Jobshare on Planet Guinea

New arrivals on Planet Guinea mean that a jobshare has been created Krystal and Gem are both excellent mothers doing a fine job at the local Kid Zone. Between them they look after 3 pups who move around the hutch in a trio and from sow to sow in a trio.
On arriving home [...]

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A Lucky Guinea? Define Lucky!

RGPR have recently taken in an extremely distressed guinea pig with multiple problems. She had been ‘rescued’ from a ‘free to good home’ advert along with a large group of guinea pigs. However her behaviour led her new owner to enquire about the gender of his new pig. When put in with the other pigs [...]

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star…

On Thursday 11 December Little Marsh left us to become a star on Planet Guinea. He’s the little one that sparkles.
Marsh would have been just 8 weeks old on Sunday. He is the smallest guinea pig I’ve had born here that has lived past a week old, he weighed in at just 35g. Although it [...]

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Satin

Satin isan older lady of around 6-7 years who has returned to Planet Guinea after outliving her two boarfriends. Satin arrived here as an unwanted pet with some other guineas and was rehomed with Stubbs. It wasn’t long before she was back again but this time she was back to choose a new boarfriend after [...]

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Marsh’s Vet Visit.

This morning Marsh and his brothers and Posy went to see Sally, our vet, for confirmation of the eye condition. She was unable to give any definitive answer because he will change as he grows, but it seems like there are no eyeballs and even if they eyelids do part/open then he won’t have any [...]

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Meet Marsh

This is little Marsh who was born either with no eyes or they are stuck fast. I’ve tried bathing to open them (guineas do get sticky eye at birth sometimes) but it hasn’t helped. Probably a result of inbreeding.

Marsh on day7

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Having Her Cakey and Eating It!

The lovely Chantilly who had such a tragic start to her little life has finally found love and friendship in Cakey who has also had a rough time of things lately. Read Cakey’s story on www.gorgeousguineas.co.uk/blogChantilly was discovered by a German Shepherd Dog on some wasteland, running with a group of guinea pigs.
On arrival she [...]

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My How They’ve Grown!

After having 3 litters and only 6 babies I think I have got off quite, no extremely, lightly! To make things even better Ithe sow fairy has spent some time here and I have 4 sows and 2 boars- 6 boars could’ve been so much more of a problem!
But they don’t stay babes for long [...]

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Magic and Merlin

Magic and Merlin visited Jenny earlier this wheek to be castrated. Both are approximately 15 wheeks old now. They sailed through the operation and save for the bit where they were opped on you’d never know what they’d had done. Both were munching on grass and dandelions when I went to pick up about 3 [...]

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Lucas and Broccoli

Lucas on the day of arrival

Lucas one wheek later.
Lucas and Broc arrived here seperately but on the same day and have ended up together as hutchmates. Both are boars with Broc being adult and Lucas, I was told, is 14 wheeks.
The lovely Lucas was taken into a vets because of a skin condition [...]

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