A Guinea Pig Diary

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DAY 42

It has been a while since I posted an update and gosh how the time has flown!

I now suspect that Puff is an albino coronet piggie. As she is shedding her baby coat, her new hair is coming in quite long. I gave her a brush today to try to help her shed

I also took these lovely pictures of Huff

Now that the two piggies are roughly the same size, Puff is starting to become more dominant. She is almost constantly rumble strutting in the cage. Give it a break, Puff! lol

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Day 17

- Guinea pig taming is going well! I swaddle Huff to give her her medicine and I also did some lap time with Puff

- The hay pile is a huge hit with the pigs

- I'm feeling the bond with the piggies growing, and its nice for me to have them at my side while I'm sitting at my desk ^.^

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Day 15-16

- The girls went to the vet and were very brave

- Huff refused to take her medicine on her food so i had to burrito her

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Day 13

scariest day of pig ownership so far

- was doing the weekly cage deep clean and afterwards huff was lethargic and had trouble breathing

- This continued for a while so we rushed her to the emergency vet clinic

- luckily the clinic helped her a lot and we were sent home with medicine

- placed huff in quarantine, and there she'll stay until at least monday, where we'll do a checkup with the vet

- puff images to soothe the soul

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Day 12

- Huff let me pet her twice today!! Her fur is so silky and soft

- I noticed snot buildup around Huff's nostrils so, I contacted the vet. Luckily, I was able to book her to see the vet a little sooner than originally planned (Monday morning instead of Tuesday afternoon—Puff will still go on Tuesday afternoon)

- Puff looks so cute sleeping on her side like that <3.... Found out her bday is March 30 so she truly is a baby

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Day 10 & 11

- introduced cucumber to the piggies

- created a potty area

- decorated the cage with a bead banner with their names

- puff is learning to stand her ground when huff is taking food (huff initially had the lettuce in the video)

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DAY SIX & SEVEN

- Day six featured their most intense zoomies tornado yet after I switched their cage from paper-based bedding to fleece liners

- On day seven I upgraded the created a little potty area with them using a plastic box

- introduced bell pepper to them today and they were NOT interested... Huff at 80% of one. We'll see tomorrow morning if they finish the pieces i left them

- cleaned the cage with a hand vacuum i bought today. it really spooked the poor critters :(

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My friends guinea piggies

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DAY FIVE

- Lots of handfeeding today! Huff's confidence is starting to show. Puff, meanwhile, will sniff something im holding, then sniff my hand and bolt (unless its lettuce)

- Huff likes to handfeed hay, rose+chamomille treats, lettuce. She also tends to perch on my hand with her front feet while sniffing

- Puff gets timid with handfeeding anything other than lettuce... she also seems to really like cilantro

- Puff wheeked when I entered the room this morning and afternoon

- based on this graphic from guineadad, the two seem to be sorting out who is gonna be the dominant one. Huff mostly dominates with food, and she also chases puff. On the other hand, I've observed Puff lifting her head around Huff and sniffing/biting Huff's butt. Ive felt a bit worried but hopefully its all typical pigs-in-a-new-place behaviours

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DAY FOUR

- Last night i put the snuggle sacs in the cage so they can get used to them. hopefully in a couple weeks when i try to introduce lap time it will seem like a comfy spot to be

- Puff looks so cute sleeping here!

- I have to go out for new veg today, as they finished their lettuce this morning

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DAY THREE

- the spot cleaning was less superficial today—i think ive found a good method for cleaning out the guinea poops. I used a tiny dustpan and brush i got from home hardware yesterday

- puff continues using the shoebox roof as a dining patio (good for her)

- there was some chasing as i was cleaning/laying out the food

- tried putting the food in a new spot

- huff made it onto the balcony for the first time!

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their personalities in a nutshell so far

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DAY ONE & TWO

-brought home two young guinea pigs. identified as an abyssinian and white crested

- tried to do floor time with huff and she escaped to under the couch. had to mount a rescue (and she pooped in the rescuse carrier lol) during the rescue process she snorfed at me

- puff climbed on top of the shoebox hide and onto the balcony. for a little puffling she is pretty brave!

- food introduced: lettuce, blueberry (day one) apple, vitamin c treats (day two)