r/GuineaPig

apparently ginger gets so excited for cleaning time? beats me but the little broom makes him go BANANAS

(turn sideways halfway during video)

stretching his little toe beans and licking my fingers and nails

I think Brownie won

lol today is my son’s birthday and we both got guinea pigs, my son picked the name prototype.
We have toys, water, pellets, and Timothy hay for our babies, and they are both boys. I wanted a girl but i have to wait another week for the girl because she’s not ready yet. I’ll be back with more posts and we’re so excited to get to know these babies

This is marshmallow!!

He's 12 weeks old and my mum thinks he could be blind, but we cant tell.

I found out that he blinks with one eye most of the time- he has red eyes but im pretty sure they are different shades (if that means anything) and he usually looks quite sleepy.

When you hold him, hes usually very still but also he hardly pees or poos unless youve been holding him a long time and he also rarely wheeks.

Also i think he might have popcorned into the sides of the cage before (?)

Hes absolutely adorable but im interested to know if he is blind, or if i just have an extremely introverted guinea pig, which ive never had before (i have 3 other boys and 4 girls)

I can try answer any questions but if anyone has anyways to tell it would be much appreciated!!

I’m 13 so I don’t have a ton of money to my name, I’m gonna start saving up for the cage in the 2nd photo it’s 8 feet long rather then the 3 foot long I have right now, thanks for all the advice :)

God bless

Is this fine for 2 guineas?

It’s **48 × 24 × 36 inches**

Length : 4 feet
Width / depth : 2 feet
Hight : 3 feet

Please please don’t flame me if it’s too small
They look big in the pics but they’re both smaller then average, they are always wheeking and pop Corning, always running around and playing together, seems like they are living their best live, should I get something bigger though? It has a 2nd floor but I haven’t put it in because it doesn’t have a railing and I’m scared they might fall, it would also lower the height of the cage

Please don’t flame me

since my piggy had babies i’m expanding my cage! i honestly really want to go with a theme this time since the colors i had don’t mix well with each other hahaha. what are your favorite go-to’s for hides, absorbent pads, fleece, toys, matching sets maybe? bonus points if you include the link!!

it’s triplets! (i have now seperated the male from the female 🤦🏻‍♀️ but a nice surprise to say the least LOL!)

Baby sack got some bling 🤑

I’m not sure if it’s appropriate for this sub, but my fiancée and I adopted two older little ladies a couple months ago and unfortunately their previous owners didn’t take very good care of them so they’ve needed a lot of medical care. We’ve spent a couple thousand on dental surgery and bladder stone removal between the two of them, and now our little Gooseberry needs her uterus removed.
We can just barely afford the surgery if everything goes perfectly, but we would be forever grateful if anyone would be willing to donate to help with her expenses!

http://gofund.me/c1e9c3dd0

So, I know my son is strange. He always has been. I've had him since he was 4 weeks old and despite properly and slowly introducing foods, he's the pickiest guinea pig on existence. Sometimes he refuses to drink from his water bottle and only wants syringe water (his vet and I are at a loss on that).

However, recently he's started doing another weird thing. I give him a small serving of pellets once a day before I go to bed and for the past couple months when I wake up in the morning he has a wet lump of pellet powder leftover and the pee pad under the bowl is covered in damp crumbs. It's only the past month that the pile is seemingly the same mass as the solid pellets were. I guess he now chews the pellets and... doesn't swallow??? Or perhaps most of the pellet crumbs fall out of his mouth and he only swallows some? Does anyone else have a guinea pig that does this???

I'm not worried - he eats his hay and veggies normally - just confused.

(Don't worry: he lives on his own because he is immunocompromised - he can hear my other piggies constantly and he gets to have quality time with them when I set up play pens side by side for them.

Also: he does not have teeth issues. He had x-rays earlier this year and I take him to the vet regularly - he saw his vet two times last month.)

Does anyone know if something is up with my guinea pig he’s never sounded like this when breathing and I’m not sure if it’s just him getting fat or something else he doesn’t seem in pain he is eating and drinking I’m holding him to see if he poops but any ideas iv never made a post before so any help will be appreciated!