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Thanks so much for your prompt reply! I am delighted to hear this. I'll give them as much space as possible and take breaks.

Looking for some advice regarding transporting and moving guinea pigs. I am currently fostering some young boars (3 months old) for a local rescue. I feel foster failure coming on. I really want to adopt these pigs. However, I will be moving away in roughly 10 months. My new destination is 14...

I see. How unfortunate. :-( What am I to do? Not having a certified exotic vet near me seems to be quite a problem.

He is turning 3 years old at the end of June. He has not been treated for an ear infection, though I suggested this at the clinic yesterday. They deemed it unnecessary. The vet observed his ears and teeth, though said that she saw nothing unusual with them. I'm currently not giving him any...

That's great! Thanks for the heads up. I'll definitely stop by sometime soon.

In the past month, my oldest guinea pig Charlie's health has taken a turn for the worst. He is rapidly losing weight, his balance is nonexistent, and his breathing is constantly labored, as well as noisy. His breathing sounds a lot like aspiration to me, though I am unaware of the source of such...

If I were in your situation, I would definitely go for a bigger cage downstairs. My guinea pigs live in the upstairs living room, in 2x5s and 2x6s, and it's not that much of a busy place, but people do pass by it every now and then. As long as if you socialize with your pigs often, you should be...

I've done that too! I keep a stack of hay in my pet store bottomed cage, and my youngest male loves to hop into it, but he especially loves to push the cage bottom all over his cage with his nose. He has definitely improved his head-butting skills, haha.

Wow, how nice! I absolutely adore her colors. :--)

Some people watch T.V. while allowing their pig to huddle next to them, or some will devote all their attention during bonding time. What do you do? I usually lay a fleece blanket on the couch and lay down and allow my guinea pigs to cuddle with me or explore the couch, with supervision, of...

Hmm, I haven't thought about that before. He is being kept on fleece bedding, and he always has been. I do believe that it is mites, though, as he is showing every single sign of having them.

Yes, he always has a large amount of hay in his cage. It's fresh and I do not let it run out.

I have a boar that is currently living alone, and he has increased in weight a lot in the past couple of months. It's obvious that this issue is coming from him living without a cage mate. I plan on adopting another boar from a shelter to live with him, but that will be in a month, or when his...

Re: The ignorance of pet store employees - may cost him his job How frustrating. :--( Unfortunately, that story seems to apply to my local pet stores as well. Sometimes I wish that I could just chunk all of the tiny guinea pig cages out the window.

Wow, I had no idea I was giving too much! Will definitely give less next time. Thank you for the tips.

Approximately how long does it take for a guinea pig to show improvement with the use of ivermectin? This has been an issue for me for an unreasonably long amount of time. I've taken all of my males to the vet multiple times, and after insisting on doing skin scrapings and telling me that my...

Thank you so much, wheeklink! That was extremely reassuring and informative. I will begin handling them a bit more and I will certainly lower my expectations. I will try to lay on the sofa with a pig or two while watching Netflix. Again, thank you for your long and thoughtful post!

It appears to be that we are all out of room in the garden. :/ Something smaller, perhaps? Do my environmental science research paper, please.

My name is Elena. :--) Pronounced Ee-lay-nuh, though many people will just pronounce my name the way that it is spelled (Eh-leh-nuh).

What do you do during bonding time? I have never enjoyed bonding time myself, which I do find unusual, since so many people seem to love it!! I am a fairly antsy person, that is I dislike sitting still and not being able to move around freely. I enjoy watching videos and shows on my desktop...