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Cavy Slave
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- Joined
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hello everyone. My wife had a guinea pig when she was younger and when she went to the shelter she saw 2 and wanted to give them a nice home.
We live on an island off of alaska and the vet charges astronomical prices. anyhow they came with 2 4 squar feet cages and i recently ordered the cubes and can buy some correx in town to make a proper 2x4 cage with a 1x2 second floor. They are 2 years old and scratch constanly. i was petting their backs like you can do with cats that make them go crazy and it seemed to make them happy. while i was doing it though i noticed some rough skin under the fur and one of them has a balding spot. I have been reading through this forum and it seems like they probably have mites so i will order the ivermectin from amazon. should i also buy the fungul shampoo incase it isnt mites? Since they have lived in the small cage for thier lives when we take them out for floor time they just sit there. one of them does the whimpering sound and they just snuggle against each other. neither of them really moves around. Is this normal for just rescued cavies or do they normally get up and run around right away? I am hoping that once we get the new cage up these guys can have a happy life.
We live on an island off of alaska and the vet charges astronomical prices. anyhow they came with 2 4 squar feet cages and i recently ordered the cubes and can buy some correx in town to make a proper 2x4 cage with a 1x2 second floor. They are 2 years old and scratch constanly. i was petting their backs like you can do with cats that make them go crazy and it seemed to make them happy. while i was doing it though i noticed some rough skin under the fur and one of them has a balding spot. I have been reading through this forum and it seems like they probably have mites so i will order the ivermectin from amazon. should i also buy the fungul shampoo incase it isnt mites? Since they have lived in the small cage for thier lives when we take them out for floor time they just sit there. one of them does the whimpering sound and they just snuggle against each other. neither of them really moves around. Is this normal for just rescued cavies or do they normally get up and run around right away? I am hoping that once we get the new cage up these guys can have a happy life.
