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#1
05-21-07, 09:00 pm
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 New To Piggies Hello all! We just welcomed a little Piggy my daughter Marissa has named "Pepper" into our homes and hearts today. A friend of mine from my FerretsForum recommended this site as a way to get to know Piggies better, and to get help and suggestions on her care to make sure that I do the best by her  We are VERY excited and I am looking forward to getting to know Her and all of you a lot better! |
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05-21-07, 09:39 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies Hi and welcome to the forum. I moved this to the appropriate forum section. There is a sticky thread at the top of this forum called "newbies, please read this post first" that is very helpful and contains links to many areas of care. |
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05-21-07, 10:09 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies welcome!! she is soooo cute!! |
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05-21-07, 10:28 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies Welcome. Have you looked over Guinea Lynx :: A Medical and Care Guide for Your Guinea Pig for care info? She's a cutie. What are you feeding her? It looks like she has a pellet mix in her dish? She should actually have plain high quality pellet - no colored bits and seeds. |
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05-22-07, 11:54 am
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| Re: New To Piggies thanks all for the warm welcome that is 8 in 1 brand ecotrition with ester-c in her dish, our vet recommended it b/c of the nutrient levels since she is a younger piggy she is a TON of fun, she likes to Kiss hands  which I think is just SOOO cute! |
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05-22-07, 12:42 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies Is your vet an exotic pet specialist? Young pigs would do well on Cavy Performance by Oxbow-it has alfalfa in it. She really shoudn't be on the current food you have her on-even the best intentioned vets can adivse wrongly if they aren't a specialist in small animals. She is very cute-have you thought about getting her a buddy? |
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05-22-07, 01:02 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies actually yes, my vet is an exotic specialist. I take my ferrets to him for all their checkups, etc. I have a regular vet for my dog and a specialist for my ferrets so I called up the specialist about Peppers food needs |
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05-22-07, 01:06 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies It's made by Hartz, which is the worst. That's the problem. She should be getting all the nutrients she needs with a balanced diet of HIGH QUALITY plain pellets, unlimited grass hay (with alfalfa if she is younger) and a cup of fresh veggies a day. |
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05-22-07, 03:06 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies He or she is really directing you incorrectly. Perhaps he is more experianced with ferrets then with guinea pigs. That is not a good food-regardless of the age and I would hate to see someone buy it thinking that it is. |
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05-22-07, 03:21 pm
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| Re: New To Piggies The problem with many pellets is they use a lot of fillers, cheap quality ingredients and dangerous ingredients. Pellet mixes only make for obese pigs and pose a high risk for choking. Even many exotics vets aren't up to date on proper nutrition. Have you checked out or diet and nutrition forum? Also guinealynx has a great diet section. |
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