canuckles
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- Joined
- Jun 2, 2009
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- Joined
- Jun 2, 2009
- Messages
- 9
Hello, first of all I would like to thank the forum administer for helping me resolve my problems with my registration. I have been reading this great forum, and browsing this awesome website for over a month, but was not able to post.
This community has been a great resource for me and my family, we recently had to give up our two cats so I thought we could get a new family pet. I went to the pet store without doing and research, and decided on a guinea pig. It was not until after we had him at home in his cramped "guinea pig kit", that I started thinking "man, that cage just does not seem adequate".
So , I did a search for guinea pig cages and "wabam!" I found this haven of guinea pig knowledge! From that point on I got on the right track, and built a 58" x 28" C & C cage with a 2nd 16"x 28" upper "kitchen level", and got some green coroplast. I tried fleece, but decided to finish off the jumbo bag of wood shavings first then try to make the change.
Then the more I read about cavies the more upset I got with the pet store( cage was too small, cavies should never be kept alone without a buddy because they are social). So two weeks after getting my 12 week old boar, I went and got another young boar, I think he was 10 weeks. I set up my daughters kiddie pool for the introduction, and in only about 15 minutes they we getting along fine, now they are great buddies and I have notice a huge change in my original guinea pigs behavier they both seem very happy.
Then another upset from the pet store, one of them had lice when I bought it, so they went to the vet and had their first treatment of revolution. I phoned the pet store the next day to give them a piece of my mind.
Sorry for being so long winded, but I have not been able to post until now so I had to tell you all my story up to this point.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to getting to know you all.
This community has been a great resource for me and my family, we recently had to give up our two cats so I thought we could get a new family pet. I went to the pet store without doing and research, and decided on a guinea pig. It was not until after we had him at home in his cramped "guinea pig kit", that I started thinking "man, that cage just does not seem adequate".
So , I did a search for guinea pig cages and "wabam!" I found this haven of guinea pig knowledge! From that point on I got on the right track, and built a 58" x 28" C & C cage with a 2nd 16"x 28" upper "kitchen level", and got some green coroplast. I tried fleece, but decided to finish off the jumbo bag of wood shavings first then try to make the change.
Then the more I read about cavies the more upset I got with the pet store( cage was too small, cavies should never be kept alone without a buddy because they are social). So two weeks after getting my 12 week old boar, I went and got another young boar, I think he was 10 weeks. I set up my daughters kiddie pool for the introduction, and in only about 15 minutes they we getting along fine, now they are great buddies and I have notice a huge change in my original guinea pigs behavier they both seem very happy.
Then another upset from the pet store, one of them had lice when I bought it, so they went to the vet and had their first treatment of revolution. I phoned the pet store the next day to give them a piece of my mind.
Sorry for being so long winded, but I have not been able to post until now so I had to tell you all my story up to this point.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to getting to know you all.
