Guinea Pig photos madam & sirs please! - Page 13

Jan W · 28-04-2016, 08:26 PM

Will definitely post pickiest of the new home to be. Of course now I know I need to reduce the grassy area, so bit more work as it sounds as though it would be better to put some pea shingle down. I will need some more advice when we have progressed - but will post pictures to try and explain.

CherryBrandy · 28-04-2016, 08:47 PM

your torts would love pea shingle Jan. Mine absolutely love burying down in it and it drains really well so no damp really. Sometimes I have to sieve through it to find the boys - they go out the back of the greenhouse and the girls go out the front so im forever chasing back and forth. Hanging basket over a small earth patch for the weeds and bobs your uncle (or FG as he may be an uncle any day now !).

CB

emma_mcraf · 28-04-2016, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CherryBrandy

Who Jan's husband? I wonder what they will look like. hope you post pickies ! (not of jan's husband). And you too Jan - piggies are brilliant, every home should have one.

Emma, I wish I could lower fizz's pen as she is now 6. does yours run onto the grass as I worry she would get damp. Pickies too requested ! CB

Grass - are you having a laugh?

Popcorn and Cookie together would soon gobble any grass in their run area! A little always grew back during the winter whilst they were tucked up all cosy in their winter hutch in their own little playhouse but soon gobbled again in the spring.
It's just Popcorn now of course and she hops in and out her hutch and has a wander, a little sunbathe, a nose at the chickens opposite her and then pops back inside. It's mainly earth and not grass now in her run, but she soon starts squeaking when she hears the lawnmower going!
So there's no worry of her getting damp. I'll try and get some photos tomorrow for you. We just sawed the legs down so she doesn't have to jump in. We did the same for our old rabbit Bubbles as his legs became weaker, but at 14 years and 5 months he became a very old rabbit indeed. Right up to his final winter he loved being able to still have the freedom of getting in and out his hutch once it was lowered.

Gordon · 29-04-2016, 06:29 AM

One very fat Guinness

emma_mcraf · 29-04-2016, 07:37 AM

Yay - well done Guinness!!

They look just like their mummy, Gordon!

Jan W · 29-04-2016, 07:09 PM

Wonderful pictures. Guinness a great name. How old are the little ones?

Gordon · 29-04-2016, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jan W

Wonderful pictures. Guinness a great name. How old are the little ones?

They were fresh out of the oven.

emma_mcraf · 29-04-2016, 09:36 PM

Gorgeous little bundles of fluff. Have you sexed them yet Gordon or do they need to stay with their mum for a while longer first?

Gordon · 30-04-2016, 06:21 AM

A bit to young yet emma but I'm going to guess the one one the left is female who is called pumpkin is female and the other two sprite and marble are bothe boys.

emma_mcraf · 30-04-2016, 08:20 AM

Great names! I'm sure you're getting good at these guesses. How long until they're weaned?

28-04-2016, 08:26 PM	#121
Jan W Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,400	Will definitely post pickiest of the new home to be. Of course now I know I need to reduce the grassy area, so bit more work as it sounds as though it would be better to put some pea shingle down. I will need some more advice when we have progressed - but will post pictures to try and explain. __________________ Jan Horsfields - Bertie & Beatrice

28-04-2016, 08:47 PM	#122
CherryBrandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SE England Posts: 4,262	your torts would love pea shingle Jan. Mine absolutely love burying down in it and it drains really well so no damp really. Sometimes I have to sieve through it to find the boys - they go out the back of the greenhouse and the girls go out the front so im forever chasing back and forth. Hanging basket over a small earth patch for the weeds and bobs your uncle (or FG as he may be an uncle any day now !). CB __________________ Horsfields, Spur Thighed, & Marginata

29-04-2016, 06:29 AM	#124
Gordon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 5,675	One very fat Guinness Last edited by Gordon; 29-04-2016 at 06:31 AM.

29-04-2016, 07:37 AM	#125
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Yay - well done Guinness!! They look just like their mummy, Gordon! __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

29-04-2016, 07:09 PM	#126
Jan W Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,400	Wonderful pictures. Guinness a great name. How old are the little ones? __________________ Jan Horsfields - Bertie & Beatrice

29-04-2016, 09:36 PM	#128
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Gorgeous little bundles of fluff. Have you sexed them yet Gordon or do they need to stay with their mum for a while longer first? __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

30-04-2016, 06:21 AM	#129
Gordon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 5,675	A bit to young yet emma but I'm going to guess the one one the left is female who is called pumpkin is female and the other two sprite and marble are bothe boys.

30-04-2016, 08:20 AM	#130
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Great names! I'm sure you're getting good at these guesses. How long until they're weaned? __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

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