Silly Piggies

[MesaBoogieGrl]

I love my guinea pigs. They're so silly. One loves to be petted and the other simply tolerates it. They both love romaine lettuce and even at several months old they still popcorn around their cage.

What do your silly piggies do?

 

[country woman]

yhose are truley silly piggies you have.

 

[Dagna]

I've only got one but he's a wierd one. He loves to wheek and make noises and he's super smart. He has different noises to tell us when he needs food or water. He also LOVES cilantro. He won't eat parsley at all now that he's tried cilantro, but he at least will eat oranges and apples sometimes. And he unfortunately hates having his nails clipped, but he doesn't have a lot of choice on that one.

 

[MesaBoogieGrl]

Yes, our piggies cry very loudly when it's clipping time. Ours observe and adapt to our routines. It's weird. They know that the first one out of the shower owes them each an orange drop (a little chewable vitamin which they love) and that whoever is packing the sack lunches for the day owes them each a leaf of lettuce. Also, we often eat dinner on the couch. When they notice that, they eat at their bowl or drink at the water bottle. Our piggies have dinner with us. Maggie (the older one) has always done that. I think it's her way of being social (she's the one who doesn't particularly love to be petted). I think Daisy learned the behavior from her.

 

[dews]

I am not a guinea pig owner but I thought that giving them lettuce gives them dirrehea . Maybe just in large amounts it does that.

 

[Witness Of His Love]

Ice berg lettuce won't hurt them. It doesn't contain any beneficial nutrients, though. Good alternative greens are timothy hay, collard greens, spinach, kale, turnip greens, romaine lettuce and other deeper green lettuces. They love dandelion flowers too from your yard, just wash them first. Fruits and starchy veggies are not good in large amounts because they can upset the normal intestinal flora or bacteria they need to digest their food. It's a good idea to keep your pellet food in either the fridge or the freezer to keep it fresh if you can't use up the supply within two months.

 

[princessbunnyhop]

We domn't have guinea pigs but I would certainly love them! they sound so cute. I love the fact that they eat their dinner with you *awww*


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