signorina481
Active Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2006
- Posts
- 33
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2006
- Messages
- 33
Hi everyone,
I am SOOO glad I found this site. It has provided me with so much information and has showed me the mistakes I was making. I just got a new piggie a week ago from Petsmart(I know..but I hadn't read a lot of what was on this site only looked at the cages and didn't know that there even was piggie shelters). Well I went in wanting a girl but the manager told me that both Petsmarts in the city only carried male guinea pigs. So being naive I guess I figured that all the guinea pigs in there must be male. I picked out the smallest one and started to think of good boys names. Well then LUCKILY I read everything I could on this site and the links to other sites because I had been planning on building a c&c site and then getting him a friend. Well nothing wrong with all this so far except when I went to the sexing page my little boy looked A LOT like a little girl. So I took he/she to a vet who is knowledgable in guinea pigs(which I had planned on anyways after reading about the conditions of most pet store piggies) and it is confirmed that my guinea pig is definitely a little girl but otherwise completely healthy. I had the cubes to build a cage but now I will have to go buy some baby proof cubes since the vet said there is a very good possibilty she may be pregnant since my female piggie was in with 3 other boy piggies at the time I got her and who knows how many others. I have her on a diet of oxbow performance along with oxbow timothy and alfalfa hay and lots of fresh veggies. I had no idea how crappy the food from the pet store was till reading on here so I ordered her some oxbow right away and started her on it yesterday. She LOVES it and weirdly I am allergic to the Kaytee hay but the Oxbow doesn't bother me at all. Go figure. So there is my piggie story so far and I am waiting to see if she is indeed pregnant before getting her a companion because if she does have babies I plan to keep them and get them sexed as soon as possible to prevent any more babies. If any of you have any advice for me I would love to hear it and I will try to post piggie pictures soon
I am SOOO glad I found this site. It has provided me with so much information and has showed me the mistakes I was making. I just got a new piggie a week ago from Petsmart(I know..but I hadn't read a lot of what was on this site only looked at the cages and didn't know that there even was piggie shelters). Well I went in wanting a girl but the manager told me that both Petsmarts in the city only carried male guinea pigs. So being naive I guess I figured that all the guinea pigs in there must be male. I picked out the smallest one and started to think of good boys names. Well then LUCKILY I read everything I could on this site and the links to other sites because I had been planning on building a c&c site and then getting him a friend. Well nothing wrong with all this so far except when I went to the sexing page my little boy looked A LOT like a little girl. So I took he/she to a vet who is knowledgable in guinea pigs(which I had planned on anyways after reading about the conditions of most pet store piggies) and it is confirmed that my guinea pig is definitely a little girl but otherwise completely healthy. I had the cubes to build a cage but now I will have to go buy some baby proof cubes since the vet said there is a very good possibilty she may be pregnant since my female piggie was in with 3 other boy piggies at the time I got her and who knows how many others. I have her on a diet of oxbow performance along with oxbow timothy and alfalfa hay and lots of fresh veggies. I had no idea how crappy the food from the pet store was till reading on here so I ordered her some oxbow right away and started her on it yesterday. She LOVES it and weirdly I am allergic to the Kaytee hay but the Oxbow doesn't bother me at all. Go figure. So there is my piggie story so far and I am waiting to see if she is indeed pregnant before getting her a companion because if she does have babies I plan to keep them and get them sexed as soon as possible to prevent any more babies. If any of you have any advice for me I would love to hear it and I will try to post piggie pictures soon
