Aloha from the lovely state of Hawaii! My name is Mel (hence the user name, lol) and my husband, daughter and I are preparing to becoming piggie parents.
We have already constructed our cage. It's C&C and is a 2x4 cage. We plan to use fleece bedding for our piggies.
I say that we plan to because we haven't acquired our guinea pigs yet. We are waiting for a pair to become available for adoption. We're hoping to adopt 2 at the same time, from the same source, if at all possible, because we'd like to avoid any introduction issues, as well as any quarantine from one another.
We have a local source for Oxbow hay and pellets, as well as leads on a couple of cavy savvy vets in the area.
I stumbled across this forum while looking for bedding alternatives. We have owned mice in the past and had issues with the bedding. We tried Carefresh and were less than satisfied with the mess. And prior to that we had aspen and didn't like the dust factor. So fleece it'll be.
I am so glad that I found this forum because I have learned a few things about cavies that I didn't know. I feel that we are well prepared for owning a couple of piggies. I am on pins and needles waiting for the right piggies to become available for us!
Oh, a little more about us, my husband is in the Navy, my daughter is almost 8 and I work from home, so our new piggies will have someone near them all the time. We have no other pets currently, so our piggies will not face any competition for attention, nor is there the worry of them being the victims of a predatory pet.
I hope to be able to update soon to share information about our piggies...now...just waiting for the right pair to become available.
We have already constructed our cage. It's C&C and is a 2x4 cage. We plan to use fleece bedding for our piggies.
I say that we plan to because we haven't acquired our guinea pigs yet. We are waiting for a pair to become available for adoption. We're hoping to adopt 2 at the same time, from the same source, if at all possible, because we'd like to avoid any introduction issues, as well as any quarantine from one another.
We have a local source for Oxbow hay and pellets, as well as leads on a couple of cavy savvy vets in the area.
I stumbled across this forum while looking for bedding alternatives. We have owned mice in the past and had issues with the bedding. We tried Carefresh and were less than satisfied with the mess. And prior to that we had aspen and didn't like the dust factor. So fleece it'll be.
I am so glad that I found this forum because I have learned a few things about cavies that I didn't know. I feel that we are well prepared for owning a couple of piggies. I am on pins and needles waiting for the right piggies to become available for us!
Oh, a little more about us, my husband is in the Navy, my daughter is almost 8 and I work from home, so our new piggies will have someone near them all the time. We have no other pets currently, so our piggies will not face any competition for attention, nor is there the worry of them being the victims of a predatory pet.
I hope to be able to update soon to share information about our piggies...now...just waiting for the right pair to become available.