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Hello everyone! I am Addison, and I am considering getting Guinea pigs. I have done extensive research, and am very excited. Me and my sister are each getting one, but I’m a little worried about what to do when I go to college. I go to college in 2024, so in the next year-ish. My sister said...

Hi Sadly I lost my handsome boy Guinea pig on Tuesday who was 2 years of age and feel heartbroken. I am really sad for my other boy who is also 2 and now alone. I’ve searched the internet looking for a rescue piggie or to foster but with no luck! Could anybody help me with this please I don’t...

Hi. I have noticed that one of my female guinea pigs have been losing weight and hair, especially on her belly, but she has also lost hair in small patches on her back. She is very active and eats and drinks well, despite missing one of her lower teeth (she was missing the tooth when I adopted...

Hello everyone! I’m a new guinea pig mom, got my two female piggies from my local pet store almost two weeks ago (Bean is 8 months old and Killie is 2 months old). The first two-three days everything was normal. After that, I noticed that Bean started making a hooting sound when she naps, kinda...

Hello, We recently rehomed two long hair guinea pigs but have not introduced them to the rest of our herd yet as we noticed static/hay mites in their fur. They are both mostly white so it is noticeable. I relate to people describing it looking like someone has sprinkled pepper on them. We have...

Hi all, I'm gonna be using this today as a way or blogging the way I've been feeling recently towards the life of a mom of 3 skinnies. I got them during the summer when I was off of school so I was able to invest into them fully, being a new owner I never really knew what it took to handle 1...

My guinea pig Chocolate (almost 6 y/o) overcome mites a month ago and from that she had lost quite a bit of weight leaving her slightly bonier than usual. Overtime when she grew her hair back from the mites infestation, She started to look healthier and gaining more weight. Today I was feeding...

I have 4 guinea pig, Hestia, Hermes, Hera, and Demeter. We first thought that hermes is a boy that was the seller told us along with Hestia (sorry for the bad English) yes Hestia is a boy. So we misgender hermes and got pregnant. 2 weeks before hermes give birth we got hera and Demeter. Hestia...

Hi, I just was wondering what a 10 week old Guinea Pig should weigh please? Thanks. :D😃

hello, i’ve got my first ever guinea pig (she’s a female) and she’s only 13 weeks old. i have a c&c cage for her and when i brant her home she ran straight to her hide house, i woke up this morning and she’s still in there... i took her out to check if she was ok, she’s very friendly and purred...

As from other post my older boar had recently had surgery for a bladder stone. Since he has been ok and not having many issues. Today I found his urine like this. I havnt found seen any problems with his urine recently and sadly he is still producing bladder sludge. He gets 1 slice of cucumber...

I recently got a guinea pig two days ago. Today I held her for the first time and she seemed pretty chill so I let her stay while I did work online for about 5 hours, she fell asleep in my sweatshirt pocket and whenever I put her back in her cage she whines to come out and tries to make me hold...

Hi so I’ve had cheddar for a month and a few week however recently I’ve noticed he’s lying down a lot and making noises more than usual he also keeps scratching a lot and has a small bald patch behind his ear as well as he keeps grinding his teeth which I’ve read can be a sign of an injury or...

Hi, I have had my guinea pigs a little short of a year. I love them so much but I don’t know if I am the best owner for them. I am very busy and a teenager and I have school, sports, a job, and a jewelry buisness. I onlt end up cuddling with them about once a week and there cage is a mess. I...

So a few months ago my guinea pig Ivy had a uti, was fine after that then had bladder stones, medicine got rid of them, she had another uti a week ago. But now after the medicine is done she still smells really bad, it’s like a fish smell and she’s constantly hungry, like I’ll give her a...

I’ve just gotten a new Guinea pig today, she’s very small- an absolute sweetheart, and has to be a few months.. she’s TINY. I’m a bit worried about her eye.. having new pet anxiety- I have another guinea, who’s a year old but she’s never had this problem. basically, her left eye is completely...

Hi, so I have a male guinea pig and I’ve had it for 2 years and after doing some research I found out guinea pigs can die of loneliness! I am very concerned and I do not want that to happen to mine. I play with it everyday but I don’t think it’s enough. Now, I am looking to see if I can get...

Hi everyone! Pls help me I don’t know what to do! I have two guinea pigs, Coco and Bean. About a month or 2 ago, Coco started making these sort of “clicking” sounds. They don’t happen all day but he seems to have “episodes” where he will make the noise for like 10 minutes straight, most of the...

All of my guinea pigs live in a home that is way too small! the biggest cage we have is two of the store bought cages (that are too small!) put together. they do not have any room to run around in unless we take them out in the play pen. two guinea pigs live in this cage. the other one lives in...

Hi all, I am new and don't know if I posted this in the right place. Sometime in the future I would like to start my own guinea pig rescue and I would place the rescued pigs in large c and c cages in winter and sheds in summer. Would it be cruel to do this because when they get adopted they...