Recent content by fieryone

All of Kleenmama's hay is great but I would recommend 3rd cut timothy hay personally. It's the softest hay that I've tried. My pigs will eat any of her hay and have a hard time eating anything else now, but they seem to prefer the 3rd cut. And the pellets? My pigs LOVE them! My male will leave...

My point was that I am not going to defend the use of C&C cages when the proof is here in the pages of this site and has been tried and tested by many, many people. We have seen the benefits of increased cage sizes and a lot of us have even made our cages bigger than the minimums when we saw how...

Per the text of the PM that you posted, your photos weren't deleted because the cage is custom made. The text says that they were deleted because it was too small. There are many people who use a custom made cage that meets or exceeds the guideline and they are allowed to stay in the gallery as...

Mounting and rumbling is normal dominance behavior. Dad is just trying to show the baby who's boss. Introduce them in neutral territory and leave them alone. Put in some veggies and/or hay, some hideys, and just let them be unless there is bloodshed. There may be wheeking, chasing, teeth...

I never said that you weren't caring for her nor did I say that you didn't have food for her. You can have all the food in the world, but if she isn't eating because of pain in her mouth or some other issue then she is starving to death. Critical Care is great in an emergency but she can't live...

When your cage is too small, you feed unhealthy food, and leave your pig lonely then you're going to get feedback. You won't get applauded for substandard care here so I'm sorry if you feel like you're being beaten up on. That's not the intent. The intent is to inform and educate. The facts are...

Re: Not eating hay and pallets. Believe me, having recently been through this myself, I know how much time it takes to care for a sick guinea pig. It took us at least a half hour per syringe feeding to get the Critical Care into her and trust me, I can sympathize. It takes a lot of time and...

Good. Most commercial guinea pig foods aren't healthy. It would be like you eating nothing but McDonald's. All that's going to happen is that you're going to get fat and gradually more and more unhealthy. Same thing will happen to the guinea pig.

My Doc was 3lbs 4.8 ozs when we adopted him a little over a year ago. He was in a small cage and ate nothing but pellets and he was fat! He lost about a pound quickly since living with us and getting exercise and a proper diet, but he has put some weight back on. Today he weighed 2lbs 11.5ozs...

One of my pigs, Ethel died about 2 weeks ago. She was the dominant pig and ruled the cage in a calm, quiet manner. Ever since she died, all heck has broken loose. My pig, Lola who was second but very bratty to the pigs under her even while Ethel was alive has turned into a tyrant. I didn't think...

Yes. You will need to wash the fleece and under bedding as well as wipe down the cage and all toys/hideys with vinegar & water before putting the pigs back in the cage. If you don't then you're putting the new pig in non-neutral territory and just asking for a fight.

If you're in New England you may be able to find Sweet Meadow in a feed store like Agway.

I had a pig who did this from time to time during times of stress, either during introductions or when another pig would tick her off. Pretty gross, isn't it? :yuck:

If you've already put them together then you will need to leave them together. Make sure you clean the cage out thoroughly before moving them from the neutral area to the cage. You will want to be sure that they get along in the neutral area for a few hours before moving them to the cage...

A horse barn is a great place to start. You may also be able to find a farm on craigslist that sells grass hay. I'm glad you found some orchard grass. My pigs are spoiled with KM's hay and now picky, but they do like Oxbow's orchard grass on the occasion that I wait too long to place a KM order...