Archive for the 'Piggy Scene ' Category
Makes and Models – Part Three
Himalayan: This breed of guinea pig is a fairly common breed and are known affectionately as Himmis. They remind us of a Siamese cat, except probably a little fatter! A Himmi is an albino piggy with red eyes, who develops...
Medical Monday: Weekly Weigh In!
Weighing your guinea pigs regularly is probably one of the most important things you can do for them, a guinea pig who is rapidly losing weight is an ill guinea pig. Guinea pigs are prey animals so they’re really good...
Suitable Types of Bedding
Here, at NEPB we’ve tried all sorts of bedding for our guinea pigs and we get asked questions about the different kinds all the time, so we thought we’d write our views down here. In the beginning, many moons ago,...
A Healthy Guinea Pig’s Diet – Part 2
Read Part 1 here! Each and every day your guinea pig needs you to provide unlimited fresh hay, fresh vegetables and fresh water, at the very least, to maintain a healthy guinea pig body. A well-balanced diet should consist of:...
A Healthy Guinea Pig’s Diet – Part 1
In its natural habitat, a guinea pig would ideally like to eat small meals regularly, so here at NEPB we try to do the best we can to accommodate this. Our routine: Usually, the guinea pigs have a bowl of...
Guinea Pig Gift Giving Guide!
As everyone is definitely aware by now, Christmas is on its way and if you didn’t then you must be living under a rock! Only 24 days to go until the big day and we don’t want you to have any...
Winter is coming!
As you’re all aware the British summer time is nothing to shout about, but the winter months are definitely colder than that, winter is coming so make sure your piggies are ready for it! Hopefully, by now your guinea pigs...
Bonding: Single Friends
So, your gorgeous guinea pig has recently lost his/her friend and you’re wondering what to do now. There’s a few viable options open to you to make your guinea pigs life complete. You can either, let them stay as a...
Hilton’s update!
After many weeks without a friend, we are very pleased to announce that Hilton has not one, not two, but three friends. Three beautiful sows, two of which have the same colourings as he does, so they look like they...
Bereavement
We get asked quite a lot about what to do for the best when a piggy loses a friend, so here’s a little story to let you know about when that happened to us. Sad to say that Harry, one...
