first cleaning for hotlips

Dragonkort

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well today i had to clean the playpen BUT i only have one peace fleece cloth to put in the playpen since i have a very large peace of fleae it had been folded 4 times in order to make it the playpen since theres no smell we turned it over and put a clean side up.... maybe not the best thing but i dont have anther peace of fleece i have a little rectangled infent bedtype thing with mesch sides that i put them in when cleaning out there main home...i was impressed with hawkeye hotlips was of course terrified and ran to hawkeye and tried to get under her which she really couldnt do but hawkeye stayed where she was and let hotlips press as close as she could get to hawkeye...my husband was doing the main cleaning so i was holding the little thing i had them in and pet them... no they wherent really happy about that but hopefuly with time hawkeye bit me once and tried to bite me a few more times but i just moved my hand so she couldnt bite me and softly said no we dont bite mommy not that she seemed to care lol they have bowls of food and hay and water hotlips is in the castle hidy and i got a poptarts box and made a hidy but alass its really to small i shall go into the gragre in a bit and get a bigger box, i have to sit and catch my breath first with copd everything is done in stages on my way to the gragre i'll get a couple of the empty flower pots and take them back in the gragre....recently spent a day transplanting my plants that too takes much longer these days lol spike let the dogs in finally and they are now all 3 attatched to mommy with leashes...they KNOW where there suppose to potty but still perfer to do there busness in the house and i am now done playing with them i did this the day before yesterday and yesterday nobody pottyed on floor so i know this works like small children however they will test or at times forget so today they will spend the day with mommy not really a big deal as they normaly sit on this chair with me most of the day anyway its just today they cant wander off and play lol like my human kids who spent a lot of time in there room not being able to come out that bothered them the funny thing at the time as soon as i said they could come out half an hour later they where back in there room playing lol humm hotlips is still in the hidy but she has moved it closer to the hay lol she tends to move it off and on which is fine its therehome so can do with in reason what ever they want in there i put a cardboard ball in there and will make another one I'm hoping the cardboard used for a bolt of fabric will be big enough for them to go into so i can make a tunnle they can run through if not i'll have to figure out something else maybe theres something safe in the garage that will work... eventually they will have everything they need and want in there home later i will attatch the toy i got for them when we got hotlips to the side of the playpen they still dont seem to want anything to do with the half covered soft beds i got for them but ahh well there in there if they want them so far they seem happy except when I'm holding them and hopefuly someday that will change i'lldo some more research of course and see what other things they should or would just like to have as they like all my animal children MUST be as spoiled as they can safely be! the only thing they cant have is more piggies with them hubby has layed down the law! i cant blame him a cat 3 dogs and 2 guinni pigs is his limit! i will also printout a list of other foods they can have so next time hubby gos to the store he can something up... if I'm missing anything or doing something i shouldnt be doing PLEASE let me know i want them to be as happy as possable and thank you in advance for any help or information you can give me
 
well it didnt take long to find a box big enough to make a second hidy for hawkeye and hotlops went christmas shopping the other day and some things came in through the mail which left me with a box to make a second hidy and is also big enough that both piggys can get into if they want to with out being crowded.. now i'll hang that toy thing i got them on the side of the play pen so they can either ignore it or play with it hotlips is spending a bit of time in the hidy but i hope as she gets more settled she'll spend less time in it...shes eating and drinking good so will give it until the end of theweek and if nothing changes i'll call the vet in the mean time i'll keep researching guinnie pigs and reading on here so i can learn as much as possable so i can be a good guine pig mommy... not sure if i want to take each of them out and hold them today as they where on lap in the mesh thing when spike did the playpen and i held each of them then... now if i can just find something to make a tunnel for them...put the tolitpaper ball in the cage as well... i need to make sure they have enough stuff i can change out here and there so they dont get board... am i missing any thing?
 
another little update and hawkeye and hotlips wellhawkeye still hasnt gone near the cardboard hidy maybe later tonight or tomarrow put the toy thing i got hanging from the side of playpen hawkeye went right up to and started chewing on it... hotlips poked her head out of the castle hidy to get the guinnie pig treat hawkeye is now eating from there bowl...going to keep an eye on them and see how active they are tomarrow if there not active I'm going to call the vet and make an appoment still doing research on them the more i learn the better able i will be able to take care of them and hopefully make them happy
 
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