Heh heh heh, Dean. Boys will be boys. I bet they'd miss each other if they were separated. Mine all cluster together and try to sit on each other when spooked.
Little Ella is the toughest one. She's tiny, skinny and was born with head-tilt but nothing fazes her. She comes to the front of the crate to greet you and likes being picked up. Out of her and her sister, Lilly (who is a real little fat-arse), Ella-mouse had the largest two babies (Vyv and Tammy). Lilly's babies (Buzz and Sandy[girl]) are quite little in comparison, even though they are a week younger. Vet saw Vyvyan last Friday and said "He's never only 3 weeks old is he? Crikey, he's a whopper!" Vet has got 80 piggies of her own so she knows what she's talking about!
time for a guinea-pig appreciation thread me thinks,i will let you organize that.
my phil and grant were brothers dean but had a massive fall out actually causing wounds then phil got really ill with mange etc and nearly lost him his weight dropped to 0.8 kg and i got him bk by syringe feeding him aldo zilli baby food now weighs 1.3 kg has a lovely little waist and the fattest arse i have ever seen on a pig but he has a lovely nature
my phil and grant were brothers dean but had a massive fall out actually causing wounds then phil got really ill with mange etc and nearly lost him his weight dropped to 0.8 kg and i got him bk by syringe feeding him aldo zilli baby food now weighs 1.3 kg has a lovely little waist and the fattest arse i have ever seen on a pig but he has a lovely nature
I am just enjoying reading the first sentence of that imagining not guinea pigs but the actual Eastenders characters. Phil's mange would explain the baldness.:D
I am just enjoying reading the first sentence of that imagining not guinea pigs but the actual Eastenders characters. Phil's mange would explain the baldness.:D
my phil and grant were brothers dean but had a massive fall out actually causing wounds then phil got really ill with mange etc and nearly lost him his weight dropped to 0.8 kg and i got him bk by syringe feeding him aldo zilli baby food now weighs 1.3 kg has a lovely little waist and the fattest arse i have ever seen on a pig but he has a lovely nature
Wish I could get Ella's weight up a bit, Sal. She lost a fair bit while feeding the babes, as expected, and lost some of her hair but hers are weaned now and she eats well so am hoping she'll build up, although she'll never be a porker, unlike her heifer of a sister. She's just still too thin for my liking....her bairns are almost as big as she is and they're not a month old yet. Ella's Kitchen (name a coincidence!) baby food is what I've used to nurse sick piggies because they do some good veggie ones and it's organic. It also does well with a syringe and isn't as hard-going as some of the prescribed rescue foods if the piggie in question is not really wanting to eat. Will also try the Zilli stuff, too, if I need to build up again.
Hi! All
First a question to you Dorydaryl and does your little piggy still bite or has he got over it?, one thing you could do when feeding him is to sit down and talk to him and just put the dish of food in the cage/hutch near to the door with you holding it with one finger and just let him come up and eat from the dish while you are talikng to him.
Another thing you can do is just put your hand in and just let him come up and sniff it and keep your hand as still as you can, until last December I had two guinea pigs and kept them inside the house in a hutch which had steps in it for them to go up if they wanted and I used to put the dish in near the door and either sit on a chair if they were up the top or on the floor if they were down the bottom.
I used to talk to them for ages and they would no word of a lie come up and eat from the dish with me holding onto it with one finger, also I would sing along to a tune on the radio and sing to them[both males] and I would also sit with them on a saturday in the conservatory and watch the football scores and would even put the fan on if it was a bit too hot.
They were just over I think it was two and a half/three and a half years and sadly one could not eat anything at all and would try eating the hey and would try drinking from the bottle but for some reason just could not, I took him to the vet and they spotted a lump under him and removed it but he came back the same.
My other one was taken ill very soon after and it was like he had hiccups and we took him to the vet and I said to him that I hope he would be back and we would make Christmas special for him, but sadly he died on the operating table at the vets.
