On 25 Sep, 17:57, "Incs" <infoREM...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Naomi" <nomesgrif...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Wow Incs, thanks for the excellent advice, it's brilliant! I'll
> > definitely do what you suggested and hopefully they'll get along
> > great :-)
>
> You're very welcome, I hope everything turns out great!
Me too, I'd hate for Nubbin to be alone for any longer than she has
to. In the meantime she's getting lots of extra cuddles and treats!
>
> > Nubbin already seems depressed at the loss of her sister, she looks
> > sad, people think I'm being silly when I say a guinea pig looks sad,
> > but she really does and I feel really sorry for her, I just want to
> > keep paying her constant attention to make up for her loneliness...
>
> A piggies bodylanguage is very strong for those paying attention. A sad
> piggy sits in a corner and does almost nothing, if they are not looking
for
> their deceased cagemate. This searching of them is just the reason why I
put
> a deceased piggy back in the cage for about a half hour, by the way.
This
> way, they seem to understand what happened to their cagemate and (in my
> experience) don't look for him/her at all; they just know he/she won't
come
> back and move on.. Most of my piggies actually care for and tend to a
> deceased piggy, some of my girls lick the ears and eyes, others lick and
> model the fur. It's like they want the dead piggy to look good on her
trip
> over the rainbow bridge.. It never fails to surprise me, and they just
keep
> on doing it. Maybe their way to say goodbye. So next time a piggy dies,
put
> them back in the cage for a while. It seems to help the others.
Wow, that's really amazing! With Wiggles being so very ill towards the
end, I suspect Nubbin knows that she isn't coming back, as Wiggles
didn't move for that last day. Nubbin DID steal the food I put under
Wiggles' nose (to try and coax her to eat), so she didn't seem to
upset at Wiggles being so ill. Today, Nubbin is pretty much staying in
her house, she comes out for food and drinks, but she's just laying
there mostly, which isn't normal for her. I keep getting paranoid that
she's ill too, but she's fine, just sad.
>
> > Not the easiest thing to do as she was the most timid out of the two
> > girls and doesn't relish attention (we hold her frequently, but she
> > always looks nervous), I'm hoping that she will come out of her shell
> > if she gets to be the dominant piggy (Wiggles was always the boss,
> > always first to food and loved attention).
>
> There is a good chance Nubbin will be dominant in this new cagemate
> relation, as the other piggy is so very young. Good chance she will try
to
> drink from Nubbin's nipples, too *mommy!* :-).
I wondered if Nubbin might try to mother her new friend, being as
she's still very much a baby. I'm not sure how she'd like another
piggy trying to feed from her nipples though, hehe!
>
> > I bought a new girl today, but the pet shop won't let her come home
> > until Friday as she's very young (they think around 5 weeks) and
> > wanted to wait a few more days. However, she looks in good health, so
> > should be okay to introduce them soon. Think we'll call her something
> > to rhyme with Wiggles, as "Wiggles and Nubbin" just seemed to roll off
> > the tongue for us, hehe... I'll ask the petstore if they're okay
> > taking the new girl back if they don't get along.
>
> Piggles, Nibbles, Gibbles? LOL. The petshop keeping her a bit longer is
very
> responsible; good petshop. I suppose they will have no problem taking
her
> back within a week if things don't work out. Just check it to be sure,
> better safe than sorry.
>
Well, my son wants to call it Wiggles again - I've told him we can't
do that, so I think it'll be one that you've suggested, or Wriggles,
Giggles... :-) I was quite impressed with the petshop too, keeping the
babies a little longer. The lady there said that if the guinea pig was
for outdoors, she'd want to keep it even longer, but was okay with me
taking her on Friday with them being indoors.
> > It's strange and sad how empty their cage seems now I don't have
> > Wiggles' little face nuzzling mine as I walk past (she always liked to
> > sniff my nose for some reason reason!). I just wish I knew what caused
> > her to be so ill and go downhill so quickly, I felt so sorry for the
> > poor little thing, she was SUCH a character! I know another piggy
> > won't take her place, but hopefully she will be a good mate for Nubbin
> > and us too.
>
> > Thanks again to everyone for the help :-)
> > Naomi
>
> There's no telling what she suffered from, I'm no vet, but sometimes a
> piggies body just seems to give up. They can go on for a few days or
even
> weeks if they feel loved and want to stay where they are, but eventually
> they give up. It's sad, but she chose to die in your arms, as my piggies
> tend to do too (I've buried 12 piggies over the past 15 years, 10 of
them
> died in my arms). That's just beautiful, and the biggest 'thank you for
> taking care of me' they can offer you. Ultimate trust, ultimate love. Be
> happy she went the way she went, and take good care of her sister for
her.
>
I'm glad Wiggles died whilest being held also, We were about to give
her the meds the vet gave to us, but it was obvious she was giving up,
she was convulsing and cold, so we wrapped her in a towel and my
Husband held her close while I stroked her. Then we sat and bawled our
eyes out over her for half an hour! We were just very surprised she
died so young, we were expecting these girls to last for 8-9 years, as
it's what the petshop (different one to where I've just bought the new
one) told us they'd live to.
> I hope things work out with the little girl, let us know how they get
along?
Thank you, I certainly will! I'm really looking forward to having a
baby again and really hoping Nubbin will accept her as a friend.
I was just looking into playpens for piggies and wondering what the
best solution is. At the moment we use a dog crate which splits in
half, sandwhich the two halves together... it makes a pretty big space
for them, but it's soooo big and heavy to set up (and store) and I'm
not going to be able to do it for much longer (I'm five months
pregnant), so am looking into an alternative... I've seen those panels
that slot together, but wondering what we'd use for flooring and a lid
so the dog leaves them alone... Also wondering where to get the cubes
from at a decent price.
Also thinking about what we can do to give them more floor space in
their cage. We figure we could add a second storey, but wondering how
to do it.
Do you have any suggestions or know of any good websites where we can
get some ideas?
>
> Incs & the CavyClan: Sebas, Cleo, Chicco, Amy, Kassan, Hazel, Cassie,
Lady,
> Lizzy & Daisy.
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