Recent content by Bennalaya

My sister has just recently started dating a guy and she's serious about him already. Bear in mind that my sister is a vet tech and has been a member of PETA for years. The guy she is seeing is a rodeo clown. Well, actually, he told us the more "politically correct" term is "bull fighter". Right...

Some guinea pigs don't like their bellies touched, or their rump. Were you concerned that she would have mated prior to entering the rescue? I just want to get dates right if you are certain she was not accidentally impregnated at the rescue. If she did mate prior to going to the rescue and that...

I would highly recommend a freshwater tank for an office environment. My grandmother worked for an optometrist and, when he passed away, his wife gave my grandmother the aquarium that had been in the waiting room for years. It was a freshwater tank and I ended up with it. I managed to keep it...

I had to thank you for that post because it really gave me a chuckle. I went to the store the other night. I had a gallon of milk, a block of cheese, a container of ice cream, stick butter and a bag of green leaf lettuce. It was like a dairy train at the check-out and then BAM! There's something...

Also, if your rescue piggies have nails that are too long, you probably won't be able to clip them as short as you would like at first. Neglected nails means longer quick, but if you're diligent about clipping them on the regular basis the quick will begin to recede. I prefer using a pair of...

Clever boy! Abby pretty much confines her eating to the food dish, so I've never come across food she has hidden. Although, she didn't eat at her dish when she first came here. It was hilarious watching her sneak out to her dish, grab a piece of lettuce and make like a bandit back to her Pigloo...

Abby's not much of a wheeker. She burbles more than anything else. Although, she can let out quite a primal scream when you first pick her up. Indie wheeks when you hold her. It's actually quite pitiful, because I don't think she quite knows how to react when Mommy isn't around.

I had two boars that "turtled" their Pigloo around. It was all fine and good until one of them pushed it to the side of the cage, jumped up on top and almost got out. After that the Pigloo stayed in the middle of the cage with a brick on top of it.

It is so unfortunate that many people assume that if they keep their dog indoors or in a fenced in yard that it can pregnancy can never occur. As it's been stated already, intercourse can take place even if you think your fence is adequate. I've seen male dogs scale six foot fences to get to a...

Abby loves Green Leaf and Romaine lettuce, strawberries, kiwi, cherry tomato, green beans, baby carrots and cilantro. Stuff she will eat, but could take it or leave it would be bell pepper, snow peas, apple, orange and red leaf lettuce.

Thanks, everyone. She is amazingly gorgeous. I have to restrain myself from just taking her out of the cage and carrying her around with me all day long. The hairs on her back look like they are getting a bit longer, almost like little cowlicks. And her hair is very soft. Even her little...

What is really interesting about this type of behavior is that it tends to be very common among some animals (hamsters, for example) while being incredibly rare among cavies. It is unfortunate that it is treated as the rule rather than the rare exception and causes many people to remove beloved...

My sister is a vet tech and she deals with men like that all the time. She was telling me about how this man came in and said his wife was making them "take away their dog's manhood" and how he was afraid the dog would become depressed and insecure because he lacked his testicles. He said he...

Awhile back someone else asked about the Zupreem pellets. Ly&Pigs posted the ingredients in these pellets and highlighted the ones that make this pellet inadequate. https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/diet-nutrition/36998-zupreem.html?highlight=Zupreem Scroll down. Haley re-posted Ly's response.

They will on rare occasion, so it's not a complete lie. While I feel the co-worker's story was a bit far-fetched, Guinea Pigs are capable of cannibalism when under extremely stressful situations. Rabbits will also eat their young. My father had a rabbit when he was a kid that ate one of her...