Hello!

Hi all, greetings from NZ! Im typing on a cell phone so please excuse potential typos. My name is Vicki, and I have a male guinea called Norman. Here is his story so far: He came to me after he and his 3 brothers were sold to a family with young children (I work in a pet store, no hating!). They were returned a few days later because they were "fighting badly" and it was upsetting the kids. I think the cage they had was too small, I wasnt there the day of sale. They had wounds and the boss decided they weren't fit for sale and would be pts I said heck no and took the worst 2 home, admittedly slightly unprepared. I have kept rats for many years and had other guineas short term.
Their wounds healed quickly and they got on fine but sadly Normans brother passed away over the first winter
I then got norm a bigger, sturdier hutch and some things to keep him entertained. He briefly lived with a Netherland dwarf rabbit (rescue) but she was satan incarnate so we seperated them. About a year later we built an aviary off our little shed and used it to house a flightless pigeon (rescue) and norm shared with him for a while. Turns out the pigeon liked gp food and wouldn't let norman eat! I tried many food dishes in various places, even gave norm a couple inside hjs hiding cave, but then the pigeon would squeeze into his cave to steal it, even though there were dishes all over! When I went to move norm back to his own hutch I noticed some wounds on his shoulders, and thought the pigeon had een pecking him. Pulled him out of his hay pile to check a couple of days after and he had lost a lot of fur and was all crusty! I was mortified, my poor boy! He has a bad case of mites, so now is indoors in my spare room in a puppy crate with soft fleece bedding and lots of good food. He has been treated and is putting on weight and healing up nicely.
Its been a hard life but from now on he gets the best!