Recent content by Snugglybutt

Hello everybody. My 3 year old male skinny pig, Hippo, has been doing something new. Around 2 weeks ago while I had Hippo out for snuggle time, his penis came out and it looked like he was cleaning it. I never seen him do that before (him and his cage mate live in my bedroom so I always see...

Thanks for the link! I think it's a spur now that I actually know what those are :^) Some threads say to clip the spur off and others are saying to simply leave it be, which is correct?

Hello! I was trimming Hippo's nails tonight and noticed that the skin on one of his feet is peeling off. I wiggled it around and pulled on it gently and it doesn't seem to be painful for him. What is the cause of this? His other feet look healthy and are not peeling. It was really hard...

Hey all. Yesterday my mom went to a few yard sales around 7:30AM and at one of them, she seen two adults guinea pigs for sale. For context, it was quite chilly during this time, probably around 12 degrees celsius. I was quite shocked so I went over to take a look at them for myself around...

Oh yeah, I see things like that all the time online. I had to stop browsing guinea pigs on Kijiji because I'd just get depressed. Almost every single post advertised a female + male living together, with 0 indications that either were neutered. Neutering is expensive where I live so it's...

Hi! I just had Michael's nails trimmed by a groomer and she trimmed one nail really short! Im having a hard time to quench the bleeding with corn starch and he seems scared to walk. Do I wash off the corn starch once the bleeding stops?

I know many people who own a single guinea pig and swear up and down that they are the happiest pigs on the entire planet. Guinea pigs are herd animals and nothing can really change that... I strongly believe that guinea pigs cannot achieve their maximum happiness if they live alone. It's...

I think that it is safe to assume that many people don't do proper research before getting a new pet, so nothing to be too embarrassed about! It's good that you are now taking the time to educate yourself so your piggy can live a happy and healthy life. Humans cannot speak guinea pig, so...

For the past few days Michael has been wheezing when he wheeks. Hippo (his cagemate) wheezes constantly because of his heart murmur, but the vet checked Michael's heart before and she said it sounded fine. He doesn't seem ill - he is munching away, was popcorning this morning, and hasn't lost...

Thanks a bunch! Both of the pigs seem to be fine this morning, they are munching on their hay and there is lots of poop in the cage :)

I'm totally freaking out! I just woke up from a 2 hour long nap and when I went to give the pigs their vegetables tonight, I noticed that there was a chewed ziploc bag in their cage!! I have no idea how it how it even got in there. Before my nap I refilled their water and I didn't see...

My pigs hated those tablets when I first started buying them. After a week or so they suddenly loved them! Now at noon every day, my pigs wheek until they get their tablet. Maybe your pigs will start liking them in a few days or weeks.

One of my pigs, Michael, does exactly that. My Hippo does the pretty standard popcorn that most pigs seem to do, but Michael seems to have his own version of popcorning. The only word I can describe it as is violent, it almost looks like he's in pain from how intensely he's jerking around...

I'm just wondering how much weightloss is cause for concern? When I brought Hippo to the vet in October he weighed around 980 grams. Two weeks later he weighed in at his heaviest, 1010 grams. I weighed him today after visiting my mom's for 10 days (I brought the pigs, they have a big cage...

I'd say that liquid detergent would work just as well. Make sure it is unscented, you don't want to bother your guinea pigs with any strong smells. It takes me about 3 complete washes and drys with detergent to wick my fleece. I've noticed that patterned fleece takes much longer to wick for...