Naughty little Guinea Girls

What a mess they made of their cage overnight. Carrot pieces everywhere. I blame Molly. She spits out the outer bits of the carrots and only eats the sweet inner core.

I gave them a good clean this morning and they were very bored while waiting to get back into their cage. Maya made a whole into the bag containing their pellets and someone vandalised the kitchen roll which I left on the floor.

They calmed down a bit after I gave them some grass.... and then I washed Keleigh.

Just now the Guinea Girls are eating their second breakfast; their usual vegetables. I so enjoy hearing them munch... it's really relaxing!

Cranky Guinea Girls

Every time I open the kitchen door the Guinea Girls scream murder. Give us grass! Wheep! Give us grass now! Wheep! Hurray up! Wheep! So demanding. They have no idea how freezing it is out there and I am sick of cutting grass in the rain. The neighbours most think that I am wheeping mad!

Sheepy Pigs

So last night I replaced their vet bed by fleece. We've found some nice black fleece which forms the top layer. Beneath that is a layer of fluffy white fleece with a rigid underside and finally a layer of newspaper. So far I quite like the fleece. I've brushed it this morning but tonight I thought it might be quicker to just take it out of the cage and give it a good shake in the garden. Maybe I incorporate that in my daily routine. The white fluffy fleece is just gorgeous. I've got quite a bit spare, maybe I'll make them some cup beds. I would like them to sleep on the white fleece, but we all know that it wouldn't remain white for long.

I just hope the Guinea Girls enjoy their new cage as much as I do! :)

Easter Weekend

It's been a very exciting weekend for the Guinea Girls. They've had a visited from the "Extreme Makeover: Guinea Pig Home Edition"-team and are now the proud owners of a 2.14 square meters cage.

We've been meaning to build such a cage for a long time but couldn't find the mesh cube needed to build the frame. Instead of using correx for the base, which is the more traditional way of building this type of cage, we've used linoleum, which seems to be great so far.

The cage turned out brilliantly and I think it's much better for the Guinea Girls. It's less sheltered so will take some getting used to for some of them. Keleigh and Chloe have certainly settled in brilliantly. Maya is still a bit unsure and most of the time she's been sleeping on top of the hay in the food section of the cage. Twinkle (who had her bath today) and Molly seem to be doing just ok. It'll be interesting to see how this cage will change their behaviour...

Big thanks to my husband who's done a brilliant job building this Guinea Girl Paradise!

More grass, please!

I have been cutting fresh grass for the girls whenever the weather is permitting it. Of course the last two days the weather hasn't been great so they haven't received any. But every time I open the back door, they are hopeful that I will cut them some and urge me on with their desperate wheeps! Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow!