Kwee does this to me all the time. If I offer her a finger, she just goes to town licking it nonstop. I must be saltier than my girlfriend though, because Kwee never gives her so much as a second tasting.

I removed it :)

Come on, guys, don't argue semantics. I don't want to have to close a thread due to rudeness. ;) jesterfive, what people here are trying to get at is, when you buy an animal from Petco or any other store, you're supporting the breeding mill industry because the store will just replace those...

A little dab of rubbing alcohol to prevent infection, and slap a bandage on it. Even the bandage is arguably unnecessary if it's already stopped bleeding. Guinea pigs aren't exactly venomous and they don't typically carry any diseases you need to worry about. Unless she seriously savaged your...

A couple of my pigs have little notches in their ears, presumably from one of the other pigs nibbling at it. I've never directly witnessed any of them doing it, but I know they didn't all start off with notched ears. Anyway, unless it gets to the point of blood being drawn, you probably don't...

Little Kwee gets the thousand-yard stare sometimes too. We tell ourselves she's having Vietnam flashbacks :)

I have a slightly smaller version of that bowl. I've caught Kwee grabbing the rim with her teeth and flinging it with her head.

Maybe I just got lucky, but I've never had huge problems with introductions. I've had as many as 5 females at one time, and they all came from different places at different times and at different ages. Some intros took a little longer, but they ultimately all got along and shared a cage together.

Because it puts the mother at a huge unnecessary risk, for one. One in five guinea pigs does not survive pregnancy or giving birth. And it brings more pigs into the world while shelters and rescues are crowded with them. It's a selfish thing to do. Keep in mind this site is owned and run by...

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My Kwee does it too. If I offer her a finger, she'll just keep licking at it for several minutes at a time. She doesn't give my girlfriend so much as a second taste, though, so I assume I'm just saltier than she is. :p

Curly, my teddy pig, doesn't wheek as much as she used to, but she sounds like she has to try really hard when she does. Kwee (short-hair) on the other hand, is still as loud and clear as my fire alarm.

Kelly, my youngest pig, always does this when she eats. Like, no exaggeration, once or twice every time I feed them. But she doesn't seem to be in any real trouble; she breathes fine and the vet says she's in fine shape.

I assume she got it at Petsmart, since she also brought home pellets.

It's a month early, but my girlfriend came home from the store with this the other day. Little Kwee doesn't seem to appreciate it as much lol Since today is a holiday (if you're in the US anyway), I figured I'd post something in the holiday spirit, even if it is a different holiday. Happy...

I have five females of varying ages sharing one cage...and I'm happy to say none of them have ever sprayed. I guess I'm lucky :p

I have five lady pigs, and they'll mount each other from time to time. None of them have ever sprayed, though. FWIW, they're all intact, and their ages range from 6 months to 7 years.

I think their names are more for our own purposes than theirs. At least, I've never seen any of my 5 pigs so much as glance at me when I call them by name. :p

The most common theory I've heard is that they like the salt on your skin. Kwee likes to lick me, and Curly will lick sometimes, but usually she nibbles instead.

According to Wikipedia: "How the animals came to be called "pigs" is not clear. They are built somewhat like pigs, with large heads relative to their bodies, stout necks, and rounded rumps with no tail of any consequence; some of the sounds they emit are very similar to those made by pigs...