The Importance of Eating Hay

Hay should make up about 80% of a guinea pigs diet.

Hay is essential to make our piggy toothies "work", because they are constantly growing our toothies need to be worn down to prevent them over growing, because hay is tough and requires lots of chewing it wears toothies down nicely.

The Guineapigalopaedia recommends that hay should be at least 3 months old to allow for drying yet still slightly green, me has no idea how you tell how old your hay is.

Hay should be dry and free from dust and mould and fresh smelling.

Hay should be stored in a cool dry place off the floor, Mummy keeps ours in the garage.

The indigestible fibres in hay help keep your tummy working properly (Mummy says the human equivalent would be something like All Bran)

The best hays for eating are Timothy hay and Meadow hay.

For young, pregnant, nursing or ill piggies Alfalfa hay can be helpful. This should not be fed to healthy adult piggies due to high calcium and protein content. Small quanties as a supplement should be ok but not as main food.

The best hay for bedding is soft hay as opposed to stalky hay which can poke you.

Green hay has more minerals and Vitamin A and E.

Brown hay has more Vitamin D from being in sun longer but has less good stuff in it.

Check out Galens Garden Hay section for lots of information.

Mind Control

Daddy thought he was being clever when he set up mii's on the wii for me and Ghost.

He wasnt clever he was under my control heehee

Now when the humans are out me and Ghost can have fun playing all the games.

We like mario karts best.

My mii made Daddy crash when he was racing.

The fun a pig can have.......

We have avoided the wii fit!!!

The Really Useful Food Links Page

Me has started a new section the guinea pig good food guide, this is going to take me a while to research and taste test of course so me is starting with sharing links.

Here are some really useful links about guinea pig foods

http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/diet-nutrition/22156-read-me-guinea-pig-nutrition-charts-poisonous-plants-list.html

http://www.store2go.net/shop/planetguinea/ratewatchersrainbowdiet.pdf

http://community.livejournal.com/cavy_lovers/5536.html

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=37030

http://www.galensgarden.co.uk/

http://www.britishleafysalads.co.uk/know/leaf-guide.shtml

Daring Dalmation

Agent 101 is a Dalmation, although there are breed standards for Dalmation we think they must be quiet rare as they have what is known as the fatal gene.

Dalmations and Roans should never be bred with another Dalmation or Roan as this causes horrible birth defects, this is because the gene for the Dalmation/ Roan coat is recessive.

Dalmations and Roans are genetically the same but the colour markings vary.

Many countries dont recognise Dalmations as a show breed.

Dalmations have white hair with coloured spots, feet and head, although the head has a central white blaze along the nose.

The official colours for a Dalmation are Self, Agouti and Argente.

To breed a Dalmation you need a piggy of your chosen colour and a Dalmation, the litter will always contain one self.

Agent 101 was a surplus boar from a litter, we are sure he much prefers his new home.

Agent 101 is a master of mind control he only needs to think of carrots and his Mummy runs to get them for him

Here he is with his best friend Agent Thorntons

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Guest Number 14

Agent 101 is a boy from a mixed herd in the UK, again he is not a dolly mixture but a "proper" breed.

He joined his new herd as an excess boar from a litter.

Agent 101 takes his name from a famous book written by Dodie Smith.

His real name is also the name of a famous English Chef

Good luck

How Come We Have Only Just Found This??

Check out this link  http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Guinea-Pigs-Put-The-G-Force-Into-The-Records-Ahead-Of-The-Disney-Film-Release/Article/200907415350886

Our First Good Cause

You may have noticed me has added a new category Charitable Works here we will post about things everyone can do to help poor rescue piggies.

Today we are helping Bobtails Rescue.

By using Easy Search when you search the internet (instead of Yahoo or Google etc) money is donated to Bobtails if you shop online you can also use Easy Fundraising to help raise more money, check it out lots of big companies like Amazon will donate a % of your purchase price to the rescue without it costing you a penny.

Me not sure if this works overseas but definetely does in the UK

If you want your good cause mentioning (rescue open days etc) leave a comment in this section or email me details and me will add it.