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Archive for November, 2009

Choosing Your Guinea Pigs…

Choose your guineas’ friends for their character and your clothes for their colour. Choosing clothes for their personality makes no sense and choosing guineas’ friends for their colour is unthinkable. Guinea pigs are naturally sociable animals that live in groups in the wild. There are conflicting views on whether or not more than one boar […]

November 20, 2009   Posted in: Rescue  No Comments

Questions for your Pig Sitter…

With holiday time approaching and the need to leave your guinea pigs with a pet sitter, here are some points to consider when choosing a Pig Sitter. Pig Sitters often get booked up well in advance, leaving your guinea pigs’ holiday until the last minute often means there is nowhere available. What is included in […]

November 8, 2009   Posted in: Planet Guinea  No Comments

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