That was last December and I still miss them very much and I still wonder if I did right having the first one I described put down by the vet as well as taking the other to the vet, I have not got any more since but even though I am upset still I can at least say that if I had not have saved the one who died second then he would have ended his life soon after I first got him.
I put them both in the run in the garden and I got on alright with one but the second one slipped out of my hand and went through a hole in the fence into next doors garden which was not lived in at the time and was like a forest, so I got a ladder and climbed over the fence and found a stick which I swept round and was calling out his name and could not find him but I carried on and aventualy found him and picked him up.
I handed him over the fence to Mum who put him back in his cage and climbed back over the fence so he was a lucky boy, they were so good bless them and did have the odd fight but after one massive one in which I separated them overnight I found a knack of calming them down.
The clicking noise you make when calling a dog I amde with my boys and they tended to calm down, or I would take time and sit with them and talk to them and we had no problems.
I called them Charley and Farley, Farley I found when I got them both out and put them in the run inside the house would not take a treat and seemed to get a bit apprehensive but if he was given a treat in the hutch and Charley was away from him then he would eat it.
That only happen I found in situations when Farley was a bit apprehensive but at other times we could give them both a treat in the hutch and they would take it and enjoy it with no problem, but Farley would not eat his treat in the hutch if he felt apprehensive so I just took Charley out and had him on my lap with his treat and left Farley in the hutch with his treat and they both enjoyed the treat that way.
Being someone with Autism[Asperger Syndrome] myself it mad me wonder whether Farley could have had Autism.
Wish I could get Ella's weight up a bit, Sal. She lost a fair bit while feeding the babes, as expected, and lost some of her hair but hers are weaned now and she eats well so am hoping she'll build up, although she'll never be a porker, unlike her heifer of a sister. She's just still too thin for my liking....her bairns are almost as big as she is and they're not a month old yet. Ella's Kitchen (name a coincidence!) baby food is what I've used to nurse sick piggies because they do some good veggie ones and it's organic. It also does well with a syringe and isn't as hard-going as some of the prescribed rescue foods if the piggie in question is not really wanting to eat. Will also try the Zilli stuff, too, if I need to build up again.
the zilli ones smell so good pm me your addy i have some im not using you can try phil rips the syringe out my hand for them
I am just enjoying reading the first sentence of that imagining not guinea pigs but the actual Eastenders characters. Phil's mange would explain the baldness.:D
they were named when i got them the lady i got them from was a mrs mitchell phil is a wonderful little fella now real charcter as is grant
they were named when i got them the lady i got them from was a mrs mitchell phil is a wonderful little fella now real charcter as is grant
Piggies sound wonderful little pets. I have bunnies, and try and do my best to give them nice lives, lots of attention, etc. They are such characters. My three all very different to eachother.
i am about to try as they always use one corner so wish me luck!
Aw good luck.:) Bunnies are easier than cats to litter train. Although one of mine has tantrums and chucks everything around, from time to time, including his litter tray!
Hi! All
First a question to you Dorydaryl and does your little piggy still bite or has he got over it?, one thing you could do when feeding him is to sit down and talk to him and just put the dish of food in the cage/hutch near to the door with you holding it with one finger and just let him come up and eat from the dish while you are talikng to him.
Another thing you can do is just put your hand in and just let him come up and sniff it and keep your hand as still as you can, until last December I had two guinea pigs and kept them inside the house in a hutch which had steps in it for them to go up if they wanted and I used to put the dish in near the door and either sit on a chair if they were up the top or on the floor if they were down the bottom.
I used to talk to them for ages and they would no word of a lie come up and eat from the dish with me holding onto it with one finger, also I would sing along to a tune on the radio and sing to them[both males] and I would also sit with them on a saturday in the conservatory and watch the football scores and would even put the fan on if it was a bit too hot.
