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I have been viewing many lovely cages on this forum and many of them have upper levels or are elevated off the ground. Many of them are open without a lid. I have also read about more than one guinea pig jumping out of or falling from their cage. I have my C & C cage elevated off the floor...

Is there anyone who has had problems with KMs pellets not ageeing with their guinea pigs? I was so excited when my order arrived in March, but soon after one of my girls started having soft, large, misshapened stool and a couple of times there was blood in it. She strains and cries when...

I was wondering how your guinea pigs react to stress. I am most interested in any changes in behaviour, digestion (such as a change in stool), etc. if you have a piggy sitter come in when you are away or have new people they don't know visiting or staying with you.

Some friends stopped by today for a visit. They had never seen our house so I showed them around. I couldn't let them in the front door because the girls' play area is in the entrance hall up against the door. So, I had to let them in through the garage where we passed by the laundry basket...

Just curious. I have noticed I don't have a "Thanks" on the bottom of any of my posts. Anyone know why?

My girls are over a year now and have really settled down. I have noticed that whenever my hand is near their face they will lick me. Six months ago Abbey would have taken a nip at me so things have really improved. What do you think? Piggy kisses or do they just like licking the salt on my skin?

I have a 2 X 4 cage and wanted to get it off the floor so put it up on some extra grids I had. I am finding it is a really bad height for my back. I try to sit on the floor to clean, etc. but find I am bending over a lot and starting to get back problems. I just finished making a table 24"...

I would like to seal the corners of my coroplast tray to keep the urine from leaking out. Any suggestions on a non toxic sealant? The girls won't be in contact with the sealant. There will be newspaper, bedding and hay in the tray. I have two trays so one could dry for a couple of days...

I am trying to figure out why there has been a change in Zoe's stool. It has only happened a couple of times. I have been doing journal entries every day to see if a pattern is forming. Both times there has been changes in her environment, but I have also changed the girls to KMs pellets and...

Does anyone know if Microban, the antibacterial agent triclosan, is in guinea pig plastic houses such as pigloos? I know it is in my litter boxes (small cat litter boxes), so I have stopped using them. They are putting it in all sorts of plastic dog and cat products such as water dispensers...

From what I have been reading it seems many guinea pigs out there react to opening fridges, rustling bags, etc. with loud wheeking. My girls are so quiet. The only loud wheek I hear is when Zoe is bugging Abbey and she wheeks very loud in protest. When I come into their room in the morning...

I received my KMs pellets today. They shipped them last Monday so I was so surprised they came this quick. For any Canadians wanting to try KMs pellets, I would highly recommend ordering them. I was very impressed with the service and there were NO extra charges when I picked them up at the...

I am ready to order KMs pellets. I have my quote and it is not bad. It will be way cheaper in the long run to order 20 lbs. instead of 10 lbs. My question is, this amount may last me approximately 6 months. Are they still going to be fresh? I read somewhere they are good for about 225 days...

I have totally change Abbey and Zoe over to Oxbow adult (Feb. 24th). I have noticed they are shedding a little more and they seem to have more dandruff. They usually have very shiny, sleek fur. They are going from a 19% protein pellet to a 14% protein pellet. I started slowly changing them...

I know parsley is a natural diuretic. I have noticed for some time that if I give Abbey and Zoe parsley there is an increase in urine output. They don't get a lot of parsley so I have no concerns. Has anyone else noticed this? Should people that give parsley frequently be concerned about the...

I have a question for anyone in the U.S. Do U.S. companies have to list all the ingredients in pet foods? I am under the impression that if an ingredient is under a certain percentage of the total food they don't have to list it. Or has that changed? For example, Oxbow didn't list Lignin...

I think it is time to call for "help" from all of you. You guys are the best problem solvers. I got my two girls last May and around October Abbey started to get a dirty area around her bum. It got quite bad and was even dirty part way up her back end. I did some research and realized I was...

I have been so stressed out the last few days. Our 20 year old couch finally literally caved in and we decided to get a new love seat. This was in our TV room which is also my two piggies' room. I checked before I bought the new loveseat to make sure it would not have any fumes and they told...

I was just curious how many of you bath your guinea pigs, especially ones with short hair. If you do bath them what are the reasons? I brush my girls every day and this seems to take out most dirt and keeps them pretty clean. I did do a bum wash on Abbey tonight. She wasn't very happy about...

I found an interesting article on bladders stones. Maybe some of you have already read it. I would like feedback on what any of you think. Any ideas how I can get my girls to eat peppers? I would much prefer them to get their Vit C from food than supplements. Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital