spoonyspork
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2004
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- Joined
- Dec 19, 2004
- Messages
- 252
A friend of mine got three 'female' guineas from a petstore, and.. low and behold, one of them ended up being a male. They didn't want to take him back to the pet store and would have kept him had any of the babies been male (they've since learned how to sex a guinea), but when they all ended up being female, they decided it was a sign that they just needed to give him up. Soooo... here he is will me, hanging out in the old 'pet store' cage to make sure he's not carrying anything while I decide how to introduce him to Hee.
He was well taken care of, considering they didn't know what they were getting into (and he's also been in one of those tiny cages for quite a while... the others have a wooden & wire mesh cage roughly the size of a 2 x 4), and he's VERY sweet and gentle.. almost TOO calm, I think. I'm a little worried his vitamin C might be low because of the slight lethargy, and the fact that he was fed only pellets where he came from (they've made a promise to add fresh fruits and veggies to their daily diet). I've given him some veggies and hay, but he's just barely nibbling at the carrots and doesn't seem interested in much else. His last owners tell me he's always been that way, so it might just be his personality.. but I'm still a bit worried. Is there anything good I can give him to get a good quick boost of vitamin C, or should I just slowly introduce him to healthier things like he seems content to do anyway?
Also, just how long should I keep him separate from my other guy before I try introductions? He has been separated from the females since several weeks before they gave birth, and the babies are a few months old now... everyone also looked pretty healthy, and I heard no coughing nor saw bare patches of skin (other than this guy.. he has bare spots behind his ears, but I don't see anything IN his ears to indicate mites, and I've heard they sometimes just have bare spots behind their ears anyway?). They're both over a year old, so that means they've already gone through puberty, right?
Last but not least... anyone have any good name suggestions? He was called Hairy before, and that's just boring! He's the kind with the 'cowlicks' all over (can't remember what that's called at the moment), VERY sweet as I mentioned, and mouse-brown and yellow in color.
Thanks!
He was well taken care of, considering they didn't know what they were getting into (and he's also been in one of those tiny cages for quite a while... the others have a wooden & wire mesh cage roughly the size of a 2 x 4), and he's VERY sweet and gentle.. almost TOO calm, I think. I'm a little worried his vitamin C might be low because of the slight lethargy, and the fact that he was fed only pellets where he came from (they've made a promise to add fresh fruits and veggies to their daily diet). I've given him some veggies and hay, but he's just barely nibbling at the carrots and doesn't seem interested in much else. His last owners tell me he's always been that way, so it might just be his personality.. but I'm still a bit worried. Is there anything good I can give him to get a good quick boost of vitamin C, or should I just slowly introduce him to healthier things like he seems content to do anyway?
Also, just how long should I keep him separate from my other guy before I try introductions? He has been separated from the females since several weeks before they gave birth, and the babies are a few months old now... everyone also looked pretty healthy, and I heard no coughing nor saw bare patches of skin (other than this guy.. he has bare spots behind his ears, but I don't see anything IN his ears to indicate mites, and I've heard they sometimes just have bare spots behind their ears anyway?). They're both over a year old, so that means they've already gone through puberty, right?
Last but not least... anyone have any good name suggestions? He was called Hairy before, and that's just boring! He's the kind with the 'cowlicks' all over (can't remember what that's called at the moment), VERY sweet as I mentioned, and mouse-brown and yellow in color.
Thanks!