Mrs.Lowry
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Cavy Slave
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- Dec 14, 2013
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- Joined
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Hello, I am happily married with one child from a previous marriage. I also have custody of my adult disabled brother, whom I take care of full time. We all have always loved animals. I raise chihuahuas. We recently got our first guinea pig in September of this year, from a pet store.... I didn't know any better. However Mo, is an awesome little cavy and we are super pleased. He is very smart, and loves to climb over things and run around. He loves interacting with us. A little over a month later, we adopted a second guinea pig to be a friend for Mo. We named "him" Shy One, because he was much more reserved and we just couldn't think of a good name for him. He turned out to be a she. Her name is now ShyAnn, yes I know that it is spelled wrong, it is a play off of her being more shy. Because the people we adopted from had obviously had a litter already, as we adopted ShyAnn at 4 months old, we assumed that "he" had been sexed correctly. ShyAnn is currently pregnant, but thank goodness I found this site, as it may have saved her life, and I KNOW they are much happier and healthier in their larger cages. So...
Now ShyAnn is in now in a 2x4 C&C cage. Mo is in the equivalant of a 2X3 for now, but I plan on upgrading him to at least a 2x5 asap and either keeping a male from the litter or trying to find a friend for him. I considered having him neutered and letting him back with ShyAnn, but I am just too worried about the surgery and prefer not to put him trough it. We love Mo so much. We are hoping to keep a girl from the litter to be a cage mate for ShyAnn.
I am currently using wood shavings, until I can afford some fleece flipper sets. They get plenty of veggies daily and fruit once or twice a week. I have added alfalfa hay to ShyAnnes diet and only pick hear up every couple of days, just to make sure she doesn't get any shavings in her vulva since she is hanging quite low now and make sure she is not getting mucky or anything. As of 2 days ago you can hear the teeth gnashing so it wont be too long now.
Well I guess that's it.
Now ShyAnn is in now in a 2x4 C&C cage. Mo is in the equivalant of a 2X3 for now, but I plan on upgrading him to at least a 2x5 asap and either keeping a male from the litter or trying to find a friend for him. I considered having him neutered and letting him back with ShyAnn, but I am just too worried about the surgery and prefer not to put him trough it. We love Mo so much. We are hoping to keep a girl from the litter to be a cage mate for ShyAnn.
I am currently using wood shavings, until I can afford some fleece flipper sets. They get plenty of veggies daily and fruit once or twice a week. I have added alfalfa hay to ShyAnnes diet and only pick hear up every couple of days, just to make sure she doesn't get any shavings in her vulva since she is hanging quite low now and make sure she is not getting mucky or anything. As of 2 days ago you can hear the teeth gnashing so it wont be too long now.
Well I guess that's it.
