Where ever my cat goes, she leaves behind this mess of black, swirly things. Initially I think it’s dirt that comes off her from grooming, then it mixes with saliva and curls up into what I see. So I showered her, thinking I could get rid of most the dirt, but it hasn’t worked because this stuff is everywhere! Could it be her skin? It doesn’t really look like skin… I think dander is too small to see. I really want to figure out what it is so I can understand how to mitigate it. Does anyone have any idea what I’m talking about? The best description I can think of is they’re these little, black pig-tails of gunk. They are very tiny, but clearly visible, and twisted. Just a little thicker than hair, but much shorter in length, about the size of a small finger nail trimming.

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think they know whats best for rabbits and guinea pigs when us rescues end up with all there poor little bunnies and Piggy’s

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i always wanted a dog, but we’re not alowed to have cats or dogs in my house. so, i decided on the closest thing to a loving friendly little animal and "guinea pig" was the first thing that came to mind.the only pet i had in this house before is a bird. but in my life i’ve had cats and dogs many times. i love animals. my parents think im not reponsible enough to get a pet guinea pig. they say this because lately i havent been cleaning my room and all that stuff. im willing to do all that if it means to have my own furry friend. also, i did tons of research on guinea pigs, and know im capable oh keeping one. my parents say that in order for me to get a pet, i should b able to take care of myself first. what is the quickest way you think i can convince them im capapble? and i know i have to keep my room clean, im working on that.

THANKS FOR UR ANSERS.

BEST ANSWER GETS 10 POINTS.
also, if u are a guinea pig owner, can u tell me a little bit about ur pet? thanks! i have been researching but its good to here other peoples experiences as well.
yes, i did know i have to get 2 guinea pigs. that was one of the things i researched..

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I have two female guinea pigs who have been together happily for two years now. I will be acquiring a gorgeous little female Rex guinea pig when she is old enough to leave her mum. How do I go about introducing the new youngster to the established pair? They have an Eglu in the conservatory with quite a large sawdust-covered floor space to run around in, with various tunnels and boxes to sit in, and a tunnel leading to an outside run. Where is the best place to put the youngster to start with so that they can best get used to each other? Many thanks in advance for any advice!

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I’m 14 years of age, and my life was just perfect last July before the worst happened… I have a lovely home with a good 7 acres of land, which 5 acres we rent out, but i have a nice garden with 3 big 10f by 10ft run for my 2 rabbits and 2 guinea pigs also i have 4 lovely dogs, A tanned German Shepard and a white German Shepard and Grey (Blue) border collie and a chihuahua, i have 3 lovely friendly hamsters, a Ginger cat which has a bad back(but she better now) and one lovely 16.2 hands Dun and White Spotted Draft horse called dazzle. I look tiny on him And the best thing my little white fluffy Shetland i rode her everyday when i was younger but when i got to 6 i got dazzle but we still kept her. I could ride my dazzle everywhere i would ride him down the lane every day to see the horses on the other fields, I would ride her down the lanes with my chihuahua on my lap and as i got to the main rode i would put my chihuahua called Tiny on the floor on a stretchy lead and ride down the main rode with tiny next to me on the lead, dazzle was not scare of anything we went down lanes, main rodes, past dogs, past people and even past horses riding and he didn’t blink a eyelid. He was basically a perfect pony because he placed 1st in 24 shows, 2nd in 26 shows, 3rd in 10 shows and best in show 6 times also i won the horse of the year for his looks. But then the people we rented our land to, was shooting tins and we didn’t mind because it was fenced of but he missed the tin and shot my dazzle, i had just bathed, groomed and tacked him up i tied him to the fence while i went to get my dog and when i came out he was on the floor and ran over and see him i could tell something had happened, he was not just lying down because there was blood everywhere, he was alive and still breathing i ran to my mum and told her we payed a lot of money and got him back to health but now he is scared of bangs, traffic, dogs and runs of bucking when i go towards him with his tack. i have been to my local stable and they said he is scared of tack because i had just tacked him up, scared of bangs because the gun and traffic because they are busy but they can’t understand why he hates the dog? So i cant ride him, he is to hard for me to handle as he is a big horse and im small. I do have a new welsh section c but she is 14 hh and is not the same as dazzle, i would like to know how i could teach him to be the same old dazzle, which likes dogs, traffic, TACK and basically me… Please note im only 14 and i have LOADS of confidence around horses but nothing too hard please and also if there is any good websites and also note that the reason i want to be able to ride him again because since i was 6 and i was 13 then, i had rode him every day since… down lanes, main roads with my dog and i have tacked a horse for like all my life. PLEASE HELP! I MISS HIM AND WANT HIM BACK.
also im not pushing him because my vet told me to teach him again plus if you cant be bothered to read it then please just read this my horse was shot he is alive but basically scared of everything

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Hi, i got a little guinea pig day before yesterday, shes around 12 weeks old.
She is very very shy, she keeps shaking and wants to stay in her igloo whenever im around. shes a texel, so she has long curly fur but when i tried to stroke her, it feels like she has two fur knots on either side, which cant feel nice. but when i try to touch her she starts to chatter her teeth. so i don’t know how to cut her knots off without frightening her. or should i wait until shes used to me more?

she only seems to come out of her igloo to eat when i go to class or when im asleep. ive tried hand-feeding her a variety of fresh foods today and she only had a nibble of an apple and she just kept turning away from me. so i put the foods in her bowl and left her to it. then all of a sudden, i heard a noise which sounded a bit like a monkey’s "ooh ooh ah ah" its the first time ive ever heard it so im not sure what this sound is called. but when i went to go check her she was still in her igloo with her nose poking out. this is my first guinea pig as you can tell!

PS shes not going to be a lonely piggy for much longer, as shes getting a cage mate in a few weeks, a boy piggy had been neutered at the shelter and they’re waiting until its safe before they allow me to take him.

Easy points for best answer!

MANY THANKS EVERYONE!! xx

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just a few days ago i adopted a guinea pig from Petsmart, and the lady who helped me told me that i can just keep one by itself if i spend lots of time with it. but now im looking online and they say that its best if you keep 2 together so they don’t get bored. the thing is i don’t know how much time you need to spend with them everyday so they don’t get lonely. and because im in school still, i don’t have a whole bunch of time to play with him.

so my main questions are:
*how much time should you spend with them a day?
*should i go ahead and get another guinea pig?
and if you guys have anymore tips you could give me on keeping my little guinea pig happy, i would really like that!

Thanks

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Sorry it’s so long!

Okay, so my brother-in-law "rescued" a dog, Spenser. But . . . My brother-in-law never took care of Spenser. So my parents and I took Spenser in. Then my brother-in-law stopped working. As soon as his little baby girl came along. Apparently, to him it’s perfectly fine for a little girl to live in apartments all her life. Cheap apartments at that. So then my brother-in-law decided that Spenser needs to move to Florida where we’ll never see Spenser again! And only a month and one day after my guinea pig passed away! Spenser’s half chuahuah and half dachsund, and today when I saw a dachsund, I started bawling and worked up a major migraine and a fever from crying so much. And later today I just collapsed on the floor, crumpled up and cried. And my dog, Mar Bellana, loved to play with Spenser, and she refuses to eat or drink much at all, because she’s depressed! And last night when my cousin tried to pet Mar Bellana, I attacked him and said "You’ll act like she’s your’s then rip her away from me like the souless monster my brother-in-law is!" And I started crying. I now have thoughts of suicide, but I’m also way too over-protective of my animals, so I don’t try suicide, which gives me migraines, fevers, etc. I’m also going through puberty, and I’m majorly moody, which doesn’t help. At all.

And when my neice (as I mentioned earlier), Sara, came along, I became suicidal because no one paid attention to me. I choked myself in front of my parents, threatened to run away, said I’d kill myself after I killed them, etc. I was a mess. Now I love her to bits . . . I just thought I’d say that in case it mattered . . .

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I’ve done tons of research on guinea pigs, and I really feel like guinea pigs are the best pet for both my family and me. However, my parents don’t agree. I’ve sat down and outlined all of the care needed for guinea pigs, where to adopt, costs, etc, as well as written up well over twenty pages on their behavior, sounds, and needs. They don’t seem to be budging much. I’m a straight A student in all honors classes, very responsible, and right now I’m stuck trying to think of more ways to convince them. There’s not any deals I can strike with them, because I’m expected to get chores done and get straight A’s without reward. Right now their two biggest concerns are:

1. I’ll get bored of it in a few months. I know I won’t get bored with them, otherwise I wouldn’t ask for one because I realize they can live for a long time, but I don’t know how to convince them otherwise. I admit I do have a short attention span, and lose interest in toys quickly, so that’s why they have this fear. However, guinea pigs are not toys, so I know I’ll love them for as long as they live.

2. What to do with them when we travel. This is one that stumps me; I’ve looked into guinea pig sitters, but couldn’t find any in the phone book. We travel a lot during summer; and my dad says my friends won’t appreciate if I drop them off at their house for a month or so (especially since I plan on building them a C&C Cage, or whatever they’re called).

Anyways, I would appreciate any suggestions for how I can convince them and overcome the above two obstacles. If they don’t give in soon, I might just have to respect their answer and acknowledge that it is their house, but I feel I can try a little bit longer before I cross the line. Thanks in advance for all the answers

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I have this friend who hates this girl named Becky for something that happened in 7th grad(we’re freshman now). Supposedly Becky stole her boyfriend that she was "in love" with and they were best friends at the time. I don’t even know. That’s my friend’s side.

Anyways, this year, Becky’s in my geometry class. I was talking to my friend about the band All Time Low and me & Becky started talking about their concerts.

I texted my friend saying "I don’t know why you hate Becky so much. She’s nice to me" and she started calling me an idiot and how much she hated Becky. And how Becky stole her boyfriend that she was in love with. She was TWELVE in 7th grade. Supposedly she was in love with this guy.

So then, I was like "You were 12 Stephanie. I don’t think you know what love is at 13" She got really pissed off and was talking about how she never liked me and called me a "clutch pig" or whatever.

Why would she get mad about something so tiny? Me & Becky had ONE conversation and she goes off on me. That’s not the first conversation I had with her…I asked her if we had homework in geometry over the weekend in once. That’s about it. Should I just ignore her texts entirely?

She ALWAYS gets pissed off for something so stupid. Once, she was talking about how I was a poser, emo and crap. And I told her I was just ME. And she got really pissed off and didn’t text me for a few days.

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