Archive for January, 2012
Molly
Molly – a very, very bright star on Planet Guinea
Jackie wanted me to publish Molly’s story in the hope that if her experience should help just one guinea pig in some way Molly has done her bit for Pigdom. I suspect that by merely keeping the Piggy Public entertained and interested with this story Molly [...]
January 25, 2012
Posted in: One Is Not Enough, Planet Guinea, Rescue, The Pig Issue 
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Bed O’ Linum
Bed O’ Linum
Criteria and questions:
Animal Welfare Act minimum size cage, 4 foot by 2 foot, used to make the trial realistic. Guineas will always differ in “output” though!
2 guinea pigs
Enough bedding to cover the newspaper but NOT deep, (Deep bedding can easily hide injury to limbs/walking abnormally).
Bedding removed and replaced as opposed to added to, [...]
January 8, 2012
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One Is Not Enough…
For the first time ever Guinea Pig Welfare is going to have a “theme” for 2012. It will be “One Is Not Enough” to highlight the need for guineas to have compatible company of their own choosing. Over the 10+ years of doing rescue socialisation/company has always been prominent. I have never rehomed a guinea [...]
January 1, 2012
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