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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 4, 2015 19:26:25 GMT
I am from Cornwall which is the most south westerly county in England. I moved here 10 years ago and have always wanted to live here. Big tourist problem though at this time of year so we just don't go anywhere LOL!! I was born in London, raised in Surrey, spent some time in the midlands and moved here in 2004. Cornwall is magical with its very own atmosphere.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 4, 2015 20:55:32 GMT
I'm in New Hampshire, though I was born and raised in Massachusetts. Total New Englander. My sister and hubby lived in Colorado Springs for several years. She said it was incredibly open compared to New England. We have A LOT of trees.
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Post by cogearhead on Aug 5, 2015 2:55:04 GMT
You do have a lot of trees out there, my Mom was originally from New Hampshire and I have an Aunt and Uncle that live there. Been to visit them a few times and the forests you have are incredibly thick compared to the pines out here.
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 5, 2015 14:49:27 GMT
Where abouts in NH? I'm in the southern part of the state now, but used to live in the middle, between Concord and Manchester. My sister said coming back to visit, after living in Colorado, she felt a bit claustrophobic. Her husband bought a good off-road SUV, and used to go visit ghost towns on the weekends. All of our ghost towns are under water, and places that were dammed and flooded to create reservoirs. Not quite the same
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Post by shades on Sept 19, 2015 11:24:39 GMT
I'm living in Qingdao on the east coast of China, across the water from South Korea.
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Post by 3piggles on Sept 19, 2015 20:36:14 GMT
Wow! What's it like there, Shades? I've seen a lot of China on TV, but not in person.
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Post by shades on Sept 20, 2015 10:00:01 GMT
It's not like on the TV
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Post by 3piggles on Sept 20, 2015 20:20:30 GMT
I believe it
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Post by butterfly88 on Sept 21, 2015 19:30:28 GMT
USA
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Post by christine on Sept 23, 2015 2:46:13 GMT
I'm in Vancouver, Canada. The usually rainy wet coast although this year we've had a spectacular summer.
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Post by Jackie <3 on Sept 24, 2015 16:03:25 GMT
I live extremely upstate in New York. I am about half an hour from Canada.
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Post by irina13 on Oct 7, 2015 14:54:18 GMT
Macedonia :)in the capital Skopje.Don't like my city dough,not many vets know how to cure guinea pigs,nor people how to treat them.
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Post by Bean on Oct 7, 2015 15:54:34 GMT
Oh yes, I remember telling you that I love your flag - it's still my favourite! I hope you like your country aside from the whole vet and guinea pig care issues, although that must be very frustrating.
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Post by irina13 on Oct 7, 2015 16:30:22 GMT
It's so weird so many flags and your fave is the Macedonian one. Very,if forums like this one or guinea pig lyneks didn't exist I wouldn t know what to do.
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 7, 2015 23:01:38 GMT
That's not just a national issue, Irina13. Where I live, guinea pigs aren't popular, so there are few vets who are at all knowledgeable about guinea pigs. In other parts of the US, guinea pigs are very popular, and there are great guinea pig vets. I was lucky to find a general animal vet willing to go on the Internet and talk to other vets, ask questions, etc., and learn as much as possible. Others just reference the same medical book I have, and prescribe meds. If surgery is needed, they send me to an animal hospital in another state, well over an hour drive from here. If your vets are willing to take instructions, maybe giving them the lists of safe versus dangerous meds would be a good start.
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Post by irina13 on Oct 8, 2015 8:37:10 GMT
The vet that I go to is willing to ask and talk with me.I showed her the list and she showed me her medical books which say that cefalexin is not a dangerous medication,and that she gives it to guinea pigs and they are alrighty.It was safe I couldn't believe it.A couple of days ago I decided to go to another vet,my pig got a seiuzer I suspected mites,he gave ivermectin and b6 and said no need to come again.I said but don't you have to have another shot he said no,if he is okey.The good thing they rarely take money,if they do it is usually 1euro.
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Post by shades on Oct 8, 2015 9:39:10 GMT
You're lucky you've got a vet to visit. I can't recall ever seeing a vet or animal hospital. There must be one for dogs as these are popular nowadays but im sure the vet will have no experience with small animals. I must check one out just in case.
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Post by irina13 on Oct 8, 2015 9:59:26 GMT
Where do you live?Honestly I thought any were in the world there were vets for guinea pigs except here.
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Post by shades on Oct 8, 2015 10:33:30 GMT
I live in China where having pets is really a recent thing. More and more city people are owning dogs as a status symbol. People don't really consider how best to look after their animals.
Keeping small animals is not common. There are very few guinea pig sellers, which is possibly not a bad thing, but they're not kept in ideal conditions, I'm sure.
Education is the key. It's a new thing here and there's a lot to be learned.
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 8, 2015 15:07:22 GMT
I think most animals were bred and raised as food, including dogs and guinea pigs. It takes a long time for former livestock to be considered as worthy of medical help. Since bird flu and other animal-related health issues come from that part of the world, it's possible even livestock isn't treated medically. It will be interesting to see if having dogs as status symbol pets starts a movement toward people studying vet medicine. In the US, rodents are one part of basic vet school, maybe a semester of studying all of them, just as reptiles and amphibians are one course of study, birds another. As vet school progresses, students get to focus more on the animals they wish to treat, and since there's little money in treating rodents, few take that route. Vets with a lot of guinea pig/rodent knowledge live in areas where there are enough being treated as patients to make it profitable for the vets to become specialists in rodentology. In the UK, there is a whole field of vet medicine called rodentology. There is a trust for rodent/cavy medicine in Cambridge, and a well-known specialist named Vedra. I really wish US vets knew she existed, knew the cavy trust existed, and took advantage of their expertise. They are an excellent source of information for vets. www.britishassociationofrodentologists.co.uk/CCT.html
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