I've been researching guinea pigs since October! This site and guinea lynx have both been incredibly helpful and I've learned a lot. I just recieved a cavy today from my brother's friend. They are going on vacation, so I'm just watching it. She is a swirly tri color, chocolate, tan, and white. Of course as cute as can be! She lives in a store bought cage .. but I can't do anything about it. All I can do now is suggest things to the owner so don't get all over my case for her having to live there. I did however build her a vactation home.
I added a 2X4 cubes cage onto her about 1 in a half grid by 2 cage. I gave her plenty of timothy hay, hidey houses, etc. but she doesn't have any vitamin C pellots !!
She has a seed based pellot. I'm really worried about her diet as the only veggie she gets is baby carrots. No fruit. I'm going to ask my mom if we can buy some more veggies/fruit just for her and some pellots. The owner even said she doesn't eat much of her food, that scared me a bit.
The scariest thing though, is that she seems a bit fat. I hope she's not preg. but not sure. It might also be from her seed diet, even though she doesn't eat much of it.
For the cage all it is is a shower curtain, newspaper, towel, and fleece. Not my first attmept at making one, but it seems to be working out pretty well. It is my first time caring for a pig and I hope I enjoy caring for her. If I do I will go back to begging my parents for one.
I hope I can work everything out with her and her owners, so far she has been a really sweet yet goofy pig. It will be hard letter her go
I hope to meet some other guinea lovers! (I'm sure there are tons out there) Also, I'll try to get pictures of her and the cage!
Sry for all the spelling errors. . didn't get enough sleep last night XD