My guinea pigs
My guinea pigsFlorence is the one who's hiding and Mabel is the other one.
Aww guinea pigs are soooooo cute. I love the wee noises they make I could listen to them for hours. Just don't book a holiday to Peru any time soon. My parents brought back pics of loads of guines pigs from their hols - I thought they were pets - they were being kept in people's gardens as a source of fresh meat!! now I come to think of it, maybe not a million miles away from keeping chickens...
Waiting to welcome Sunny Clucker to Northern Ireland!
Babycakes post has reminded me of a holiday in France a few years ago, I thought what a lot of soft people there are keeping rabbits in their gardens, until Chris mentioned they are kept for meat.
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Helping to give ex-battery hens a fresh start! http://thevintagebelles.blogspot.co.uk/ They are sweet, i keep meaning to post some pics of mine.
I am quite new to guinnea's only had them since may/june ish what should i do re the winter?? I have read they should be brought indoors and other people or books say they will be fine outdoors?? I cover them over every night and am consantly topping up the hay in their 'bedroom' Don't want to wake up to frozen pigs - what do you do? sorry "Happiness is making the most of what you have."
Hi lou! the piggies will be fine outside so long as you cover the hutch over to keep the wind out. A word of warning... I lost a piggy
to hyperthermia..he ate the hay in his bedroom overnight . After that , I put a great big wodge of barley straw in the bed, they dont really eat it and it keeps them warm. Also , barley straw is quite soft. Looove chucks!
Thanks seahorse. Yes i do keep checking the hay in the bed, last night before i covered them over they had eated all of it!! so it seems every eve i am topping up their hay.
I have got them a little hay rack and put hay in that too but they seem to prefer to eat their bed I will give that barley straw see if it helps. Thanks xx "Happiness is making the most of what you have."
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