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  1. rachelappel

    Medications OTC baytril?

    Is there a place you can buy baytril without a prescription?
  2. rachelappel

    young girls need a new home

    These girls are somewhere between 6-8 months old. The tri-color has a heart murmur but it hasn't seemed to affect her life at all as of yet, but checks ups are going to be very important for her. They're typical babies and love to run around and be normal baby pigs. They can be a bit mouthy...
  3. rachelappel

    C&C bottom for 4x5?

    I am upgrading my piggies to a 4x5 cage and I am wondering what other folks use for a cage bottom for a cage this large since coroplast only comes in 4x8 sheets. Do you just tape two together? How do you stop seepage (aside from the type of bedding you use) between the crack of the two sheets...
  4. rachelappel

    Exercise guinea pig agility

    does anyone on her do agility with their guinea pigs? what did you use to get started for equipment? best ways to teach/train? things to be careful of? does anyone live in minnesota and do it? i'm doing my own research as well, but figured i'd ask here :)
  5. rachelappel

    Behavior odd grabbing behavior

    one of my pigs who i thought had FINALLY outgrown the mouthy stage has recently begun grabbing my shirt with her teeth and pulling on it. i'm not really sure what it means or why she's doing it. she was an abnormally mouthy baby, and she's about 8ish month old now and it took forever to get...
  6. rachelappel

    RIP my sweet lily

    We had to make the decision to put my sweet lily down today. She's been having seizures and today she was on her second one when I knew it was time. I'm pretty heartbroken about it. She was my snuggliest pig and would sit and watch tv with you all day if you let her. I'm going to miss her so...
  7. rachelappel

    Medications orbax?

    I just got back from the 3rd trip to the vet with my little Lily pig for an inner ear infection and this time my vet put her on Orbax. Does anyone have any experience with that antibiotic? I'm just reading the box for it and it sounds more like something to treat cats/dogs for UTIs. The vet...
  8. rachelappel

    Crusty Eyes small crusties?

    I came home tonight to find that my 5ish month old piggy had a few crusties around only one of her eyes. it was only on the left eye and looked more like a little dandruff than eye crusties. I tried to find a post on here that was similar but couldn't. She has no nose discharge, and has been...
  9. rachelappel

    Play what kind of toys do your piggies like?

    Just a fun post. What do all your piggies like to play with? Homemade toys? Store bought toys? I bought a treat dispenser toy that my resident piggies just love...
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    Cleaning Best way to get rid of odors in Midwest Cage

    I'm currently fostering two piggies and changed their cage today because it smelled incredibly horrible (which is impressive because my cage of four hasn't even started smelling yet). I've been changed it every 2-3 days or so. They're house in one of the midwest habitats and the canvas piece...
  11. rachelappel

    websites for guinea pig lover gifts??

    Looking for some good sites/stores that sell cute/fun gifts for the guinea pig lover. preferably in the US. I've tried searching google but haven't come across anything spectacular yet. I always see people that have such cute stuff and I always wonder where they get it :)
  12. rachelappel

    Special Needs underweight baby piggy

    we adopted a special needs baby whose make 8 weeks old? maybe a little older, nobody really knows for sure. anyways, we've had her for two weeks and she's not really eating many veggies or fruits. she gets alfalfa pellets and timothy hay (won't touch alfalfa hay) from oxbow and i've also been...
  13. rachelappel

    Fleece cage accessories and such

    I used to have a list of people/places/stores that make accessories for piggy cages (tunnels, beds, sofas, more cutesy obnoxious stuff us pet owners buy for our piggies lol) that were in the US but my wonderful computer had to be wiped clean, so I lost it all :( so...can anyone give me some...
  14. rachelappel

    Behavior piggy turning in circles

    One of my adopted pigs (I've had her since July) has started this weird kind of behavior. She will randomly turn/spin around in circles, and not just a few times, but like twenty times, or for like a few minutes. I have a video of it, but of course, the one time I need to upload something, it...
  15. rachelappel

    Hay timothy vs orchard grass

    what's everyone's opinions on timothy vs orchard grass? (both from oxbow) are they equal in nutritional content? texture? color? etc. i was discussing this with my husband today and discovered i really don't know that much about orchard grass. i've studied a lot of other types of hay and...
  16. rachelappel

    Medications best place to buy ivermectin?

    where is the best place you've found to purchase ivermectin? is there a superior brand or is a generic okay to purchase?
  17. rachelappel

    Pellets new piggy not eating pellets

    we just adopted a new piggy yesterday and i'm kind of concerned about her as she hasn't really eaten any pellets or drank any water. she's gone through over two stuffed hay racks full of hay and some veggies though. with our last rescue pig we had the same issue that she wasn't eating, but our...
  18. rachelappel

    anyone good at judging equine conformation?

    so i had brought my mare to a barn for a small cow horse clinic today and one of the owners of the barn came up and asked if 1. she was for sale and 2. if i'd be interesting in showing her in halter. at first i was kind of taken aback because i've never thought of her as a show quality horse...
  19. rachelappel

    Upper Levels adding a second level-->ideas?

    We are wanting to build a second level for our cage for our pigs, but I'm undecided as to what I want it to look like. What do all your second levels look like? If you could do anything over about yours what would you change or add? Also, what is everyone's suggestions on ramps? Where to buy...
  20. rachelappel

    Nutrition small pet select?

    I have been feeding Oxbow hay (and feed) to my pigs for almost a year now, but recently came across small pet select. Has anyone ever bought their hay? What is the quality like? I still have plenty of Oxbow hay left, but just wanted to know if anyone has used it before. Also, I will be...
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