any guinea pig money saving tips?

Ellie83

Thank you. Thank you so much for your kind words. I am a bit of a loner and I spend a lot of time with my pets. They're my constant companions, and when one passes away, the whole family is sad.

I know he is not suffering anymore, and this comforts me a bit.

Fire_Fox

Sorry to hear your news.

lowis

r.i.p little brave Galahad - and many hugs to your mummy x

trudij

Oh Ellie - Im so so sorry. Huge hug xxx

Ellie83

Thank you everyone. Your kind messages go straight to my heart. Galahad is in piggy Heaven now, without pain, and carefree.

Froglet

Sorry Ellie.It hurts because you care.Nothing wrong with that.Think of what a miserable life,and death,he would have had if you had not rescued him,and be proud that you did.

It is a question we all ask.Why do our pets have to die so soon,and only live a short time? .It is ,i believe ,so that we can give a life to so many throughout OUR lifetime.

In a while you will remember only the happy times.I have gone through it twice with my beloved dogs and it hurts like hell at the time but now i look back with fond memories,and have a wonderful photo frame with them in that i can look at every day.

RacyRed

I'm so sorry to hear little Galahad didn't recover.

(((hugs)))

Auntywin

I love guinea pigs.....

Try and read the excellent book " The proper care of Guinea Pigs " by Peter Gurney.....l have followed his excellent advice many times, and saved a pig in the process.

Barbara..

amandada

One of our adorable piggies passed away last night-she'd had a stroke in the afternoon, and slipped away as my daughter was cuddling her. Great way to go for her, but my daughter's distraught
Her companion, Muffin spent a good part of last night running circuits round their indoor cage-it looked like she was looking for Creamcake (can you tell the kids chose their names!)
I've done a bit of reading up and from what I can see, they do seem to thrive better when they're not alone...can anyone advise if it's a good idea to introduce another wee girl to Muffin, and if so, is it better if we do it sooner rather than later? (Muffin's 3.5 if that makes any difference)

I don't want to seem like I'm just looking to replace Creamcake-as we couldn't, but I want what's best for Muffin-can anyone advise?

top_drawer_2

hi,

I've read its saw dust that is a risk to GP respiratory system, I hope so anyway as I bought a massive bag of shavings to keep them going for awhile and save me backing and forthing on foot to the pet shop. In the longterm I am going to buy in Megazorb.

I have only been giving them hay in the hay ball, but adding veggies every other day and filling their bowl with nugget food each day + changing the water bottle every day. Should I change this?

They also seem to be sparring quite a lot at the moment which I am a little worried about as up until yet (they have been together 3 months now and were from the same litter) they have got along fine, they do still snuggle together under the blanket and go to be together when I let them out to play. Can GP's fallout?

Thanks

Jen