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Post by samnbud on Jul 17, 2005 16:58:51 GMT
She means when they are seperate they are more playful and when they are together they want to fight. "they are getting worse and worse" quote "since they've been apart they are so much more playful"
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Post by Josie on Jul 17, 2005 17:03:21 GMT
thanks samnbud! it's becoming clear to me now.....
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Post by skipperdoo on Jul 17, 2005 17:05:56 GMT
The confusing part is why are they still being put together?
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Post by samnbud on Jul 17, 2005 17:40:16 GMT
I guess in the hopes that they will be able to interact with one another during floor time. I do believe that they are housed seperatly.
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Post by Josie on Jul 17, 2005 17:48:26 GMT
also even if they are okay apart, it would be great if they agreed to differ and were able to be housed together again.
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Post by Marg on Jul 18, 2005 13:12:30 GMT
Here's a tip to clear up a very common misconception .Guinea pigs and other small pets should not be kept together. Hamsters and gerbils have different housing and care requirements than guinea pigs, so they should lead separate lives.
Some pet owners will try to house guinea pigs and rabbits together, but this is also a mistake. Because both have very different nutritional requirements, keeping them in the same cage usually means that neither of them are getting all of the nutrients they need to be completely healthy.
I got that in an email and I truly believe it.
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Post by caspertheghost on Jul 18, 2005 13:16:11 GMT
I've housed guinea pigs with a rabbit before... trust me... not a great combo. The rabbit would mount the cavies, rabbits have different dietary needs, and will get dirrahea eating lettuce; and cavies LOVE lettuce, and rabbits do like it too, but it's not good for them, and rabbits each the cavies feed, and can hurt the cavies, and tons other, so to conclude: Rabbits shall be with other rabbits, guinea pigs with other guinea pigs.
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Post by caspertheghost on Jul 18, 2005 13:16:47 GMT
Oh-yea- they can have floor time together, since it's not like they are living in a cage with each other.
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Post by luci on Jul 18, 2005 17:57:58 GMT
yeah! i still put them together every now and then, just so they dont forget eachother so maybe some time in the future when theyve passed pubery they may be able to be put together. Oh, and without eachother when they are apart they are playful. so i wanna get some toys so they can play more and not be bored without eachother!
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Post by Josie on Jul 18, 2005 18:17:42 GMT
well how is Hamish's nose bite?
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Post by Susie on Jul 19, 2005 0:46:48 GMT
Guinea pigs and rabbots should not be together at all really, not even in floortime. Here in the Uk the Royal society for the prevention of Cruelty to animals (RSPCA) are now saying rabbits and guinea pigs should not be kept together. I did a considreable amount of research on this for my campaign against Pet shops and out of date books over here to stop this practice... I published all the info in the forum of an article which was also printed in the Nibbling News... you can read it at www.susieandpigs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Rabbit.htm worth a look as it explains in detail the reasons why not including the poisoning issue. I jhave actually found this chemical in rabbit food so please don;t be quick to dismiss it. I apologise in advance if I upset anyone who does house or run rabbots with pigs. I am just giving people the facts that I found out so they can make up their own mind.
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Post by luci on Jul 19, 2005 17:20:43 GMT
Its soooo much better now thanks!! He only has a tiny nick out of his nose now.
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Post by caspertheghost on Jul 19, 2005 17:55:20 GMT
But they can have floor time together- they just need to really be supervised.
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Post by skipperdoo on Jul 20, 2005 5:43:31 GMT
I don't know of any company the makes rabbit pellets in the US that uses antibiotics. Can you direct me to the ones that do? Thanks.
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Post by luci on Jul 23, 2005 16:38:51 GMT
When I was really small we kept a rabbit and a guinea pig togethre and they were the best of friends, Gerald never seemed to be affected by thumper's food. When thumper died Gerald gave up on life too. He went to a breeders and got a girlfriend so he soon cheered up!! Lol!! But can some food not include antibiotics, Gerald lived a long and helathy life eating rabbit food, they never argued at all. Does it depend on the character, or is it still a definite no no?
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Post by Josie on Jul 23, 2005 16:41:59 GMT
Before we got the pigs we were goimg to get a rabbit and a guinea pig but we thought about the jabs and ended up with 5 pigs instead lol.
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Post by luci on Jul 28, 2005 19:52:49 GMT
i'd love to have 5 guinea pigs!! I've got an update on the situation: We gave them supervised time and they ended up having a fight again, luckily I was on guard to stop it quickly so there were no injuries. But now when they see/smell eachother a lot of threatening is involved so i don't think I can put them together again just in case its harder to seperate them this time and one of them gets really badly hurt.
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Post by skipperdoo on Jul 28, 2005 21:07:51 GMT
Guinea pigs need to eat guinea pig pellets since it has vitamin c in it and rabbit pellets do not.
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Post by piggygirl on Aug 5, 2005 7:42:18 GMT
im not sure
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Post by Josie on Aug 5, 2005 7:46:02 GMT
Guinea pigs need to eat guinea pig pellets since it has vitamin c in it and rabbit pellets do not. And bun's should eat bun pellets.
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