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Please, oh please, when you take poo to the vet to have them submit a fecal sample on your cavie, take more than a few pieces! I need more, lots more! Think a heaping tablespoon's worth of poo. Yes, I know that's a lot, but compared to the dog/cat/horse/goat/primate/etc samples I run every...

I noticed a post about a week ago for 4 female cavies that some crazy lady is desperate for "rehoming," but later in the post this person makes it clear that only certain piggies in the photos are "for sale." Make up your mind, right? She then states one is heavily pregnant and is ready to pop...

I found this (see photos below) at the grocery store today, and while I figured it was a lettuce, wasn't quite sure. Google is failing me, as frisee (misspelled frissee by the store) is called both endive and chicory in articles, and while the photos of frisee are spot on, and it looks more like...

I'm curious, because my boys go ballistic over the long, fuzzy heads on timothy hay. They have two different cuttings of timothy hay available at all times, both fresh and soft from a local farm, and while there aren't many heads on either kind, they still eat them heartily and seem to enjoy...

I'm looking at these: (broken link removed) They look like the generic fleece blankets I can find at stores around here, but the price is better. Do you think they would work?

The fridge in my apartment isn't the best, and everyone once in a while you'll open it to find some things a bit frozen, and some things a bit spoiled. It's so sporadic that our landlord (who lives in California, the lucky guy) won't agree to replace it until it finally kicks the bucket, so I've...

While reading the fleece project sticky, I noticed that a middle layer of U-Haul pads is recommended (below the fleece and above the newspaper, I assume). While browsing their website for pricing options, I found two types of pads. Please let me know if you would recommend one over the other, or...

Yesterday I got the opportunity to visit the storage barn of a man who grows and sells grass hay for a living. I spent a lovely quarter hour going over the bales, enjoying the absolutely glorious smell of hay and giddily picking out one bale, then another, then putting the first one back and...

My hours upon hours of seemingly fruitless Craigslist Farm and Garden searching has finally paid off! I finally got a call back from a very nice man in the Dover/Sherrotsville area (near Sugarcreek) who runs three farms and has 50# bales of pure grass hay for only $5 a bale! Second cutting! He...

It almost makes up for how much they poop! :p [video=youtube;q-QFRpS02DE]

Let me be clear right off the bat that my little poopers are NOT having diarrhea. Their stools are normal in size and shape and consistency, but today when I was sweeping up I noticed that they are a much darker brown, almost black, compared to the medium brown they used to be. I have recently...

For both the benefits of their health and my wallet, I found a former coworker whose mom owns a farm, and in trade for a really good peanut butter cupcake from our local farmers market, she brought me a large trash bag full of timothy hay, say two flakes and a bit. First off, I really can't...

...and in with the new accessories! I sold their old cage today and used part of the funds to buy my boys a new chew/hide tube, and a wooden hide house. I think I should have gone with the biggest house possible instead of the next size down, as when I put it in their cage, the submissive...

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(broken link removed) I already flagged it. I wish one would do the job ):

I have been getting so incredibly frustrated with my local Craigslist pet section, where multiple people are selling hamster cages and calling them guinea pig cages. The photos on those cage boxes show a piggie that I doubt is even weaned, it's so small! I recently made a post in my local...

I finished building it last night, and just got them moved in the last half hour or so. They are having so much fun! See attached photos. My goal is to eventually elevate it, but I need more grids to build a stable support system. I have the base cushioned with a thick piece of padded linoleum...

Greetings! My name is Andrea. I'm a Registered Vet Tech and second time cavie owner. My first foray into the world of piggies was rescued from a bad situation about a year ago. His name was Mr. Pickles. His previous owner was bedding him in cedar shavings and feeding him rabbit pellets from the...