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  1. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Are there any South African members of GPC?

    Thank you!
  2. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Are there any South African members of GPC?

    Hi just wondering if anyone knows of any GPC/guinea pig friendly folk in South Africa?
  3. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Australia Dried forage

    Both Marigolds and Dandelions are very valuable healing herbs that the body can use in many ways to maintain health, yes the calcium level is a concern with piggies, but I have to say that when I offer fresh herbs and my boys and girls don't need them they leave them. I would rather feed so that...
  4. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Australia Dried forage

    Hi Bellah, can you tell me more about this product? I've not heard about it before! What herbs does it contain - do you have an ingredient list maybe? I love the sound of it too!!
  5. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Australia diet & nutrition: harringtons guinea pig food

    Hi Skylarnz how interesting your piggies go for the orange pellets last and mine go for them first! I wonder if it has something to do with the different locations soil profiles. I don't think there'd be a reason for you to try Harringtons if your piggies are doing well on Tui? Harringtons...
  6. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Australia diet & nutrition: harringtons guinea pig food

    OldNewie I hear you and really empathize with you, I've been trying to get the NZ manufacturers to produce a plain timothy grass pellet. I hounded the vets in Auckland and else where to bring in at least Oxbow, which one eventually did - only to find that both my boys pee white powder on Oxbow...
  7. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Maximus von Lichtenwalder - KiwiCavyAdorer's foster child-pig

    And so we learn more as we go on... oats only do not work for Maximus von Lichtenwalder... the re-introduction to oats healed the cracked and split lips very quickly and for nearly two weeks. Then the top of the upper lip began to crack again! I really scratched my head... but now I have...
  8. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Australia is it the pellets or veges?

    I hope this helps... it's a tad controversial to some folks and can be a real worry if your cavy has a small throat, BUT - Maximus von Lichtenwalder and BumBum have nice big wide throats and so grains pose no choking problem to them. I feed them fresh veg - as different as possible a mix every...
  9. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Maximus von Lichtenwalder - KiwiCavyAdorer's foster child-pig

    Well it's sorted - that lip splitting condition that Maximums von Lichtenwalder has been suffering with for months... when BumBum arrived, I decided based on forum preference to stop the oats and other grains in the wee lads diet... It took about 3 weeks for Maximus von Lichtenwalder's lips to...
  10. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Maximus von Lichtenwalder - KiwiCavyAdorer's foster child-pig

    1st thing of concern... Maximus von Lichtenwalder has a lip thing going on.... his top lips swell then split and get crusty. Not all the time. And in such a way that the vet does not know what is going on. She has given me some meds to put on it's for fungal infections, cut's and wounds it's...
  11. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Fleece Help, Guinea pig going under the fleece

    Give the pigs what they are asking for in a place that is also suitable for you is my advice... they are telling you they have need to get under an area that is soft and snug. It won't be as easy for you to see them of course but they will end up feeling better for it. Mine burrowed until I got...
  12. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Suggested Care List Items

    I've been trialing natural clay Kitty litter for my kitchen area. I really like this because it seems to contain the pee soaking it into neat rounds that can be so easily scooped out. Perhaps for the alternatives for the bedding list you could put Bedding Options to Consider and pop the list...
  13. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Grow Your Own herb garden

    I think you'll do fine with taking things slow and doing a few things well! Especially growing what you know they like! I haven't tried mine on Basil come to think... mmm nearly time to put the tomatoes in so I'll pop some of that round each one and see what the lads say about it! Above all have...
  14. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Feet Toe Nails spiral in on itself

    Maximus von Lichtenwalder has never been quicked, and he protests something terrible as well... he absolutely hates his legs being touch and so I'm nervous about having to make him have his legs and toes handled... but I think it's me who is in the panic about doing the job and so poor piglet...
  15. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Suggested Care List Items

    Could you please put coconut oil alongside where you put the soap and mineral oil? I only use natural alternatives where the choice exists: coconut oil is my choice for boars glands etc cleaning. good idea with the thread!
  16. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Grow Your Own herb garden

    Yes piggies can have mint, Maximus von Lichtenwalder loves mint but not all kinds. I bought him 4 different kinds last year and let him tell me what he likes. Mine has died down over the winter but it'll come back up. I pick sprigs of rosemary from a friends garden, he likes them as a treat...
  17. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Feet Toe Nails spiral in on itself

    At that kind of distortion I also advise a trip to the vet. The "quick" could well have over grown it's normal length and as such could be cut when you do cut the nail. Be careful and make sure you can see the blood bed of the quick actually ends. This may need a torch shone onto the nail by one...
  18. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Grow Your Own herb garden

    I grow parsley sage and coriander (cilantro) on a dresser infront of our kitchen window. Some days I put the herbs out in the sunshine and some days out into the natural rain. It can work, what you sometimes have to watch is that they don't get enough hours of sunlight at a window. Herbs are...
  19. KiwiCavyAdorer

    C&C Alternatives Alternative to Cubes..

    I've often wondered whether one could use those aerating tubes like those used in fish tanks... in the more closed cages? I thought about drafts that might be caused but then I asked in a pet shop and the person said that it's possible to reduce the flow of in coming air. I asked about reversing...
  20. KiwiCavyAdorer

    Fleece Fleece Drying and Washing Questions

    lol Oh! thanks leopardjunkie!
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