guinea pigs

I put her in a bowl to weigh her, but she flipped it onto herself.

It's pen cleaning day, so the girls have an afternoon in their playpen while their home gets refreshed.

Ink probably isn't too good for guinea pigs though.

She comes out of the pigloo with her hair standing up. You can't see it very well in this photo, unfortunately.

Also, I'm new to lemmy, so hi! I'm looking forward to seeing all the cute guinea pigs here.

I've never seen such a stressed-out sleeping face.

Based on the way he was twitching, I'm betting he was having a nightmare about fighting over a treat.

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16936962

Rottweiler rule

Seeing lots of cat pictures, but not enough guinea pigs, so here's Daisy and Rose.

Rose, by the way, seems to have recovered completely from her intestinal parasite.

She was getting better, but her recovery coincided with us introducing fresh wheatgrass into their diet (we grew a little window garden for the girls).

They both loved it, but Rose may have loved it too much and gave herself a bellyache. Rushed back to the vet and got more X-rays just to find out that Rose perhaps doesn't know the meaning of "enough".

She's doing well now, and having no problem with the wheatgrass.

We're also pig sitting for our daughter while she takes finals.

This is Etch, the chill college boy:

He's unique among guinea pigs in that he was abused by the other pigs in his environment before she got him, so he wouldn't tolerate being around other guinea pigs. He does ok with Daisy and Rose, although they are in a different pen at a suitable distance from his.

My favorite pastime is telling people all about skinny pigs.

@guineapigs

"Here's a picture of a scrotum with a mustache. He will never know what warmth feels like. If you want him, you're going to have to pick between his happiness and safety. If you want him to be happy and get him a friend to live with, when they argue his friend will bite him in the rump, and he's going to be constantly sick. If you want him to be safe, just get him, but he might actually die of loneliness."

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We got Rose's test results back on Friday, and she's all better, so Rose and Daisy can be together again!

Edit: this is what things were like every day while they were separated:

https://youtube.com/shorts/SkCAVoe-cbM

Jasper (bottom, black and tan) and Bee (brown and white, left) have a new friend, Star (brown and white, top right)!

Bee took it hard when my cat passed away a few weeks ago. They were good friends, and without her cat friend, Bee was getting too much in Jasper's space, making him grumpy.

so I reached out to the local shelter, and we had a play date. the girls hit it off immediately. Jasper took a minute to realize two girls might be better than one, but he got there.

and after a few days' trial together, they were inseparable. this is the 2 week mark, we've officially adopted Star!

We had to take Rose to the vet on Friday because she stopped eating hay and started having diarrhea.

Diagnosis: intestinal parasite and gas in her stomach.

She's on antiparasitic meds, antibiotics to prevent secondary infection, and a nutritional supplement to replace the hay she isn't eating.

She takes the tiny doses of the meds ok, but she's not a fan of the supplement.

We had a lot of trouble until we figured out how to get her burrito towel wrapped correctly.

She's starting to do better. More normal poops, started nibbling hay, and she stopped fighting the supplement.

Daisy and Rose are inconsolable because we had to separate them until Rose is all better.

The gateway between the pens is closed now and they keep pulling on it like they're trying to pull it open.