They were just over I think it was two and a half/three and a half years and sadly one could not eat anything at all and would try eating the hey and would try drinking from the bottle but for some reason just could not, I took him to the vet and they spotted a lump under him and removed it but he came back the same.
My other one was taken ill very soon after and it was like he had hiccups and we took him to the vet and I said to him that I hope he would be back and we would make Christmas special for him, but sadly he died on the operating table at the vets.
That was last December and I still miss them very much and I still wonder if I did right having the first one I described put down by the vet as well as taking the other to the vet, I have not got any more since but even though I am upset still I can at least say that if I had not have saved the one who died second then he would have ended his life soon after I first got him.
I put them both in the run in the garden and I got on alright with one but the second one slipped out of my hand and went through a hole in the fence into next doors garden which was not lived in at the time and was like a forest, so I got a ladder and climbed over the fence and found a stick which I swept round and was calling out his name and could not find him but I carried on and aventualy found him and picked him up.
I handed him over the fence to Mum who put him back in his cage and climbed back over the fence so he was a lucky boy, they were so good bless them and did have the odd fight but after one massive one in which I separated them overnight I found a knack of calming them down.
The clicking noise you make when calling a dog I amde with my boys and they tended to calm down, or I would take time and sit with them and talk to them and we had no problems.
I called them Charley and Farley, Farley I found when I got them both out and put them in the run inside the house would not take a treat and seemed to get a bit apprehensive but if he was given a treat in the hutch and Charley was away from him then he would eat it.
That only happen I found in situations when Farley was a bit apprehensive but at other times we could give them both a treat in the hutch and they would take it and enjoy it with no problem, but Farley would not eat his treat in the hutch if he felt apprehensive so I just took Charley out and had him on my lap with his treat and left Farley in the hutch with his treat and they both enjoyed the treat that way.
Being someone with Autism[Asperger Syndrome] myself it mad me wonder whether Farley could have had Autism.
Hi Lee
What a lovely post. Sorry I didn't see it sooner. Sounds like you loved Charley and Farley very much and found ways of keeping them both happy and well entertained.
Yep, Daz is doing really well at the moment. I couldn't blame him for being a bit nippy after everything he'd been through but since his hormones have settled post neutering and his wounds have healed, he's becoming quite a snuggly boy. He actually seems to enjoy the cuddles, despite the fact that I have had to put him through torture, cleaning and draining an abscess on a daily basis. However, it's now healing beautifully and I'm pleased to say he's looking very strong and healthy again. He's also enjoying the company of his older son Vyvyan (he's named after the punk in 'The Young Ones' because he has punky fur and a white 'v' on his back! ) and they still seem to be getting on well. His younger son, Buzz (he has bee stripes), is also moving in with him over this coming week and they have been slowly introduced over the last few days.
Thanks, Sal, for the offer of the Zilli food. Don't you want to keep some in, though, in case one of your little guys needs it again?
Hogzilla- I've heard wheekers can be litter trained but efforts with my various broods have proved hopeless. Having said that, the boys seem to be going in one corner of the crate rather than liberally dropping pellet-bombs all over the ship. The girls also seem to avoid pooping in their little houses. At least 'healthy' GP poop doesn't smell and is fairly easy to clean up. You can tell a lot from a piggie by he condition of it's poo and I gather it's similar with rabbits. A good friend of mine has an elderly bun and lives next door to someone who runs a bunny rescue ('Bunny Camp', lol).
I took in my first two piggies as a 'favour' for a friend. I knew nothing about them and had no particular feeling for guineas before I got them. It was when I first moved away from home and was missing my cat and dog. They kind of grew on me very quickly and it wasn't very long before I was completely in love with them. Had them ever since. When my three oldies died within a month of each other (it can happen that way), I was considering having my first break from having them in over ten years and then perhaps boarding/ fostering. My neighbour had other ideas and brought me the three newbies...the whole cycle of life (and birth!) started again and I've accpeted that it's just 'meant to be'. I'm hooked and that's that!
