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*stella*star*

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I have noticed that nearly every body here has there cage made out of the grid stuff and that there cage is inside. How does the guinea pig get grass if the cage is inside all the time. And also some people even have there floor time inside not out side. When i get my guinea pigs i am going to have floor time out side in the fresh air and where they get to eat grass!

Bye
 
my piggies get their grass by their slave... ME! i set my alarm clock 10 minutes earlier everyday so that i have time to go outside and pick their grass for them. at least this way i can make sure i am selecting the best parts. also every weekend they get a run outside instead of inside.

also, the piggies can be kept inside because they should be in a well ventilated room anyway (not drafty) so they get a lot of fresh air all day.
 
*stella*star* said:
I have noticed that nearly every body here has there cage made out of the grid stuff and that there cage is inside. How does the guinea pig get grass if the cage is inside all the time.
My kids pick grass and bring it into the girls to eat. We also bring them outside to play in the grass and eat it. They know when we bring grass in because they start wheeking and racing around.

And also some people even have there floor time inside not out side. When i get my guinea pigs i am going to have floor time out side in the fresh air and where they get to eat grass!
That is great but not everyone is in a situation where they can bring their pigs safely outside. My girls get floor time in the house, they also go out into the yard in a piggy playpen.
 
It is recommended that cages should be kept Indoors, so thats why most of us have the cages inside our homes. I pick the grass myself, or when its a good day I set up their play pen outside so they can roam around my garden for a couple of hours. Its your choice about floor time. Yes you can have them outside for it, but you MUST supervise them. If thats not possible then have floor time inside. You'd rather be safe than sorry.
 
welll, i dont think grass is absolutely vital to their daily diet (someone, correct me if im wrong)

secondly, it had always been reccomended that their environments be kept indoors

thridly, before you give your guinea floor time on your grass, make sure it is not chemically treated with fertilizers or pesticides or anything else along those lines.
 
Because we feed them hay.
 
I actually grow grass in my window, I let her nibble but not eat it all, so shes sort of like a lawn mower. I have 3 containers i use.
 
how cute! shes a lawn mower!
 
They do like to graze on regular grass, but make sure you are there with them at all times. We lost our rabbit, Kona-jito, to a cat in mid afternoon while she was playing in the back yard.
 
oh roosterboy,

so sorry to hear about your rabbit. thats the only thing with letting the pigs outside. luckily i have a dog who is near by the piggies when they are outside and she hates cats.
 
*stella*star* said:
I have noticed that nearly every body here has there cage made out of the grid stuff and that there cage is inside. How does the guinea pig get grass if the cage is inside all the time. And also some people even have there floor time inside not out side. When i get my guinea pigs i am going to have floor time out side in the fresh air and where they get to eat grass!

Bye
The pigs don't need grass, they need hay. You can take them outside, or else pick it for them. Floor time inside is great for exercise, that's the point pretty much. Grass is just a treat for my pigs. =)
 
i give my piggies grass everyday because i read many places it is good for them. its what they would eat in the wild. just make sure its not ornamental grass.
 
I give my pigs fresh and clean veggies everyday. I don't think the grass from your backyard/frontyard is too great for them because the grass is contaminated, whether you chemically treat your grass (ie. fertilizer, some bug killing chemicals, etc.) or not. Did your parents ever tell you not to 'eat' rain or snow? Same reason why I never let my pigs eat grass. The Rain/snow doesn't only contain water, it contains all sorts of dirt and nasty substances as well, since our earth is so polluted. If you eat the rain that falls from the sky, you might actually be eating what's on the road (or sewage!). I know the veggies I give my pigs are exposed to such contamination as well, but at least I know that the veggies have been carefully treated and inspected to ensure that they are safe for ingestion.
 
We can't let piggies live outside around here because it's too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. But beside that piggies that live outside have a greater risk of getting mites or other bugs.
 
Unfortunately we had the Coccidia parasite living in our backyard. The pigs didn't catch it if I picked some grass for them, but they always caught it if they actually went to play on the lawn!
 
hmmm, no grass... never heard that one before. and about the rain being polluted, i wonder what watered the grass in the guinea pigs native home. i never read anywhere that grass shouldnt be given to guinea pigs. unless it was chemically treated. all my piggies have been fine and they get grass everyday.

what does everyone else think? i could be wrong here.
 
conniehsc said:
The Rain/snow doesn't only contain water, it contains all sorts of dirt and nasty substances as well, since our earth is so polluted. If you eat the rain that falls from the sky, you might actually be eating what's on the road (or sewage!).
No, thats incorrect, connie. unless you live in an industrial city, all the rain is fresh. It gets cleaned when its up in the atmosphere and anything coming down is completely fresh. There is NO way youd be eating sewage, that i know for sure. The only contaminated rain you might cross is in big cities where the rain passes through a layer of pollution before reaching our level, In most suburban areas, this is not the case.
 
