak, my one year old guinea pig has lost the fur from below her mouth and has a rash. Her skin looks scaly in places, a bit crusty and red and tender where she's tried to scratch it and drawn blood. It appeared on Xmas Day, she was fine before that. I have her...
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    Worried: excessive hair loss

    Thanks for the message. Whenever I hold her in short sleevs and she touches my skin I come out in red lumps on my skin. My skin becomes itchy, so I have to scratch it and then it sort of becomes raised in red patches. I always thought I had some sort of mild allergy to them but now I'm...
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    Ticked off at vet grrr

    I've been reading this thread and I'd just like to say how lovely it is to hear all the care and devotion little Jules is getting and what a great job you're doing in treating him. When we first started to read the bit about the vets we said how awful it is that vets and many people don't...
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    Worried: excessive hair loss

    I got my guinea pig out for the first time in a week today and noticed she was losing excessive amounts of fur. I know all guinea pigs malt quite a lot but it was coming out in clumps with the root still attached (she's a short, silky haired breed). I did also notice, though, that she had a...
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    vibrating guinea pig?

    Was it like a cat purring? It can mean three things, which makes it v confusing. A low purr can mean contment when they are being petted, but it can also mean (for males) aggression if they are among other cavvies and also that they want to mate with a female. A louder purring in the presence...
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    Anaesthetic - is it safe?

    Can anyone tell me whether denistry problems can be sorted out without anaesthetic and whether anaesthetic is dangerous for guinea pigs, especially those over three years old? I'm probably jumping the gun a bit as I don't even know if Beano is suffering with her teeth but, just before...
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    Anyone elses guinea pig tell them things?

    I have a three-year-old, Beano, and two babies, Bubble and Squeak who, unfortunately all have to live seperately as they don't get on together. As well as the usual 'food based' communication from Beano: squeaking when I move a knife in the kitchen, opening the fridge door and coming back with...
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    Piggies causing nasty rash

    Hi, sorry, I know we're supposed to be talking about our Piggie's health here but I wanted to know if anyone else's guinea pigs cause them to come out in a rash when they handle them? My two older pigs caused me a slight rash but my new two babies are terrible! I forgot to put a long...
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    Does anyone else's Guinea Pigs Bite?

    Mine are biters, sometimes they bite a bit too hard, but they've got used to what 'ouch' means and usually look quite alarmed like they didn't mean to do it that bad.
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    Piggies gone mental?

    Mine are so unbelievably noisy. The sound of the knife I use for their veggies sends them wild. But so many things set them off. The fridge door opening, a carrier bag rattling, me coming home with shopping bags. Sometimes I only have to move slightly on the sofa and it sets them off! And...
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    How to stop bullying

    I'll try weighing tehm when I put them together. At the moment I can tell how much they eat from their food bowls but when they're together I won't know who's eating what. I think ever since Bernie bit Beano I've been really nervous about pigs fighting. It was a really vicious attack. Beano...
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    How to stop bullying

    Thanks, I'll give it a try as I'd rather they were together. The whole point of the new ones was to give Beano so company after Bernie died. Beano is really docile. She bites me (it's her new way of telling me she wants to go back to the cage) but she never bit Bernie. I think she always wanted...
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    Licking

    Animals are supposed to like being stroked because it reminds them of their mums cleaning them by licking them. So, I'd always thought they were trying to reciprocate when we stroked them and it was a sign of affection/acceptance. Probably is the taste of the skin though:0 It's cute when they...
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    How to stop bullying

    Thanks for the replies of advice. In the end I decided to seperate them. I know there always has to be a dominant one and there will inevitably be scuffles over this but it had crossed the line to bullying. Squeak had been happy, had come out of her shell and was having fun on her own. When...
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    Spinach - good or bad?

    Sorry if this question has been asked before. I'm new to this forum and couldn't see it anywhere. I had been feeding my guinea pigs fresh baby leaf spinach as a treat for ages and they absolutely loved it. They went mad over it and even preferred it to cucumber. I thought it would be good for...
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