Have you ever adopted a pet from a shelter? Shelter animals can make wonderful pets. Friends of ours are very active in animal rescue and recently rescued and adopted a stray kitten, that would not have survived were it not for them. Meet Sadie! Isn't she beautiful?
There are various shelters housing guinea pigs throughout the United States. Before going to a pet store, please consider a shelter adoption. You can also check out the Guinea Pig Adoption Network for listings of piggies throughout North America and Europe that need loving homes. Pet Finder is another good resource for finding your own special pet.
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Time to eat! Most piggies eventually learn to respond to the sound of crinkling grocery bags. After all, that often means some good veggies are on their way. Our piggie, Popcorn, took this one step further. Just look at her as she attempts to help herself.
It’s almost the holidays and Santa Piggie is coming to town. Santa Piggie will be riding a sleigh soon. With the help of Santa Piggie’s elves, Santa Piggie will be able to deliver gifts to all the good little piggies everywhere in his Santa Piggie sleigh!
Happy Halloween! We decided to get into the spirit of the season by including our piggies this year. Do you recognize the spooky ghost and the creepy witch? They’re Pumpkin and Popcorn, of course! You can make costumes for your piggies too - just make sure you don’t leave them on for more than a few minutes. You can also decorate your cage. Check out this website for some holiday ideas:
http://guineapigfun.com/themecages.html
Make sure all costumes and decorations for your piggies are safe.
If you have any Halloween themed pigtures, send them to us and we’ll post them.
A friend of mine recently slept over. She brought her guinea pig named Cocoa (you can see Cocoa’s photo on the Piggie Friends page). Cocoa is a male and and took a a strong liking to Wilma. They cuddled on a towel together, side by side. We decided that, since they got along so well, we should have a wedding for them! My sister was the maid of honor, my father was the best man, my mother and some friends were bridesmaids (along with Betty and Pumpkin), and Popcorn was the flower girl. We decorated the house with toilet paper streamers and made outfits for the pigs out of chenille sticks and paper. It was absolutely beautiful. Do I love guinea pigs? I DO!
Wow... Pumpkin and Popcorn may have started off as tiny little furballs, but they’ve grown! In fact, they’ve grown so much that we’ve had to build our piggies a loft. We realized their space was too small when they were not as active and when bickering became common. After considering many possible designs, we finally decided to add on a small 2x1 loft with a fleece covered wooden ramp leading to the top level. Within a few minutes, adventurous Popcorn was the first upstairs. She happily explored the new hay filled space. Betty soon followed, then Wilma but poor Pumpkin was too scared to venture upstairs. With a little coaxing, we taught her to use the ramp and now they all take turns running up and down. Boy are they fast! They bicker less now and they’ve become much more active. All this, and we didn’t even need to take up more floor space (something my mom was very happy about!). If you want ideas on building or expanding a cage, write to us or check out the links page and visit Cavy Cages. They have step-by-step instructions and photo galleries of people’s cool and creative cages.