I live out in the country, and there's only a small town by us, so I'm sure the grass wouldn't be a problem.
 
loves2travel said:
No, thats incorrect, connie. unless you live in an industrial city, all the rain is fresh. It gets cleaned when its up in the atmosphere and anything coming down is completely fresh. There is NO way youd be eating sewage, that i know for sure. The only contaminated rain you might cross is in big cities where the rain passes through a layer of pollution before reaching our level, In most suburban areas, this is not the case.
Unfortunately, that is incorrect. Ever heard of acid rain? Acid rain is rain, snow or fog that is polluted by acid in the atmosphere and damages the environment. When substances such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are released into the atmosphere, they can be carried over long distances by prevailing winds before returning to the earth as acidic rain/snow/fog/dust. I live in Ontario, which is a part of the Canadian Precambrian Shield, and we get acid rain. Over half of Canada consists of susceptible hard rock areas that cannot neutralize the effects of acid rain.

We are not the only ones who get acid rain. Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen oxide (NOx) are produced not only by industrial sources (like you said), but also by transportation (cars), electric utilities and fuel combustion. So unless your area has no such contaminations at all (which is impossible, unless you don’t have cars or you don’t use electricity), your rain is not as Fresh as you think. Even If your area doesn’t have cars and doesn’t use electricity, the rain that evaporates into the atmosphere doesn’t just stay in one place. The rain you get today might be the water that was evaporated from elsewhere yesterday. You still stand the chance of getting acid rain.

When the water/liquid on earth is evaporated, it doesn’t imply that the evaporated water is clean and the dirt is left behind, and the rain that comes back down on earth is fresh. If that is the case, I can’t imagine why we spend gazillions of dollars on water management. Why don’t we just drink from the ponds in the park or the lakes? It’s Fresh, right? Even after the water management systems, we still spend money purchasing water filters for our taps, because we feel that the water is still not clean enough to drink. That’s not my idea of fresh.

Yeah it’s true that wild pigs do feed on grass and other wild plants that are watered by the rain. Before humans invented houses, we used to live in the wilds inside caves and such. But why don’t we do that anymore? Why do we need to buy houses to live in and stoves to cook our food? Because that’s called evolution. We do what we do now because we feel more comfortable this way. I bet the pigs would enjoy living under our care than in the wilds (except for the freedom). And under our care, we can make the choice of giving them what they used to have, or giving them the best that they could have. I choose to give them the best that they could have.

I’m just saying, *I* prefer not feeding my pigs any grass from my contaminated lawn, and *I* prefer giving them fresh vegetables from other sources. You never know what’s been onto your lawn. Squirrels with mites and lice and whatnot, birds that just took a swim in the sewage, you get the idea. But if you think that is good enough for your pigs, and you think that the grass in your lawn would do, so be it. The ultimate choice is yours.
 
conniehsc said:
Unfortunately, that is incorrect. Ever heard of acid rain? Acid rain is rain, snow or fog that is polluted by acid in the atmosphere and damages the environment. When substances such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are released into the atmosphere, they can be carried over long distances by prevailing winds before returning to the earth as acidic rain/snow/fog/dust. I live in Ontario, which is a part of the Canadian Precambrian Shield, and we get acid rain. Over half of Canada consists of susceptible hard rock areas that cannot neutralize the effects of acid rain.

We are not the only ones who get acid rain. Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen oxide (NOx) are produced not only by industrial sources (like you said), but also by transportation (cars), electric utilities and fuel combustion. So unless your area has no such contaminations at all (which is impossible, unless you don’t have cars or you don’t use electricity), your rain is not as Fresh as you think. Even If your area doesn’t have cars and doesn’t use electricity, the rain that evaporates into the atmosphere doesn’t just stay in one place. The rain you get today might be the water that was evaporated from elsewhere yesterday. You still stand the chance of getting acid rain.

When the water/liquid on earth is evaporated, it doesn’t imply that the evaporated water is clean and the dirt is left behind, and the rain that comes back down on earth is fresh. If that is the case, I can’t imagine why we spend gazillions of dollars on water management. Why don’t we just drink from the ponds in the park or the lakes? It’s Fresh, right? Even after the water management systems, we still spend money purchasing water filters for our taps, because we feel that the water is still not clean enough to drink. That’s not my idea of fresh.

Yeah it’s true that wild pigs do feed on grass and other wild plants that are watered by the rain. Before humans invented houses, we used to live in the wilds inside caves and such. But why don’t we do that anymore? Why do we need to buy houses to live in and stoves to cook our food? Because that’s called evolution. We do what we do now because we feel more comfortable this way. I bet the pigs would enjoy living under our care than in the wilds (except for the freedom). And under our care, we can make the choice of giving them what they used to have, or giving them the best that they could have. I choose to give them the best that they could have.

I’m just saying, *I* prefer not feeding my pigs any grass from my contaminated lawn, and *I* prefer giving them fresh vegetables from other sources. You never know what’s been onto your lawn. Squirrels with mites and lice and whatnot, birds that just took a swim in the sewage, you get the idea. But if you think that is good enough for your pigs, and you think that the grass in your lawn would do, so be it. The ultimate choice is yours.
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Hmmmmmm well I agree that rain is polluted but about the whole feeding them grass thing.... Um just a note if it rains the veggies will get water on them! And I highly doubt that when they water the veggies that they use treated water I am sure they use the exact same water that comes through our hose.... I never saw anything wrong with feeding the piggs grass.
 
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