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  1. arcangel

    Introductions help naming 2.0

    The boy in the back the white and brown one is official named Flint once i get him this sunday but the girl is currently name lava which a may keep but i thought i would ask to see if you guys got any good ones i wanna stick with the rock gemstone or earth type of themeing
  2. arcangel

    Adopting Help me name my Boar!

    This is my soon to come home boy. I am adopting him in 2-4 weeks depends on when his lucky Spayed female partner is ready. I plan to change his current name he seems like a chill dude but is somewhat young and kinda of bolt. His girlfriend or spayed girls he can be partner with all have a...
  3. arcangel

    Shavings Got some Questions about shavings?

    I plan to use aspen wood shavings from great choice because that is what the store was selling that and pine shavings which i know is bad for them. Here are my questions. 1. Is my wood shavings safe for the piggies 2. Should i be worried about my boar getting his genitals more dirty because of...
  4. arcangel

    General Confusing Rescue rules?

    The guinea pig rescue i plan to to adopt my new piggies tomorrow from have very strict and somewhat different views examples that i need help on. 1. NO Fruit. they state fruit is a poor choice because it is high levels of suger and cause a deadly imbalance of gut bacteria and leads to upset...
  5. arcangel

    Behavior VERY VERY worried!!!!

    one of my pig's who's a 4 year old sow silke is now laying down fully with both her back legs out and seems to be not moving for a lot of hours now and she won't weak for food or eat her favorite veggies i think shes dying im super worried and i don't know what to do. she was fine yesterday...
  6. arcangel

    Behavior Moving one pig to another group of pigs

    I have 6 female guinea pigs and they are split into two groups one group 4 pigs together and the other is 2 pigs together but the problem is recently my group of 4 is having a pretty bad problem where 2 of the 4 pigs are ganging up on one of the other pig's and i wondering if it would be bad if...
  7. arcangel

    Level of Effort? Layering How to and what?

    I'm finally making the choice to try fleece out but i have no idea how the layering system works and which is the best to keep the smell down. For people here is my information I have a monster cage that takes up my wall and another cage with about 19 sq next to it. I have 5 soon to be 6 pig's...
  8. arcangel

    Let's see those Monster cages!

    I've always wanted to know and see those monster sized cages! So i sat down and typed this out to hear about those huge cages and see them. I know i have one i have 26 sq ft cage it's not home it's a guinea pig mansion that's houses 5 piggies right now(it takes 3 garbage bags to remove the...
  9. arcangel

    Dominance i've got a problem!

    i just got a another pig because my friend parents had one but they are moving to a no pets apartment. So i now have a 5th piggie and ive introduced the new pig with my pigs in a neatraul (sry about my spelling) and i it looked perfactly fine but the problem once ive fully cleaned the cage and...
  10. arcangel

    Fighting need help with odd ways of fighting

    okay first update i've been away for months now because my schooling has me so busy that i can't update or help other people out. Now on to the real odd problem i have. I have 4 female guinea pigs in a huge L-shape C and C cage. 2 of the pigs are fully grown up and the other are now getting...
  11. arcangel

    General I got 2 questions and i need help from you guys!

    1. It is hitting summer time now where i live and i am worried that many guinea pigs may over heat during the summer time (sense i have no AC down at the level of the house i live in). So i ask you what can i do to keep many guinea pig's chilled or at a good tempture. 2. Next i am looking to...
  12. arcangel

    Dominance I got new pigs! but.....

    :) first off i got 2 new baby Pigs awhile back after quartine about 3-4 months old. Here is the story of these 2 pigs (Vanille and Fang) my friend sadly got them from a pet store and then his parents ended up saying that the animals were stinking up the house. So he gave them to me. Fyi he did...
  13. arcangel

    Sad Need help may hve bumblefoot!!!

    I dont know all the signs of this case but my piggies feet are kinda of red to light pink and i notice some type of scabs on her feet that just came off like dead skin when i touched her. Fyi her cage is clean and everything and i dont use wire and i use pine shaveings from petsmart and back to...
  14. arcangel

    Quarantine How big will a cage need to be for 4 pigs?

    I am hopefully going to be getting 1 or 2 more Pigs in the upcoming month and i wanted to know a couple of questions. 1.How big of a cage will they need? 2. how do i go about introduction after the first intro? Do you just put the new pig in a brand new clean cage? 3.what are somethings to...
  15. arcangel

    General Does anyone have cool ideas for cages?

    Do any of you have some really cool looking and fun things for your piggie cages? because im re building my c and c cage and i want some new things that my piggies will like? And im horrible with ideas. i know for sure its to have a pretty big loft and a BIG fleece forest.
  16. arcangel

    Weight How do you guys put pigs on diets?

    i know my girls have been getting over weight because i am so far the only owner i have seen with guinea piggies with what looks like double chins. i think it was back before i started to measure their food in take. P.s i do it now but they are not loseing weight. My piggies Look like furry fat...
  17. arcangel

    Sounds My piggie makes a odd sound

    Okay when i hold my baby luna (shes not a baby it's just her name) and i scratch behide her ears she makes the rumblestrut sound intill i stop then she chirps and bumps my hand like in a do again motion but ive heard if they make the rumble sound it means they dont like so i don't what to do...
  18. arcangel

    Introductions I may be getting a pair or a new piggie and i want some info?

    Okay to start off my mite problem is gone completly and i did everything this wonderful and helpful told me and now or a couple weeks ago my piggie has been better. Now to get to the topic at hand my friend got some piggies a month ago and now says he cannot handle his pair and that he will soon...
  19. arcangel

    Allergies My piggie feet are red!

    My piggie who is going thru mite treatment right now has these red marks on the back parts of her back feet and i dont know why and she and her friend are on shaveings cus i for right now dont have time for fleece. o and shes getting a lot better no scratching and she eats and popcorns like a...
  20. arcangel

    Behavior When holding my piggie tries hideing.

    My lunaria tries to hide under moo moo durning hold time when both are being hekld lunaria is very Cerious and moves a lot but moo moo is polar oppsite and will camp in one spot but lunaria will try to move under moo moo but Moo's really hates it and moves up to my shoulder and chirps in my ear...
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