Archive for the ‘Diary of events on Planet Guinea’ Category

Moving On…

On Sunday Goldie managed to spend a couple of hours out in the run with the group she has been visiting for small amounts of time during the wheek.
However outside and indoors in a pen are 2 different places so when they were brought in Goldie went back into a C+C divide that was next [...]

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you and yours!
We start the year on Planet Guinea full up with rescues and having turned away 39 guinea pigs last month(from pet homes, not breeders). Let’s hope 2009 doesn’t turn out how we started it then .
Full up is 18 guineas ready for rehoming and one [...]

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And then there were 5…

Tree is the brown and white patched one…
Today little Tree went to be a star on Planet Guinea, she’s the dark and light patched one that likes to shadow other stars.
Tree was one of the heavier babies but that didn’t count for anything today. This morning she was out of sorts, still active but something [...]

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And then there were 6…

Little Leaf, one of The Magnificent 7, has gone to be a star on Planet Guinea. He’s the tiny bright one that moves in fits and starts.
All was well last night but this morning, despite still moving around normally and being generally ‘well’ things had started to change. I took Leaf out to feed him [...]

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The Magnificent Seven

… made their way onto Planet Guinea this afternoon at around 3.30 and finished arriving at around 4.30. Not totally sure on times but it took about an hour for them all to arrive. The eighth, Wonder has already gone to be a Star on Planet Guinea.
I found 4 little bodies all clean and correct [...]

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Still Solo, but not solitary

The time came this wheek for Mr Big to move out of the family home. He has already reached the grand age of four wheeks and as cute as baby Mr Bigs would be we certainly don’t need any! There were two options, to move in with his cousins or to pair him up with [...]

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Wheeks and Bounds!

Miss Tickle’s and her pups are currently sharing accomadation with Mr Big and Chantilly. The comparison in pup size has been, how shall we say, interesting. The little Miss tickle lookalike has now been named Fizz because of her bubbly personality and constant chat, she is quite the animated little busy body in the nicest [...]

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Mr Big(ger)

Mr. Big, aged 4 wheeks
Despite that shaky start to life Mr Big has been taking advantage of what he has got- a Mum all to himself, some yummy solids that he can, at last manage and friends to play with His weight on the 17 June was 203g and he certainly looks more [...]

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Miss Tickle Pups

During Wednesday night Miss Tickle gave birth to two healthy black and tan pups. One is a Rexoid and the other is rough haired like Mum. Both are well and weighed in at 78g: rough sow, 89g: Rexoid boar. Both are now eating Cavy Cuisine, grass and hay and having a go at Readigrass (Day [...]

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Supersize Me!

Mr Big has reached the grand age of 2 wheeks and is doing really well. A slow start to eating and not much interest in fresh food has changed to one of interest in everything edible now First and foremost Mr Big tucked into Oxbow Timothy Hay, Readigrass followed this and he opened [...]

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