What a lovely post. Sorry I didn't see it sooner. Sounds like you loved Charley and Farley very much and found ways of keeping them both happy and well entertained.
Yep, Daz is doing really well at the moment. I couldn't blame him for being a bit nippy after everything he'd been through but since his hormones have settled post neutering and his wounds have healed, he's becoming quite a snuggly boy. He actually seems to enjoy the cuddles, despite the fact that I have had to put him through torture, cleaning and draining an abscess on a daily basis. However, it's now healing beautifully and I'm pleased to say he's looking very strong and healthy again. He's also enjoying the company of his older son Vyvyan (he's named after the punk in 'The Young Ones' because he has punky fur and a white 'v' on his back! ) and they still seem to be getting on well. His younger son, Buzz (he has bee stripes), is also moving in with
him over this coming week and they have been slowly introduced over the last few days.
Thanks, Sal, for the offer of the Zilli food. Don't you want to keep some in, though, in case one of your little guys needs it again?
Hogzilla- I've heard wheekers can be litter trained but efforts with my various broods have proved hopeless. Having said that, the boys seem to be going in one corner of the crate rather than liberally dropping pellet-bombs all over the ship. The girls also seem to avoid pooping in their little houses. At least 'healthy' GP poop doesn't smell and is fairly easy to clean up. You can tell a lot from a piggie by he condition of it's poo and I gather it's similar with rabbits. A good friend of mine has an elderly bun and lives next door to someone who runs a bunny rescue ('Bunny Camp', lol).
I took in my first two piggies as a 'favour' for a friend. I knew nothing about them and had no particular feeling for guineas before I got them. It was when I first moved away from home and was missing my cat and dog. They kind of grew on me very quickly and it wasn't very long before I was completely in love with them. Had them ever since. When my three oldies died within a month of each other (it can happen that way), I was considering having my first break from having them in over ten years and then perhaps boarding/ fostering. My neighbour had other ideas and brought me the three newbies...the whole cycle of life (and birth!) started again and I've accpeted that it's just 'meant to be'. I'm hooked and that's that!
I love this post and how much you love your piggies.:D
i dont think you can help but love them when my tommy had a respiratory infection i wrapped him in a towel and took him to bed when phil was poorly i had him in a cat basket at my bedside and fed him every two hours and syringed him watered down cranberry juice too tommy pig hated other pigs but he loved my ossie cat with a passion they were rarely apart tommy never lasted long after ossie died
I love this post and how much you love your piggies.:D
Sometimes, when the girls are in synchronised season (they come into 'bloom' every three wheeks, the randy little mares), it is really a case of handbags at twenty. As my bedroom is near their crates on the landing there is many an early-hour occasion when my head goes under the pillow as a full-blown bitchfest rages. It's all posturing and squabbling, though. Have very rarely seen any injuries in over eleven years.
My dog, my boyfriend's Westie and the neighbour's Mini-Schanuzer all lie in a row outside the crates watching GP-TV. They now have two channels- upstairs and downstairs. The GPs are used to them and just go about their business as usual. The babies have never known owt different but I occasionally catch the older ones eyeing my springer spaniel when he whines at them and I can tell they're just thinking "Tosser!"
dors your right about the poo its the first thing luke my vet checks although he is a piggy specialist
It's good to have a vet who is, Sal. Thankfully, mine is too. Think I mentioned earlier that she has 80 of her own and you can just tell she adores them. Many vets know the basics but because they are classed as exotics and they don't see as many of them as you'd think, they don't always have the specialist knowledge. Seems like we're both lucky. I, too, confess to taking a piggie or two to bed, wrapped in towels- sometimes for my own comfort rather than theirs. There's nothing more satisfying than hearing them chut and purr next to you when they're happy and content. I tend not to fall asleep with them though a) because I worry about squishing them and b) waking up to discover they've answered the call of nature several times over, lol.
Let me know how you go on with the litter training Sal...might ask for tips if you can get it to work. I clean my lot out every day (my one pet hate but it's also the time I use to check them over and fuss them) and have found puppy pads brilliant for when they're ill.
Nice thing is that, unlike other rodents such as hammies, gerbils, mice and rats, GPs and bunnies can have longer lifespans. My friend was telling me about a bunny who's still alive at 14 (her own bunny is 11/12- he was a rescue). I never realized they could live so long. Do you know of any oldies, Hogzilla. The oldest I've got a GP to is nearly 7 but I'm hoping the current bunch will have long and happy lifespans.
It's good to have a vet who is, Sal. Thankfully, mine is too. Think I mentioned earlier that she has 80 of her own and you can just tell she adores them. Many vets know the basics but because they are classed as exotics and they don't see as many of them as you'd think, they don't always have the specialist knowledge. Seems like we're both lucky. I, too, confess to taking a piggie or two to bed, wrapped in towels- sometimes for my own comfort rather than theirs. There's nothing more satisfying than hearing them chut and purr next to you when they're happy and content. I tend not to fall asleep with them though a) because I worry about squishing them and b) waking up to discover they've answered the call of nature several times over, lol.
Let me know how you go on with the litter training Sal...might ask for tips if you can get it to work. I clean my lot out every day (my one pet hate but it's also the time I use to check them over and fuss them) and have found puppy pads brilliant for when they're ill.
Nice thing is that, unlike other rodents such as hammies, gerbils, mice and rats, GPs and bunnies can have longer lifespans. My friend was telling me about a bunny who's still alive at 14 (her own bunny is 11/12- he was a rescue). I never realized they could live so long. Do you know of any oldies, Hogzilla. The oldest I've got a GP to is nearly 7 but I'm hoping the current bunch will have long and happy lifespans.
my gordon was well over 7 and henry is coming up to 8 snowy is 7 albie is 18 months grant and phil are 3 teddy smoky hamish and charlie are unknown bill and ben are 6 months
my gordon was well over 7 and henry is coming up to 8 snowy is 7 albie is 18 months grant and phil are 3 teddy smoky hamish and charlie are unknown bill and ben are 6 months
They obviously like being where they are, Sal!
Have moved Buzz up with his dad and half-brother permanent today. He's not too thrilled atm but I can't risk any more pregnancies, lol.
.... My friend was telling me about a bunny who's still alive at 14 (her own bunny is 11/12- he was a rescue). I never realized they could live so long. Do you know of any oldies, Hogzilla. The oldest I've got a GP to is nearly 7 but I'm hoping the current bunch will have long and happy lifespans.
Breeder I got my Albert and Terry from told me she had one buck who lived to 18!:D I'm hoping my boys are direct descendants...
snowy has broken his tooth off and it isnt regrowing so may need surgery at his age it worries me
Awww...wonder why it's not regrowing. Is he still managing to get food down ok? If he's keeping his weight up, maybe surgery can be avoided (unless there's a root abscess.
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time for a guinea-pig appreciation thread me thinks,i will let you organize that.
I am just enjoying reading the first sentence of that imagining not guinea pigs but the actual Eastenders characters. Phil's mange would explain the baldness.:D
Wish I could get Ella's weight up a bit, Sal. She lost a fair bit while feeding the babes, as expected, and lost some of her hair but hers are weaned now and she eats well so am hoping she'll build up, although she'll never be a porker, unlike her heifer of a sister. She's just still too thin for my liking....her bairns are almost as big as she is and they're not a month old yet. Ella's Kitchen (name a coincidence!) baby food is what I've used to nurse sick piggies because they do some good veggie ones and it's organic. It also does well with a syringe and isn't as hard-going as some of the prescribed rescue foods if the piggie in question is not really wanting to eat. Will also try the Zilli stuff, too, if I need to build up again.
