LOL guinea pigs are cute. Mine never seem to get enough attention but then again i hardly have the time for them so i feel guilty of sorts.

I'm the same way though i think i have this "hidden sign on my forehead" that says i'll take in anything. :)

Congrats. :) Make sure you put Vitamin C drops in their water cuz they need the Vitamin C. And that they have a daily supply of Timothy Hay. Mine don't seem to go thru the hay as fast as their food lately. I'm finding i go thru a 5 lb bag of food in 2 weeks.

I have been a guinea pig mom before-Nutmeg drank Tang. :) That was how the vet suggested we handle the vitamin C need.

Now I wanna rename the guinea pigs "Armstrong" and "Aldrin" for some reason :D

-and in the ever evolving "as the rat turns" saga-

We have decided to get a penthouse cage and put all 5 girls in together. I am returning the unopened cage I bought for Nani-and we will keep or sell the other two.

I picked up a "playpen" for small animals-yeah-only small animals with NO climbing ability. It was a whack a mole game- pluck off the escaping rat and plunk her back in the pen. Yeah- that's going back too.

They will love being together. Ours are in an extra large free-standing rabbit hutch decorated with ferret hammocks and hanging fabric tubes (again, from the ferret section), ramps, observation posts, etc. Really, most any plaything that is appropriate for a ferret or guinea pig is rattie safe. They also seem to enjoy when I move all of their stuff around. It's like a new adventure!

hmm, we bought two ferret hammocks-Sugar and Annabelle ate through two of the straps and chewed holes in it.

Advice?

My girls have a rat condo. Last night their hammock fell apart. They were all very interested in the replacement hammock this morning. It is a plush one instead of nylon. I see bodies in it, so they finally accepted it.

I just wish I could have seen them when it broke. :evil:

we bought a rat penthouse today-

the log is on the top shelf-with a hammock hanging out above the next level. second level has snacks and water-
bottom level has a wheel (which we bought tonight- Nani and Isabelle love it) a clay flower pot with a pile of bedding for them to nest in-another food bowl and water- as well as the remains of the sugar shack.

Throw in some wood sticks to chew on and a couple toilet paper tubes and you have happy rats.

Will work on pictures- still having trouble.

Tomorrow the guniea pig comes home-so....
5 rats- Annabelle, Sugar, Zim, Nani and Isabelle
4 cats- Sera, Tumbles, Belle and Jojo
2 ferrets- Karma and Puck
2 dogs- Raylie and Comet
1 fish- Oooze
1 Guinea Pig- Clover (unless Braden changes her name)

Would like more fish- but I keep ending up with bettas. Will have a tank someday-

Ok now you make me want to get a rat condo or something like that. But i will wait til i can get another rat or two when the time comes to replace Gina. :)