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Hi Everyone, I'm an old member but haven't been active for a long time, my boys are still doing very well, and very spoilt although we are at a cross roads and moving back to South Africa so we are exporting the boys to South Africa. I am SO worried about the boys firstly with the stress of...

Hi everyone, I am thinking about adopting another male guinea pig but I need advice. My two boys are still fighting (drawing blood) even in a really large cage (pic below). I have had to separate them yet again, so they are now in two separate 4x4 cages with a divider in between. I...

Hi, I have had my boys for quite some time now, and just recently I noticed that the dominant boy actually pee's on the submissive one. He actually swivels his bum at high speed and directly urinates on Pepper. I've seen it twice now. So my first question is: Is this normal or something to...

Im going away for a week over Christmas and I've found someone to look after the boys for me, although the person can only come once a day. Im going to pre-pack the veggies into sealable bags so it the person who is going to be feeding them doesn't have to wash or chop veggies themselves...

I was having a conversation with my friend from Ecuador and guinea pigs came up... well I knew that people from Asian countries eat guinea pigs, but not Ecuador. They basically have huge farms (feedlots) where they breed guinea pigs for people to eat. I have seen some people argue that if pet...

I have searched the forum on this subject but cannot find anything that specifically answers my question... My 2 boars have been separated as they were going through puberty and fighting to the point of almost drawing blood. Its been a couple months and I want to re-introduce them together...

Im so frustrated, a friend of a friend got a hold of my guinea pigs in the middle of the night, not sure what he did with them but now there is urine all over the entire apartment! It just reeks! and he wont even admit he did anything, which I dont know how he can deny seeing as the piggies...

I took my piggies to the vet early this week, she took a skin scraping, and saw no mites (although I know this doesnt rule out mites). The fungus/ringworm results only come in 2 weeks time so I am treating for fungus using cream, and also mites. She also gave me an antibiotic for them in case...

Hi, I might be being over precautious but I want to be safe rather than sorry: Have a couple of questions that I cant find the answer to (searched the forum): 1) Is it normal for guinea pigs to scratch occassionally? (sorry if this is a dumb question ;-) but my boys will scratch and...

Hi, I am unhappy with the quality of my hay at the moment and since everyone on this forum seems to agree its best to order it online please can someone send me a link to the website from where they order their hay (preferably Timothy hay) (and somewhere in the States near Kansas to reduce...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has ever tried using garden/flower dividers to use as the 'walls' for your cage instead of those wire grids? I have had these now for almost 3 weeks and there has been no problem, I wanted to check with everyone that they are safe. The other 3 sides are proper...

Please can someone give me advice on the best way to tame my guinea pigs. I have had them now for almost 2 weeks, Im not sure how best to tame them. Some people say pick them up every day to tame them and others say bribe them with food and try stroking their heads so once you can pet them THEN...