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I have noticed recently that my Amber has been losing some of her color in her hair. I was away for a week and had someone looking after them and her hair was a dark milk chocolate color and now it's like a very dirty blonde color. Also how often do you clip their nails and does it matter if you use baby or adult nail clippers? I asked on a different forum and someone had a hissy fit because i asked.

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I also ended up getting another larger cage(was a ferret cage but it was on sale for $40 bucks canadian and it works really well for them) but at some point i would love to add a third female from a rescue. Are these dimensions big enough to add a third?

39" L x 21" W x 18" H
(1m x 53.3cm x 45.7cm)
 
My guinea pig Eeyore has a ginger coloured fur on her top coat but her coat under that is a light blonde/grey. With her being long haired the fur gives a 2 toned look, similar to what your Ambers coat looks like :)


Nail clipping, I use pet clippers they are the easiest for me however I have previously used toe nail clippers which have worked just as well. I trim their nails every month, it keep on top of them and stops them from getting to long :)



Housing wise the minimum cage size for 2 female guinea pigs is 50" L by 30" wide or 4ft by 2ft.

Housing for 3 females is 62" by 30" or 5ft by 2ft.


Hope this has helped you.
 
Hmm i never actually thought of that. She i got her so young it never occured to me.

I will try the people nail clippers and see if that works better.

I guess it may be because they still pretty young so they don't take up as much room. I probably will just stick with the two for now as they get along great now.
 
That's a really beautiful guinea pig! I love how shiny her coat looks. drool I want that kind of shade for my own hair! :))
 
My male used to be a super beautiful red color, and now since his hair is long it always looks as if it's fading, but it's just because it's longer... Dogs will do the same thing (I'm a groomer) and just today, I did a mixed breed dog and it started out grey and ended up black and then I did a yorkie and it started out black and ended up grey shaved them both real short for summer.
 
My Willow's a bit like that. She has a top coat which is a dark chocolate brown but underneath she's more of a grey-brown. So depending on how her coat falls when you look at her she can either be brown or grey-brown. :)
 
Longhaired piggies will grow quite a bit paler as their baby coat grows out. Their faces will always remain somewhat darker.

2 guinea pigs should have 2x4 ft minimum space (i.e. 120x60cm) and three will need 2x5 ft (150x60cm). I fear that the cage you mention is small even for two guinea pigs. Here is a US website that lists cage sizes: http://www.guineapigcages.com/

I would also urge you to rethink adding a third piggy to a well established pair - it is the bonding most likely to fail or cause major problems, as you are all too often ending up with an outsider situation of some sort or other.
 
I have already looked at it before. It fit's them quite well and they have room to run, popcorn and all that other stuff that guinea pigs like to do. I may just stay with this one until i can see for myself if they have grown out of it or not. I had the same sized cage for my two males that i had when i was younger and they were about a quarter of the size my girls are and did great in it.
 
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