don’t wanna live all by myself, anymore…
Violet’s Human contacted me when a sow she had taken in from a friend wasn’t reponding to being rehablitated and bonded with other guinea pigs. Previously Violet had lived with a sow where there had been much animosity and the situation escalated so much it got to point where [...]
Archive for the ‘Guests on Planet Guinea’ Category
15 Nov
All by myself, (The Early Days)
2 Nov
Hormonally Yours…
This month we have 3 sows with Cystic Ovaries, each presenting with different ’symptoms’. Sandy has the classic bilateral hairloss, hopefully we will see some fuzz growing back soon Sandy has no dominance issues with the other guineas she lives with but does have crusty nipples- another sign of ovarian cysts/hormonal issues, but [...]
16 Sep
Blowing a Gale through the Forest…
Gale and Forest are Molly’s sisters, the three little girls born to Krystal and Gem whose story appears earlier on in The Pig Issue.
The 3 girls were still suckling from mums at 4 wheeks old so I decided to separate them! The girls went to live with Heath, a youthful boy born here last October. [...]
13 Aug
Red Letter Day
Mr Red had had an eventful life leading up to his arrival on Planet Guinea. After his brother drowned in a flood he was handed over to a guinea pig lover in the hope that his skin problems could be sorted out once and for all. Despite trying several treatments the problem reoccured, coupled with [...]
9 Jul
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 [...]
18 Apr
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 [...]
13 Dec
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 [...]
25 Nov
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 [...]
31 Oct
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 [...]
29 Oct
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
