Talk to me about Guinia pigs

[topsy]

Hello

WE are getting 2 on sun, Have indoor cadge and outdoor cadge for summer.

Have sawdust, hay and straw and food and a bowl, house and tunnel!

Do I need anything else, anyone have them?

xxxx

 

[Boomerslady]

I don't have any guinea advice Tops I'm sorry but wanted to say hi!! Im glad you're doing well and I bet little man can't wait to have some guinea pigs. Xxx

 

[Eleanor ace]

I love guinea pigs, they're such sweet pets. We have two. They have a cage (we move it indoors or outdoors depending on the weather), a run for on the grass, food bowl and water bottle, a couple of wooden bridges which they sleep under, a plastic igloo type bed, a bendy tunnel for in the garden. I line their hutch with newspaper and then hay. We also have a hay rack, a ball with a bell in it which you can put treats in, a salt lick thing, none of which are essential.
They are low maintenance, they just like to have some hay and veggies and a run around really

 

[topsy]

Thank you hun, thats fab info the only thing i dont have is a bell treat toy We got them yesterday, they need handling lots to get used to us.

THANK BL youxx

 

[loeylo]

Don't use straw in their cages. If it is the same as rabbits then it can damage their eyes. Lots of hay though!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Sawdust can cause respiratory problems. I think these days it's just paper and hay u are supposed to use. other that that I advise keeping them somewhere where they can't hear the fridge opening I remember as a child my guniea pigs would go crazy when they heard the fridge door. Greedy gits. Handle them often they easily turn nervous if not handled regularly

 

[loeylo]

Sawdust and wood shavings are different. Sawdust isn't allowed but wood shavings are, that's what most places sell.

 

[george83]

Congrats on the guinea pigs we have two and I love them to pieces - although they actually hate me.

I try getting mine out most days if possible, they love being in their run for the exercise. There is also a guinea pig magazine which I brought once and it had loads of tips for treat ideas - both food and toys - if you keep an eye out for that