New to guinea pigs

[samgat]

Hello,
My name is Samantha and we have one female guinea pig that we got about 6 weeks ago. If I had known how fun they are we would have gotten one sooner! We love her, her name is Jenio. She really belongs to my 6 year old son, but I help with all the care that she may need. We are an animal loving family and have many other animals. 3 dogs, 1 cat, 2 love birds, and my husbands salt water fish tank that we all love.
Before any one chews us out for not getting Jenio from a rescue place, that is my fault I was unaware of there even being a need for rescues. Having animals, you would think that I would know that but I did not look into that part of getting a guinea pig before getting her. (If we ever get another one we will look for a rescue.) So I am hoping to do the best by this animal that I can and am hoping that this site will be the one for us.
Thank you,
Samantha

[fadedcoat]

Hi Samantha!

It sounds like your place is a nice little zoo! Ours is, too. In addition to my 2 guinea pigs, we have a dog, a rat, shrimp, and fish. My husband also likes fish so we have 4 aquariums in sizes from 5 gallons to 125 gallons!

I hope no one chews you out for not rescuing - I mean, who would want to give these cute guys up anyway? But now that we both know (I got a stern message in my intro) we can move on and talk about our pigs!

Will you post a photo of Jenio? Now that you've seen this site, are you considering a second pig to complement your first one?

There's a lot of information about piggies to process here! I hope you find all you need.

[samgat]

Yes it is a zoo. But we are okay with that.
We too have a 125 gallon fish tank being ready to set up. (We had to reinforce the floor. )
We added the guinea pig for our 6 year old son. But we have found that we all love her. I may think about letting her be a mommy but I am not sure we want to have two piggies. (I have read both postitive and unpostitive about that.) I still have more to read about that. Do they put guinea pigs out for stud? LOL
Thanks,
Sam

Originally Posted by fadedcoat

Hi Samantha!

It sounds like your place is a nice little zoo! Ours is, too. In addition to my 2 guinea pigs, we have a dog, a rat, shrimp, and fish. My husband also likes fish so we have 4 aquariums in sizes from 5 gallons to 125 gallons!

I hope no one chews you out for not rescuing - I mean, who would want to give these cute guys up anyway? But now that we both know (I got a stern message in my intro) we can move on and talk about our pigs!

Will you post a photo of Jenio? Now that you've seen this site, are you considering a second pig to complement your first one?

There's a lot of information about piggies to process here! I hope you find all you need.

[C&K]

First and formost, welcome to CC!

Before any one chews us out for not getting Jenio from a rescue place, that is my fault I was unaware of there even being a need for rescues.

No one here is going to chew you out, many people here have made the mistake of buying from a petstore or breeder too before they new better. However now you know better, you will know where to go next time!

Speaking of getting your pig a friend, I can't express enough that you really should. They are herd animals and really 95% of them do best with company!

[Jennicat]

Originally Posted by samgat

Yes it is a zoo. But we are okay with that.
We too have a 125 gallon fish tank being ready to set up. (We had to reinforce the floor. )
We added the guinea pig for our 6 year old son. But we have found that we all love her. I may think about letting her be a mommy but I am not sure we want to have two piggies. (I have read both postitive and unpostitive about that.) I still have more to read about that. Do they put guinea pigs out for stud? LOL
Thanks,
Sam

I don't see how you can say that you're sorry about not rescuing, and then in the next breath talk about breeding your guinea pig for more instead of RESCUING.

PLEASE do not breed. It is dangerous to the pig, they don't "want" to have babies, and chances are she'll die, or the babies will die. It's a sad fact of life. Why not adopt her a friend instead so that she can live out her live with a hen-pal or a neutered boyfriend?

[JennG]

Welcome to the forum. We all have done the stupid thing and bought before knowing better but now you know. I recommend getting a pal for your girl. They are herd animals and love to be around their "peers".