sundizz
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
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My girlfriend, and I, are new guinea pig owners! I had one briefly for a short time when I was 12 (moved, was given away) and have always wanted one since. Unfortunately, this is not the most ideal circumstances but we'll try to make the lives of our pigs the best that we can! I love researching and reading about cavy's!
The options to get a guinea pig in this country are limited (as is our ability = no car). We had to get them from a big department store (they have a "pet" section). We guess them to be between 9 weeks and 23 weeks old. They were in separate glass cages at the pet store. We checked that they are both female by trying the press the area to see if it a Y.
Their names are Cavy and GP (short for guinea pig). The bigger sow is an adorable looking white guinea pig with black eyes and a blue circle ring around it (a little bit fluffy as well). The smaller sow is an adorable beigeish color with red eyes. Even from the start, it is apparent they have really different personalities.
We really wanted to get the cube grids and coroplast everyone talks about on here. I spent 2 weeks going to different areas of this city (Busan) to random street markets, big department stores, etc etc to try and find either. My gf is Korean and even she couldn't really find anything.
We settled on getting storage tubs..i know i know...but it's the best we could do. We got two tubs, each 24 inches long X 18 inches wide X 7.5 inches high. We got those ones to combat any chance of the ventilation issue.
Right now, both the girls are in one tub (with the lid open, we put carboard around the sides, as they can reach the top quite easily even now). We are going to take them to the vet on Saturday (they both seem to be scratching quite a bit) to get checked out. Can feel a few bumps/maybe dandruff on the white one.
Our biggest concern for the moment is whether they get along or not. The beige color piggie is such a sweety...and seems so nice. The white color piggy seems kinda of mean and pushes the other one out of the way when they get in their tissue box hideaway.
As there is still almost a week before Saturday, and their area is quite small, do any of you have any suggestions? We could put each pig by itself (next to each other) in separate tubs. We just don't want them to end up hating each other because they are cramped for space right now. On Saturday, after taking them to the vet we'll be modding the plastic (sawing it) so that the cage becomes the full 48 X 18. It seems they get along decently, but concerned about the white one bullying the beige one when they get inside the tissue box house.
I wish we could do more/give them a bigger home for our pigs, but my entire place itself is only 12 feet X 10 (with random islands/couches etc) thrown in. They have a whole section dedicated to themselves basically. We thought we'd at least be loving parents, and give them the right nutritional food, lot's of affection and a much bigger area than a small pet cage that they'd likely end up in.
Also, is it normal that for pigs to jump on top of their tissue box house? The white one jumps on/off the top of it quite easily. She even almost got over the 7.5 inch side once and was trying to climb out!
So to recap, should I separate them into different tubs? Should I cut the tissue box house in two? Should I add a tissue box house?
Nice to be here with a bunch of other piggie enthusiasts. I've always wanted some and it's so exciting to finally have them.
The options to get a guinea pig in this country are limited (as is our ability = no car). We had to get them from a big department store (they have a "pet" section). We guess them to be between 9 weeks and 23 weeks old. They were in separate glass cages at the pet store. We checked that they are both female by trying the press the area to see if it a Y.
Their names are Cavy and GP (short for guinea pig). The bigger sow is an adorable looking white guinea pig with black eyes and a blue circle ring around it (a little bit fluffy as well). The smaller sow is an adorable beigeish color with red eyes. Even from the start, it is apparent they have really different personalities.
We really wanted to get the cube grids and coroplast everyone talks about on here. I spent 2 weeks going to different areas of this city (Busan) to random street markets, big department stores, etc etc to try and find either. My gf is Korean and even she couldn't really find anything.
We settled on getting storage tubs..i know i know...but it's the best we could do. We got two tubs, each 24 inches long X 18 inches wide X 7.5 inches high. We got those ones to combat any chance of the ventilation issue.
Right now, both the girls are in one tub (with the lid open, we put carboard around the sides, as they can reach the top quite easily even now). We are going to take them to the vet on Saturday (they both seem to be scratching quite a bit) to get checked out. Can feel a few bumps/maybe dandruff on the white one.
Our biggest concern for the moment is whether they get along or not. The beige color piggie is such a sweety...and seems so nice. The white color piggy seems kinda of mean and pushes the other one out of the way when they get in their tissue box hideaway.
As there is still almost a week before Saturday, and their area is quite small, do any of you have any suggestions? We could put each pig by itself (next to each other) in separate tubs. We just don't want them to end up hating each other because they are cramped for space right now. On Saturday, after taking them to the vet we'll be modding the plastic (sawing it) so that the cage becomes the full 48 X 18. It seems they get along decently, but concerned about the white one bullying the beige one when they get inside the tissue box house.
I wish we could do more/give them a bigger home for our pigs, but my entire place itself is only 12 feet X 10 (with random islands/couches etc) thrown in. They have a whole section dedicated to themselves basically. We thought we'd at least be loving parents, and give them the right nutritional food, lot's of affection and a much bigger area than a small pet cage that they'd likely end up in.
Also, is it normal that for pigs to jump on top of their tissue box house? The white one jumps on/off the top of it quite easily. She even almost got over the 7.5 inch side once and was trying to climb out!
So to recap, should I separate them into different tubs? Should I cut the tissue box house in two? Should I add a tissue box house?
Nice to be here with a bunch of other piggie enthusiasts. I've always wanted some and it's so exciting to finally have them.
