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AnW819 · Apr 27, 2010

Hello,
My name is Ashley and I am 21. I have just adopted a guinea pig tonight. His name is Gremlin! I have owned piggies before in the past, and use to rescue piggies, rats, ferrets, etc.

I have not had a piggie in about 3 years so this is so exciting for me. I am brushing up on piggie info because like I said its been quite a while.

I plan on getting him a bigger cage in about 2 weeks from what I got him with, and I got some carefresh for his cage as well because I have no idea what was being used, all I know is it stinks so it must be ceder, or pine.

He is not really letting me pick him up yet, and won't take carrots from me or anything but I know, this does take time. All I know is I love him to death!!!

I am excited to be here, and learn here!

Meet Gremlin:

I am also going to look in to adopting him a friend. The reason he does not have one now is because the woman I adopted him from said he would always fight with his cage mate and she got scared, so I will have to work on this

GPigsRSweet · Apr 27, 2010

Hello and welcome.

I'm glad you are going to get a bigger cage for your pig. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be glad to help.

all I know is it stinks so it must be ceder, or pine.

If your bedding is pine that's not kiln-dried or cedar, that wouldn't be good for your pig. I'd like to suggest using fleece. With a big cage carefresh can be pricey. Fleece is a great option! Read THIS thread.

Hopefully your pig will soon trust you. Just keep offering food from your hand, and talk to your pig a lot so he can get used to your voice. He sure is cute!

Be sure to read around, especially all the stickies. There's a great amount of info here. Again, welcome!

zebraXqueen · Apr 27, 2010

Congrats!
He's soo cute!

utsarah · Apr 27, 2010

I love how his ears are two different colors..very cute!!!

You can get a lot of good info here on diet and how to make a bigger cage. You can always keep the cage Gremlin came with for vet visits, etc.

AnW819 · Apr 27, 2010

GPigsRSweet said:
Hello and welcome.

I'm glad you are going to get a bigger cage for your pig. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be glad to help.

If your bedding is pine that's not kiln-dried or cedar, that wouldn't be good for your pig. I'd like to suggest using fleece. With a big cage carefresh can be pricey. Fleece is a great option! Read THIS thread.

Hopefully your pig will soon trust you. Just keep offering food from your hand, and talk to your pig a lot so he can get used to your voice. He sure is cute!

Be sure to read around, especially all the stickies. There's a great amount of info here. Again, welcome!

Never thought of fleece...but this seems like a great idea! I will read more into this and most likely go this route...I wonder if I can do this with my rats as well! Hmm...thanks!!

Feeorin215 · Apr 27, 2010

Welcome! Get him a bigger cage and a friend and he will be so happy!! Also, give him about a week without trying to pick him up or bother him too much. He's scared because he's in a new place. He will warm up to you soon!!

rabbitsncavyluv · Apr 27, 2010

Welcome.

It's a myth that males will fight - the person likely did not have a big enough cage and got scared at the first hint of normal dominance behavior.

AnW819 · Apr 27, 2010

She did have a large cage, but then when they started fighting she bought another cage and separated them so I don't think it was a money issue, I think it was just her not knowing much about guinea pigs and thinking they were fighting when it was really just them trying to figure out who will be the dominant one.

2PreciousPigs · May 3, 2010

He is so adorable!!! I am also researching the whole bedding thing. Fleece looks like a great option and much more affordable that the store beddings!

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