Guinea pigs are classed as ‘exotic’ animals. Today I’m explaining why, as far as I can, anyway, and also the question about how to find an exotics vet. I’d like to thank Dr Rebekah for answering my questions on this. She’s my favourite vet doctor. Why are we exotic? Apparently it has to do with …
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I’m still here!
Hi, Percy here. I'm very pleased to report that I'm still with you. Mummy has been giving me Metacam twice every day, and my lump has gone down enough for me to straighten my jaw and eat more or less properly. I'm not surprised Mummy was really worried about me, though, I felt really poorly …
Summer in the garden
I suppose some guinea pigs might not go out in the garden much. Some may have to go out whether it's raining or not. I don't know. I only know that when Mummy's home and it's warm enough, and dry enough, we go out in the garden to eat the grass. She calls it lawn-mowing. …
V for Vets #AtoZChallenge
Hello! I'm Kevin. I'm a ginger and white guinea pig and I look after both George's Guinea Pig World and our Facebook page. Percy and I have been sharing the workload for our A to Z Challenge this year, and I'll be doing this last week. Our theme is "Our Favourite Things" - and I …
We met Dr Sally last week!
Last Thursday morning we got loaded into the blue carry boxes. Then we were picked up and strapped in on the back seat of Mummy's car. I was in my nice snuggle sac. Oscar came in beside me. We all set off which was funny, because I've been in a box in a car before, but …
Oh dear :O
Mummy took me, Dougall and Kevin to the vet last week for a checkup. She said we didn't seem very happy at the moment. Well, she was quite right, I haven't felt really happy since Victor died, although Colman's birthday party was fun. We came out of mourning for Colman on Friday, in case you …