I'm looking for a good home for a male skinny pig (1 year old), and also a 3 week old male skinny carrier (haired, carries the skinny gene). He's the son of this skinny pig. He's white haired. I'm located in the southeastern part of PA. I have a smallish cage that can go with them, but I would...

I have tried practically everything for bedding with my guinea pigs. I need something cheap because I have so many. I was just looking for experiences with using wood stove pellets alone. What are they like compared to using kiln dried pine?

I took in two pregnant rescue guiena pigs. One of them had 6 babies the other had 4. Looking for good adoptive homes for the babies. 3 of them are ready to go now, they just turned 3 weeks old on Thursday. The other 4 will be ready on July 9th as well as the mom. I'm located in Atglen, PA...

Update from the vets: He put Dori on Baytril. He still has an ear infection and it's really bad. He thinks all of his problems are from that. The reason his eye was messed up is because the vet said he had an injury. Possibly from hay, since he rolls to get to his food. The vet wants me to put...

I know that's why I took him in. When I took him in though he was healthy, no problems. This all started a few months after I got him.

Well if no one wanted to adopt them, then what would happen to all the ones who couldn't find homes? One of my skinny pigs (not this one) I actually found out about from the guinea lynx site. It was going to a lab and needed a home. I took him in. He's very sweet. Doesn't he derseve a good home...

I keep hearing about how unhealthy they are, etc. How were they started? And why were they bred to be not as healthy as haired guinea pigs? I am curiuus because I have 3 of them. They were all rescues. I only know how old one is.

He does have a friend. I have 17 pigs total including fosters! He lives with two other pigs. What ever he has is not contagious. The other two pigs are fine. The vet thought it was a problem with his hips last time. It is obviously more than that though. I'll update you with how the vet visit goes.

Oh he's eating and drinking just fine. He has a normal appetite. He gets excited when I put hay and veggies in his cage. It's just that he has a hard time getting to them, but he does.

Here's the history. He's a male skinny pig born in September of last year. Was healthy up until a couple months ago. Noticed him walking funny and had head tilt. Went to the vets. He was diagnosed with an ear infection and some unknown problem with his hips. He was put on injectable steroids for...

You know now that I look at her she is missing hair on her legs. The hair loss has become worse though. When I left this morning it was just on the side. When I got home this evening she now has a big bald spot on her upper back. So, I should expect this to get better when she weans? Is she...

My foster pig delivered her babies earlier today. Everything went fine and she has 4 healthy babies. She had no problems before she had them. Three hours after the birth I went to check on her and she had a bald patch on her side. It's about the size of 3 quarters. How would that have happened...

I trust this vet, really I do. I was just seeing if anyone else had this problem.

What do vets do for these? My skinny pig had a very bad ear infection. The vet had us treat him with tresaderm. Well the problem didn't get better, so I took him back to the vets. He still has it just as bad. The vet is having us treat him again. My question is, if this second time doesn't help...

I have a sow in a huge cage by herself. My foster pig and her babies (1 week old today) are in a tiny store bought cage. I was wondering if it would be okay to put them in with my sow that's alone? That way they can have plenty of more space and the lone sow would then have company. It would...

I'm so glad that you asked this. For the past day i've noticed my girl has the same white stuff. It's only in one eye. I saw it yesterday. Took her out today for cage cleaning and it wasn't there. I thought, oh good she's fine. Went to put her back in the cage and it was there. I'm glad to find...

They are more happy in a herd I think. When I only had 2 boars they kind of just layed there on opposite sides of the cage and didn't do much. Now that there are 4 in there they are so active and actually sleep in the same pigloo alot. They are fun to watch. Their personalities really came out...

In the last day I went up to 12 pigs! I have 4 boars who happily live together and get along great. Then I have one sow. I took in a pregnant foster pig a couple weeks ago that I hope will get along with my sow so they can keep each other company. I'm keeping my foster pig. She had 6 babies...

Okay..lol.

Do they look too tiny? It's been over 5 years since i've had newborn guinea pig babies. They are all more alert now. I know they are really small though. I hope they do okay.