what other pets do you have?

[AndreaT]

... thank you Timor 

It's called Siberian Husky racing and takes place during the winter months tucked away in the many forests all over the country from The New Forest in the south to Glenmore Forest in the Highlands of Scotland, great fun and what these type of dogs were bred to do, albeit using wheels most of the time but we have had the pleasure of riding on a proper sled with ours a few times over the years.

You've never seen such excitement, they go absolutely crazy to have their harnesses put on and go for a run   

[Timor]

Oh so the actual thing you were standing on is nearly exactly like the real sled but I wasn't sure if there was anything else with it. It looked much like with the sled except for no ice and snow 

It's quite amazing how they were all the same species yet how they all looked so different from eachother.

Timor

[Sam_Spice]

Ozzy, 2 year old male rabbit Got him from Fat Fluffs rabbit rescue last New Years eve 


Clever rabbit!
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This is him relaxing on the gym that used to be in our old garage. He used it more than I ever did 


Its important to set the rabbit burglary alarm before you leave the house


When he lived with just Spice (RIP) indoors at our last house 


Bonded with my friends two rabbits, Elsa (white and brown 2 year old female), and Joe (brown 3 year old male from WindWhistle Rabbit Rescue)


Spice (RIP) his old girlfriend
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Where they live now (in our garage)


Guinea pig side:


Also have a hamster called Pie (short for Pirate) 

[judyw]

WOW you have few pet there. Love the pics.

[jennyb]

Love your Rabbit Ozzy with his black eye ring so cool, sorry about Spice, i like the cage you had i was looking at that for our future Guineapigs, are they C&C Cages and are they very expensive or hard to buy?

[Sam_Spice]

Yes they are the C&C. Go down to B&Q into the storage box/shelf area and they should be there. Here they are on the website: http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10687690&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=mesh+cube&fh_eds=%C3%9F&fh_refview=search&ts=1275269213756&isSearch=true

We only paid £20 when I brought them over a year ago but they seem to have gone way up to £30 now. One box would make some very happy guinea pigs Our flooring is from dunelm mill, I think its intended as kitchen table covers, we got it cut off the massive rolls they have and only cost us £20 for a 10ftx10ft piece which did our entire a garage so I guess a smaller size would be a bargain 

[jennyb]

Thanks Sam_spice, the website below i was given when i first said on a forum we was thinking of getting GPs -
http://www.guineapigcages.com/index.htm

The wire grids actually look like the ones in B and Q. I didn't know you could even get them here. Thanks for the website link i will def have a look for them when next in B and q, they although quite pricy they would work out cheaper than buying from cavycages, because the shipping is expensive.

[Sam_Spice]

Yep there defiantly the same  You can get the coroplast here to if you find a local sign maker who has lots of off cuts for cheap (or free  ) very easy and alot cheaper than buying an indoor cage 

Good luck in your search, would love to see your guinea pigs!

[jennyb]

I will post some pics when we get them 
Not sure if it will be this year or 2011. Originally we was going to get them in march but then had the baby chippies so decided it was best to prospone it. We are thinking of Abyssinian and Peruvian so not sure how easy it will be to find breeders and whether we might have to go on a waiting list. My grandma used to have an Abyssinian and she was lovely. Do you know if guinea pigs have any specific breeding season? I'm guessing they don't as they are able to breed more often than Chipmunks and from a younger age. There is a beautiful colour i once saw at pets at home i don't know what it is called but it was three colours white, greyish and orange with red eyes, i found it on the internet once but can't remember the site. The other colour we like is called Brindle. They are black and orange with black eyes. We're not sure on whether to get boys or girls, we were thinking boys as i read somewhere they were friendlier but all sites say different. Have you ever had Guineapigs?

[kittycat2808]

My dad had five guinea pigs all male (Ronnie, Reg, Nermal, Patch and Scrabble), 4 were neutered when we got them as they were from the rescue centre, they other to were bought from pets at home (I think) as babies. They were all lovely.  He kept them in twos but we had to separate Scrabble as he kept fighting with the others a few trips to the vet needed for a few weeks after to make sure the cuts were healing but all turned out fine. They all loved each others company so we just sectioned him away from the others but they would still talk to each other. It was lovely to hear their little voices. Sadly they have all passed now but he has two females (Tilly and Titch, also from the rescue centre) and they are just as nice, they all got on with his other animals including the two massive french lops and the little lop and a miniature staffy (also rescued and as daft and caring as can be).

so I think its just hit and miss and has more to do with the personality's of each guinea pig rather than sex, or he may have just been very lucky 

[elliott]

I had 5 guinea pigs a couple years back. 3 Males and 2 Female, they were all from Pets at Home and they all lived together as babies.
AFter a couple of months however the 3 Males all fought with each other and we had to separate them all.
I now just have one of the girls left, they were all great fun to play with though.

[Sam_Spice]

Definatly recommend rescue pigs if possible  Ours all all rescue pigs, all abyssinian girls. Twirl is the mum of the other two, the other two seem to have a bit of Crested in them with their flat fringes  The best to recommend is one boy to an unlimited number of girls  Males tend to fight inless introduced when babies, and even then they often fight when becoming adults, whereas the females rarely fight no matter how many you introduce  We had a neutured boar with our 3 girls but sadly he passed away earlier this year so maybe I might look for another if any come into my local rescue when I have a few more pennies 

Im quite pro rescue so won't go into breeding much but definatly look for breeders who are happy to show you all their pigs, and look at their teeth (and family history of teeth problems etc). A true/pure abyssinian should have 9/10 clearly defined rosettes (hair whorls) in total, (1/2 on the shoulder, 4 on their body and 4 on their hindquarters) and if you want to breed then female pigs need to begin breeding before 1 year old as their hips tend to fuse after this if they've not had a litter so giving birth would be very painful or lethal possibly. They can breed anytime of year as far as I know, if theirs a male in their with a female 99% of the time she'll be pregnant straight away, often baby guinea pigs come into the rescue sadly pregnant as their dad was never removed.

Brindle is a lovely colour, the other colour sounds like a tortoiseshell with white but their are so many mixed piggies it could have been any random mutation, sounds adorable either way!  I will try put up so pictures of our 3 girlie-whirls xx
Sam x

Its lovely to hear guinea pig chattering 

[jennyb]

Thanks kittycat2808 and Elliott great to hear about your Guineapigs.

Thanks Sam-spice for that info very helpful, i'd love to see pics of the girls. I don't want to breed just would like a couple of pets. I wouldn't want to buy from Pets at Home i'd prefer a breeder but would consider a rescue. Pets at Home have sold out of all their GPS because everyone went mad because of the GP film G Force. Yes i like the Brindle colour i found some pics on the internet of a Brindle Abyssinian.

http://guinea-pigs-galore.piczo.com/?g=25916397&cr=4

the other colour is a kind of tortoiseshell i think a lilac tortoiseshell called lilac tri-colour. I haven't been able to find the website where i saw the pic can't understand it really, just can't remembered what i typed in google.

My grandma's Guineapig used to squeak when the fridge was opened. My cousins Guineapigs also squeak when the fridge is opened or if you touch the hay bag its very sweet.

[Sam_Spice]

Our 3 all go nuts and start squeaking when they hear car keys (as the garage key is on my car keys so they think I'm coming in), when their hear any kind of carrier bag/food bag rustling, when they hear us ripping up their spring greens and even when i feed the rabbits 

Twirl is our brindle piggie, 3 years old now and is the mum of our other two 


Ginge (Caramel):


Beige (Toffee):


My pics are awful eeek! Very old and don't do them justice at all 

[pinkpill]

aw well cute they look like the old gonks u used to get off the fairgrounds