maddy harper Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Chock is my guinea pig who will be 4 next year he is brindle (chocolate brown) on his back with a little white strype running down his forhead he looks like a staffy from the top but the only thing which lets him down on that look is his ginger stomach he has 1 black foot and the claws on it are black also so he's part goth i'd be lost with out him.... he loves running in his pen eating lumps out of a cardboard box with 2 holes in it and hay inside it when he's in there i have to put a towl down so he doesn't chew the carpet.... he also loves leaves, leaves and leaves. he's very fond of hay also and dandelions fresh or dry he's not fussy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 He had a check up at the vet on monday while he was having his talons taken off and he's healthy and bright eyed which is always a good sign... have been able to run him in his pen since his claws were taken off as they were catching on the towl and i was scared of him braking something if his claws were hooked in and he tryed to run so i didn't run him for a fiew weeks but i've ran him every day since his claws were cut and he's been a lot happyer for it i think its important for any caged animal to have time away from their cage we go a bit stir crazy if we've not been out the house so its the same for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted August 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Went shopping for Chockster yesterday i got him 2 10 £ bails of wood flakes for his cage floor mountain hay which he's never tryed marigold and dandelion herb hay which he has never had Alfalfa grass hay which he loves 4 lots of dry dandelion which he loves a new bull rush ball for floor time Chamamile for if he's being a bit noisey at night i can help him to sleep or be a bit quieter at least 1 bag of rosewood all natural herb plus Plus what??? Would like to know the answer to that one... he thinks Christmas has come lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Since i posted about Chock he has had his house upgraded. He's now in a 3 and a half foot long rabbit cage. He got upgraded on the 7th of September so is much happyer in the space now than he was to begin with. was shopping for him this afternoon. he now has 6 bails of mountain hay and 5 bails of dandelion and marigold hay He also has alfalfa grass hay as i like him to have a fiew different grasses to munch so if i cant get hold of one i know he will eat the others so that stops him getting to fond of one particular grass. he's got little bull rush balls for play time in his cage and for pen time. also more wood for the cage floor as i go through a lot of wood flakes. he's a happy little thing towards me no matter what mood i'm in he's always happy to have a snuggle which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted October 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 My guide person who i have from Guide dogs worked in the pet food industry and he's got me really good quality hay for chock and i only had to pay 2 £ 50 per 1 kg bail when they should be 5 each so i have ordered another 4 of them which he will put in with his usual order and i will get them for 11 £ 50 which is a lot better than 20 £ if i was getting them from a pet shop. may as well make use of the contact while i have it. He also got me his new food that he's now fully switched over on to. The strop he had over that was hilarious.... now he wont eat anything else. Silly pig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 I have to start thinking about what I'm going to get the little hoglet for Christmas The question is what do you get a guinea pig has everything I am sure I will find something interesting for him to wreck as he loves wrecking things Destruction is his middle name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted November 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I am going into town today to start chocs Christmas shopping I have to be strong and not getting Ollie's Christmas presents before Christmas itself I probably will have to give some of his presence to my friend across the road to stop me giving them to him before Christmas gets here that's how bad I am My excuses I haven't grown up properly so my inner child is more prevalent than it would be if I wasn't mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postaldudesdad Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 2 hours ago, maddy harper said: I haven't grown up properly so my inner child is more prevalent than it would be if I wasn't mad i can relate to this, but i would change the last word to unloved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I got chucked his Christmas presents I got him a new edible house for Christmas Day itself And to different to type toys that were meant to be for Christmas but I give them to him yesterday bad mummy He was waking at me when I came back because he knew I had stuff for him and I felt really bad so I give missed toys Screaming the house down he was I really am a soft touch where the pig is concerns I also got him for bags of Wilco dandelion mix which he absolutely loves I don't know what so brilliant about dandelions however he seems to like them and some Italian salad at Sainsbury's which that can't keep till Christmas but the dandelions could've done that again I gave into him squealing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthanne Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 6 hours ago, maddy harper said: I got chucked his Christmas presents I got him a new edible house for Christmas Day itself And to different to type toys that were meant to be for Christmas but I give them to him yesterday bad mummy He was waking at me when I came back because he knew I had stuff for him and I felt really bad so I give missed toys Screaming the house down he was I really am a soft touch where the pig is concerns I also got him for bags of Wilco dandelion mix which he absolutely loves I don't know what so brilliant about dandelions however he seems to like them and some Italian salad at Sainsbury's which that can't keep till Christmas but the dandelions could've done that again I gave into him squealing That's so nice you got your piggy some Christmas things. I got my birds and dog some Christmas gifts too the other day. Like you, my pets, mean the world to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 People really do underestimate the healing power of animals until we have them in cells I would be lost without my little hoglet even if he drives me nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postaldudesdad Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 19 hours ago, maddy harper said: I got chucked his Christmas presents I got him a new edible house for Christmas Day itself And to different to type toys that were meant to be for Christmas but I give them to him yesterday bad mummy He was waking at me when I came back because he knew I had stuff for him and I felt really bad so I give missed toys Screaming the house down he was I really am a soft touch where the pig is concerns I also got him for bags of Wilco dandelion mix which he absolutely loves I don't know what so brilliant about dandelions however he seems to like them and some Italian salad at Sainsbury's which that can't keep till Christmas but the dandelions could've done that again I gave into him squealing They love iceberg lettuce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddy harper Posted November 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Guinea pigs should not have a spare lettuce under any circumstance because it can kill them It makes them have a massive buildup of gas which leads to bloating and then it can lead to the guts actually twisting that's what kills them is called tortion Chalk is loving his new Chew toys Mummy made a good choice again clever me Pics can be so fussy about what people play with and what they want Correction what they will play with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestP Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Iceberg lettuce also contains an opium like substance called lactucarium, it sedates them and is quite addictive, that's why they appear to "like it" so much. You shouldn't give it to them because they can OD on it and die, they also get withdrawal if you stop giving it to them so it's best avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postaldudesdad Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 On 30/11/2016 at 0:57 PM, ForestP said: they can OD on it and die lot of misinformation there ForestP no guinea pig has died of iceburg lettuce lol https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/threads/69028-Iceberg-Lettuce "There's nothing poisonous about iceberg lettuce. It just simply doesn't have enough nutritional value to make it worthwhile to feed to guinea pigs." imo Pets can benefit from enjoying food rather than being fed like a science experiment many human foods have little nutritional value, but we enjoy them anyway my dog loves his bowl of tea in the morning, you're not going to take that away from him are you? Perhaps you would be suprised to know that i kept guinea pigs i had eight of them in total they all lived between 6-7 years appart from a rossete one that lived 9 years they all ate a small amount of lettuce every day, it was their favorite by my own observations none of them exploded with gas build up, they lived happy lives as far as i could determine although this is subjective to the guinea pig so not scientific my favorite simion had his cage in my bedroom and my kitten used to sleep in the cage with him simon would bite the kitten on his ears and lick him it was very cute hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestP Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Fair enough, It appears I got them confused with rabbits: https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/rabbits/diet/myths Along with a rather amusing article from the daily mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3653981/Don-t-feed-rabbits-lettuce-contains-chemical-gets-stoned.html Yea, I haven't had a guinea pig, I do keep rabbits though, a vet told me the iceberg lettuce thing, I (wrongly) assumed it applied to all small animals. Treating like a science experiment is bad, but you don't want the guilt of giving your beloved pet something that may harm them so some caution is a good idea... Forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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