First a question to you Dorydaryl and does your little piggy still bite or has he got over it?, one thing you could do when feeding him is to sit down and talk to him and just put the dish of food in the cage/hutch near to the door with you holding it with one finger and just let him come up and eat from the dish while you are talikng to him.
Another thing you can do is just put your hand in and just let him come up and sniff it and keep your hand as still as you can, until last December I had two guinea pigs and kept them inside the house in a hutch which had steps in it for them to go up if they wanted and I used to put the dish in near the door and either sit on a chair if they were up the top or on the floor if they were down the bottom.
I used to talk to them for ages and they would no word of a lie come up and eat from the dish with me holding onto it with one finger, also I would sing along to a tune on the radio and sing to them[both males] and I would also sit with them on a saturday in the conservatory and watch the football scores and would even put the fan on if it was a bit too hot.
They were just over I think it was two and a half/three and a half years and sadly one could not eat anything at all and would try eating the hey and would try drinking from the bottle but for some reason just could not, I took him to the vet and they spotted a lump under him and removed it but he came back the same.
My other one was taken ill very soon after and it was like he had hiccups and we took him to the vet and I said to him that I hope he would be back and we would make Christmas special for him, but sadly he died on the operating table at the vets.
That was last December and I still miss them very much and I still wonder if I did right having the first one I described put down by the vet as well as taking the other to the vet, I have not got any more since but even though I am upset still I can at least say that if I had not have saved the one who died second then he would have ended his life soon after I first got him.
I put them both in the run in the garden and I got on alright with one but the second one slipped out of my hand and went through a hole in the fence into next doors garden which was not lived in at the time and was like a forest, so I got a ladder and climbed over the fence and found a stick which I swept round and was calling out his name and could not find him but I carried on and aventualy found him and picked him up.
I handed him over the fence to Mum who put him back in his cage and climbed back over the fence so he was a lucky boy, they were so good bless them and did have the odd fight but after one massive one in which I separated them overnight I found a knack of calming them down.
The clicking noise you make when calling a dog I amde with my boys and they tended to calm down, or I would take time and sit with them and talk to them and we had no problems.
I called them Charley and Farley, Farley I found when I got them both out and put them in the run inside the house would not take a treat and seemed to get a bit apprehensive but if he was given a treat in the hutch and Charley was away from him then he would eat it.
That only happen I found in situations when Farley was a bit apprehensive but at other times we could give them both a treat in the hutch and they would take it and enjoy it with no problem, but Farley would not eat his treat in the hutch if he felt apprehensive so I just took Charley out and had him on my lap with his treat and left Farley in the hutch with his treat and they both enjoyed the treat that way.
Being someone with Autism[Asperger Syndrome] myself it mad me wonder whether Farley could have had Autism.
the zilli ones smell so good pm me your addy i have some im not using you can try phil rips the syringe out my hand for them
they were named when i got them the lady i got them from was a mrs mitchell phil is a wonderful little fella now real charcter as is grant
Piggies sound wonderful little pets. I have bunnies, and try and do my best to give them nice lives, lots of attention, etc. They are such characters. My three all very different to eachother.
Question. Can you litter train piggies?
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Aw good luck.:) Bunnies are easier than cats to litter train. Although one of mine has tantrums and chucks everything around, from time to time, including his litter tray!
Hi Lee
What a lovely post. Sorry I didn't see it sooner. Sounds like you loved Charley and Farley very much and found ways of keeping them both happy and well entertained.
Yep, Daz is doing really well at the moment. I couldn't blame him for being a bit nippy after everything he'd been through but since his hormones have settled post neutering and his wounds have healed, he's becoming quite a snuggly boy. He actually seems to enjoy the cuddles, despite the fact that I have had to put him through torture, cleaning and draining an abscess on a daily basis. However, it's now healing beautifully and I'm pleased to say he's looking very strong and healthy again. He's also enjoying the company of his older son Vyvyan (he's named after the punk in 'The Young Ones' because he has punky fur and a white 'v' on his back!
