Earlier this month Little Miss Lucky left us to become a star on Planet Guinea. She is the white one that bounces around and desperately tries to get in front of the of the others, if not on them! Little Miss Lucky arrived in 2009 after having over 5 homes in 2 weeks. She was [...]
Archive for the ‘Guests on Planet Guinea’ Category
4 Jan
Chantilly’s Christmas
Chantilly was a Planet Guinea guest in 2008 after she had been found by a dog and their Humans who were out walking. Chantilly and her friends had been dumped and left to die. After a traumatic birth, during which she had a littr of 3 pups, 2 dead on arrival and Mr Big, weighing [...]
15 Nov
All by myself, (The Early Days)
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 [...]
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 certainly not [...]
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 [...]
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 Molly, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
