SusieQ
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Hello! We are relatively new guinea pig owners. We bought our daughter Queen Annabelle in June and in July found her a friend, Lady Lydian. We had a bit of a rough start with Lyddi since she had ringworm when we adopted her, and it was a little while before we could introduce her to Annie. There is nothing more sad than two guinea pigs who are lonely and know there is another one in the same room.
We started out on the wrong foot. Our cage was too small, etc., but as we have learned more we have been upgrading everything.
Our children (12 and 9) love the guinea pigs and spend at least an hour of each day cuddling them. Our 4 year old calls them the "baby pigs" and is offended that he isn't allowed to hold and play with them. They are incredibly well socialized which is a surprise since at first I thought that Annie would never trust anyone. Lyddi loves Romaine lettuce. Annie loves bell peppers. They each have their favorite toys.
One issue that we deal with is Annie loves to burrow in the fleece bedding and creates a huge mess. I like the fleece, but when she gets underneath it to the towels in the cage, I get concerned about the proximity of her next to the urine that is in the towels. I change and wash the bedding every three days max, but she still creates a huge mess. Rather than a quick vacuum out in the off days when everything doesn't need changed out, there's a huge mess to take care of. I would love ideas on how to deal with this. Also how do you litter box train your baby pigs so that they only go in one area of the cage. Despite being a queen and a lady, ours aren't inclined to be neat.
We started out on the wrong foot. Our cage was too small, etc., but as we have learned more we have been upgrading everything.
Our children (12 and 9) love the guinea pigs and spend at least an hour of each day cuddling them. Our 4 year old calls them the "baby pigs" and is offended that he isn't allowed to hold and play with them. They are incredibly well socialized which is a surprise since at first I thought that Annie would never trust anyone. Lyddi loves Romaine lettuce. Annie loves bell peppers. They each have their favorite toys.
One issue that we deal with is Annie loves to burrow in the fleece bedding and creates a huge mess. I like the fleece, but when she gets underneath it to the towels in the cage, I get concerned about the proximity of her next to the urine that is in the towels. I change and wash the bedding every three days max, but she still creates a huge mess. Rather than a quick vacuum out in the off days when everything doesn't need changed out, there's a huge mess to take care of. I would love ideas on how to deal with this. Also how do you litter box train your baby pigs so that they only go in one area of the cage. Despite being a queen and a lady, ours aren't inclined to be neat.
