Hello everyone! I'm a new member here at Guinea Pig Cages Forum..
I'm from the Netherlands, living in a large town close to the sea.
I'll dive in strait away.. no, not in the sea, and confess that I used to be a Guinea Pig .. well, not hater, but I thought they were annoying.
I always used to have Rabbits, and I sort of, missed having one since the last one died.. rather tragically.. However, my parents, who I still live with, didn't want a new one. At some point my father offered a compromise. I could have a new pet.. but it had to be a Guinea Pig. I immediately agreed, thinking I could change his mind later. However, once I looked up information about Guinea Pigs, and watched a few really cute videos' on Youtube, I realised they were actually a lot more fun than Rabbits! hmy:
I kept on studying every piece of information I could find, and practically fell in love with them.. so here I am!
Now I take care of my own Guinea Pig, named Nymphae. (The name used to be a UserName of mine, but it fitted her perfectly, so yeah..) She's a 5, nearly 6 month old, tri-colour, short haired Cavy. Instead of the black, she has a chocolate brown colour. People who see her for the first time often tell me she's very pretty and she has a beautiful shiny coat. So I'm a proud Cavy-owner indeed! She'll be turning 1 on the 25th of April.. or so I calculated..
I bought her from a Petstore in the village I live in, where she lived with a slightly older Guinea Pig and 2 young dwarf Rabbits. The cage was about half the size of the minimum cage size for a single Guinea Pig, however she was fed well and given preventative medication for things like fleas, mites etc. Also her bedding looked clean, and she had plenty of hay available, so I guess the Petstore wasn't that bad.. At that time she was 10 weeks old.
I was just looking around, trying to find an appropriate cage at first. But then I noticed 2 tiny Rabbits and a young Guinea Pig in one of the cages, so of course I had to look .. I mean, you understand right? Baby animals!
After some staring, we went to exit the Petstore and ran into a saleswoman, who asked what we're looking for. After hearing our story and us telling we saw 1 Guinea Pig we might like, she told us there were 2 instead of one. So we went back, the saleswoman moved aside some hay, and there lay the cutest bundle of Guinea Pig joy to ever walk the earth.. :tearsofjo Well.. you can probably guess where this goes next. She was adopted and we welcomed her in our home the same day!
At this point she's grown to be a healthy young Guinea Pig, she's got a great appetite and I give her as much variation in her food as possible to stimilate her. She still disliked being picked up, even though I'm gentle with her, but she loves to cuddle and spends a lot of time tucked into a fluffy bathrobe I wear, 'cause the weather is so freakishly cold here. She makes a lot of purring sounds when I pet her, and even though I find droppings in my bathrobe every time, it simply doesn't matter when you see she has curled up and fallen asleep in it.:heart:
She's a bit shy, but she's also very curious. At times she can be very brave .. She once took a jump from my sisters' shoulder to mine, because she prefers to sit with me! She wasn't in any real danger though, because we were sitting on a soft bed. She hates it though when you restrain her for nail-clipping or when you touch her belly. So I'm still working with her to get her to accept that. I can't have her bite the vet. And she doesn't just threathen, sometimes she bites me to the point of bleeding, when I've startled her. I hope I find a better way to handle her or that she'll grow out of it.. Anyway, I'm really happy with her, and even though she bites me sometimes, I know she's happy here with me too.
I'm from the Netherlands, living in a large town close to the sea.
I'll dive in strait away.. no, not in the sea, and confess that I used to be a Guinea Pig .. well, not hater, but I thought they were annoying.
I always used to have Rabbits, and I sort of, missed having one since the last one died.. rather tragically.. However, my parents, who I still live with, didn't want a new one. At some point my father offered a compromise. I could have a new pet.. but it had to be a Guinea Pig. I immediately agreed, thinking I could change his mind later. However, once I looked up information about Guinea Pigs, and watched a few really cute videos' on Youtube, I realised they were actually a lot more fun than Rabbits! hmy:
I kept on studying every piece of information I could find, and practically fell in love with them.. so here I am!
Now I take care of my own Guinea Pig, named Nymphae. (The name used to be a UserName of mine, but it fitted her perfectly, so yeah..) She's a 5, nearly 6 month old, tri-colour, short haired Cavy. Instead of the black, she has a chocolate brown colour. People who see her for the first time often tell me she's very pretty and she has a beautiful shiny coat. So I'm a proud Cavy-owner indeed! She'll be turning 1 on the 25th of April.. or so I calculated..
I bought her from a Petstore in the village I live in, where she lived with a slightly older Guinea Pig and 2 young dwarf Rabbits. The cage was about half the size of the minimum cage size for a single Guinea Pig, however she was fed well and given preventative medication for things like fleas, mites etc. Also her bedding looked clean, and she had plenty of hay available, so I guess the Petstore wasn't that bad.. At that time she was 10 weeks old.
I was just looking around, trying to find an appropriate cage at first. But then I noticed 2 tiny Rabbits and a young Guinea Pig in one of the cages, so of course I had to look .. I mean, you understand right? Baby animals!
After some staring, we went to exit the Petstore and ran into a saleswoman, who asked what we're looking for. After hearing our story and us telling we saw 1 Guinea Pig we might like, she told us there were 2 instead of one. So we went back, the saleswoman moved aside some hay, and there lay the cutest bundle of Guinea Pig joy to ever walk the earth.. :tearsofjo Well.. you can probably guess where this goes next. She was adopted and we welcomed her in our home the same day!
At this point she's grown to be a healthy young Guinea Pig, she's got a great appetite and I give her as much variation in her food as possible to stimilate her. She still disliked being picked up, even though I'm gentle with her, but she loves to cuddle and spends a lot of time tucked into a fluffy bathrobe I wear, 'cause the weather is so freakishly cold here. She makes a lot of purring sounds when I pet her, and even though I find droppings in my bathrobe every time, it simply doesn't matter when you see she has curled up and fallen asleep in it.:heart:
She's a bit shy, but she's also very curious. At times she can be very brave .. She once took a jump from my sisters' shoulder to mine, because she prefers to sit with me! She wasn't in any real danger though, because we were sitting on a soft bed. She hates it though when you restrain her for nail-clipping or when you touch her belly. So I'm still working with her to get her to accept that. I can't have her bite the vet. And she doesn't just threathen, sometimes she bites me to the point of bleeding, when I've startled her. I hope I find a better way to handle her or that she'll grow out of it.. Anyway, I'm really happy with her, and even though she bites me sometimes, I know she's happy here with me too.
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