ThisFluffyFox
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- Joined
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I recently adopted a four and a half year old Guinea Pig from a local shelter and have been perusing a vast selection of Piggy forums for the last month or so, trying to figure out how to best care for my new little friend.
She is, as I said, a four and a half year old female. She is white with a little grey nose and wide pinkish eyes; she is, also, one of the most friendly little critters that I have ever met. Our housemates have six cats, and we have two, and little Piggy, Edelweiss, loves to try and stick her nose out to greet them whenever she sees them walk past her room. When we're in the room, occasionally a cat will sit on the landing next to her cage and watch her for hours; she flops down as close to her cage walls as possible and watches them right back! Totally unfazed!
Unfortunately, she is a bit lonely, since we don't let the cats near her unless we are directly beside the cage. We're planning on getting her a cage mate soon, as soon as we can get a bigger cage for her and her future friend. I'm already looking at possible candidates at the local shelter.
I had a Guinea Pig when I was much, much younger: He was a pet store purchase, actually. And, like Edelweiss, he was one of the sweetest critters that I've ever known. He didn't like to be handled by my parents, or by strangers, but he would wait patiently and calmly for me to pick him up. And then he'd lay down beside me and watch the world happily. And if you'd ask him, "Watchu doin'?" he'd starting popcorning around his cage.
Unfortunately, the male, Cocoa, developed a tumor shortly before his fourth birthday, and didn't make it much longer after that. I was distraught.
So to say that I am overjoyed at the prospect of owning another Guinea Pig is a huge understatement. I'm just afraid that I'll make foolish mistakes in her care! So any helpful pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Holy cow, I hadn't meant to write so much!
She is, as I said, a four and a half year old female. She is white with a little grey nose and wide pinkish eyes; she is, also, one of the most friendly little critters that I have ever met. Our housemates have six cats, and we have two, and little Piggy, Edelweiss, loves to try and stick her nose out to greet them whenever she sees them walk past her room. When we're in the room, occasionally a cat will sit on the landing next to her cage and watch her for hours; she flops down as close to her cage walls as possible and watches them right back! Totally unfazed!
Unfortunately, she is a bit lonely, since we don't let the cats near her unless we are directly beside the cage. We're planning on getting her a cage mate soon, as soon as we can get a bigger cage for her and her future friend. I'm already looking at possible candidates at the local shelter.
I had a Guinea Pig when I was much, much younger: He was a pet store purchase, actually. And, like Edelweiss, he was one of the sweetest critters that I've ever known. He didn't like to be handled by my parents, or by strangers, but he would wait patiently and calmly for me to pick him up. And then he'd lay down beside me and watch the world happily. And if you'd ask him, "Watchu doin'?" he'd starting popcorning around his cage.
Unfortunately, the male, Cocoa, developed a tumor shortly before his fourth birthday, and didn't make it much longer after that. I was distraught.
So to say that I am overjoyed at the prospect of owning another Guinea Pig is a huge understatement. I'm just afraid that I'll make foolish mistakes in her care! So any helpful pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Holy cow, I hadn't meant to write so much!