Thanks, Sal, for the offer of the Zilli food. Don't you want to keep some in, though, in case one of your little guys needs it again?
Hogzilla- I've heard wheekers can be litter trained but efforts with my various broods have proved hopeless. Having said that, the boys seem to be going in one corner of the crate rather than liberally dropping pellet-bombs all over the ship. The girls also seem to avoid pooping in their little houses. At least 'healthy' GP poop doesn't smell and is fairly easy to clean up. You can tell a lot from a piggie by he condition of it's poo and I gather it's similar with rabbits. A good friend of mine has an elderly bun and lives next door to someone who runs a bunny rescue ('Bunny Camp', lol).
I took in my first two piggies as a 'favour' for a friend. I knew nothing about them and had no particular feeling for guineas before I got them. It was when I first moved away from home and was missing my cat and dog. They kind of grew on me very quickly and it wasn't very long before I was completely in love with them. Had them ever since. When my three oldies died within a month of each other (it can happen that way), I was considering having my first break from having them in over ten years and then perhaps boarding/ fostering. My neighbour had other ideas and brought me the three newbies...the whole cycle of life (and birth!) started again and I've accpeted that it's just 'meant to be'. I'm hooked and that's that!
I love this post and how much you love your piggies.:D
Sometimes, when the girls are in synchronised season (they come into 'bloom' every three wheeks, the randy little mares), it is really a case of handbags at twenty. As my bedroom is near their crates on the landing there is many an early-hour occasion when my head goes under the pillow as a full-blown bitchfest rages. It's all posturing and squabbling, though. Have very rarely seen any injuries in over eleven years.
My dog, my boyfriend's Westie and the neighbour's Mini-Schanuzer all lie in a row outside the crates watching GP-TV. They now have two channels- upstairs and downstairs. The GPs are used to them and just go about their business as usual. The babies have never known owt different but I occasionally catch the older ones eyeing my springer spaniel when he whines at them and I can tell they're just thinking "Tosser!"
It's good to have a vet who is, Sal. Thankfully, mine is too. Think I mentioned earlier that she has 80 of her own and you can just tell she adores them. Many vets know the basics but because they are classed as exotics and they don't see as many of them as you'd think, they don't always have the specialist knowledge. Seems like we're both lucky. I, too, confess to taking a piggie or two to bed, wrapped in towels- sometimes for my own comfort rather than theirs. There's nothing more satisfying than hearing them chut and purr next to you when they're happy and content. I tend not to fall asleep with them though a) because I worry about squishing them and b) waking up to discover they've answered the call of nature several times over, lol.
Let me know how you go on with the litter training Sal...might ask for tips if you can get it to work. I clean my lot out every day (my one pet hate but it's also the time I use to check them over and fuss them) and have found puppy pads brilliant for when they're ill.
Nice thing is that, unlike other rodents such as hammies, gerbils, mice and rats, GPs and bunnies can have longer lifespans. My friend was telling me about a bunny who's still alive at 14 (her own bunny is 11/12- he was a rescue). I never realized they could live so long. Do you know of any oldies, Hogzilla. The oldest I've got a GP to is nearly 7 but I'm hoping the current bunch will have long and happy lifespans.
my gordon was well over 7 and henry is coming up to 8 snowy is 7 albie is 18 months grant and phil are 3 teddy smoky hamish and charlie are unknown bill and ben are 6 months
They obviously like being where they are, Sal!
Have moved Buzz up with his dad and half-brother permanent today. He's not too thrilled atm but I can't risk any more pregnancies, lol.
snowy has broken his tooth off and it isnt regrowing so may need surgery at his age it worries me
Breeder I got my Albert and Terry from told me she had one buck who lived to 18!:D I'm hoping my boys are direct descendants...
Awww...wonder why it's not regrowing. Is he still managing to get food down ok? If he's keeping his weight up, maybe surgery can be avoided (unless there's a root abscess.