I've been on here about a month now. I guess you could say I got smart quick . My son received a
GP from his aunt for his birthday and as I had never had any dealings with them or ever really been around guineas I decided some research was in order . The night my son got his piggie I went online and searched for guinea pig care...this was actually the first sight I clicked on, and I don't think I got off it for about 3 hours haha. I just kept clicking and printing and clicking some more (we actually have a 3-ring binder now for
gp care). Needless to say, according to everyone around here, I am now the resident Guinea Pig expert
Oh ya, and according to my oldest daughter "That pig eats better than we do". She gets mad because I won't let her eat the veggies I bought for the pig! OK, it's my son's pig, but dang it, I'm addicted. He's 14 so he gets tired of hearing me "Did you give her floor time?", "Did you do her veggies this morning/evening?" (Yes, she gets fresh salad ever morning and night and her fruits in the afternoon) When he's at school, I even go into his room and check on her, her food, hay, etc. Our taxes should be back this week, I plan on having her a new cage built within the week after that (hubby and I already decided how big, with 2 stories, the whole bit ). I'm even looking into trying to find Shelby a friend.
I did catch myself the other day getting really mad though. My son went to church Sunday and when he got home he told me that his pastor's family has a
gp. So, I started asking him questions about it. When he told me that the poor thing was in a large aquarium I told him we'd deffinitely be making copies of all that is in his 3-ring binder and giving it to the pastor. I have a real thing about animals being treated right and people knowing about an animal before you get it, etc.
All in all, I do have to say, THANK YOU for this sight. If not for it, we would be doing a lot of things wrong for poor Shelby as all the information his Aunt got was from Petsmart, where she bought the pig.