I’m 13 and can be mature at times haha. Lol, I’ve been doing research on rabbit for a few months and read they’re not to hard to care for. Is this true?I’ve always liked rabbits more than guinea pigs but don’t know how hard they’re to care for. My mom owned a guinea pig when I was very young and said it was horrible. Some people say guinea pigs love cuddling while others say they are timid and shy even if you play with them….

So in your opinion or personal experience which is harder to care for?!

Thanks!
Add:::; I would litter train the rabbit so pooping and peeing everywhere wouldn’t be a huge issue
Lol, and the rabbit itself does not smell. It is their urine which smells. If you clean the litter out everyday/other day it doesn’t smell as bad.

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Hey,

I recently got 2 guinea pigs from petsmart, and they weren’t from the same cage, they are diffrent breeds from a different littler. But, I put them torgether they did all the butsniffing and all that. For the first day they were fine. But later on, one of the piggies started to chase the other one out of the igloo, so i got 2 of everything. They both settled in at diffrent igloos. Now whenever they meet in the cage they start making those fighting noises. And the other one, Piggy, starts chasing Momo around. Sometimes Piggy makes Momo move when he wants to eat, but there are two bowls and they arent eating from the other one. When i hold both of them in my lap they rarely or make chettering noises, (They did start figting when one my brother put them on his stomach, which was quite painful for him, they only nipped though) fight and when I put them on a neutral ground momo just follows piggy around. But, they chase each other in cage, they also sometimes nip each other and make chattering noises. Momo bites me sometimes when I hold him, maybe because hes scared. But, piggy wont let Momo go in the igloo and he chases Momo around the cage sometimes. My cage , i think is big enough, it’s a 42 1/2 inches long and 18 inches wide, its a extra large bunny cage. Also, sometimes Piggy will start chattering his teeth at Momo when he is eating hay, when momo backs off piggy starts eating hay. Sometimes piggy will just randomly start chattering at Momo and chase him around. They nip each other alot.

What should I do, HELP!!!!
I dont want to give them back, they are starting to get used to me….
I’ve read that they will get along better if u give them a bath, which I will when I get my C& C cage.
I DONT WANT TO SEPARATE THEM!!!!!
My parents said I have 3 weeks to make sure they along or other wise I might have to return one of them…..PLEASE HURRY, IVE GIVE U 10 POINTS and best answer if u could help me with this.
Here some more information: Sometimes Piggy chases or nips Momo (Id dont know which one) but it causes momo to jump on top of the igloo…..poor momo

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OK, my guinea pig Misty just had two more guinea pigs, the first time she had three. We thought our other guinea pig was a girl… Now Misty won’t take care of her newborns? There’s nothing wrong with them, she keeps kicking them out of this castle thing we have in their cage. How do we help Josh and Zac if she won’t take care of them?
ok u second person, u disgust me! why would you kill a small animal! they don’t need their mother to survive if you take care of them like their mother, the thing is, I don’t know what I should give them!
OK Plz help 4 real!
As it turns out, the other guinea pig is the mother so thnk u all anyways! I’ll still pick a best answer though.

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I just adopted two guinea pigs 2 days ago, one is 1 month and the other is 3 months, what happened is that the 3 months one (charlie), is not really nice so i was trying to pet him more and i felt like 4 little hard chunks in his skin, when i tried to see he moved and scratched me, then i kept trying to look at them, and i saw something like a grey and black little hard chunk of something, it wasn’t attached to his skin so i took it off and it resulted to be a piece of hard skin with a lot of hair still in it, his skin were that was was pink, and there is still many other little chunks that i haven’t been able to see really good, im really worried, is this bad ? i don’t really have money for take him to the vet if it isn’t important so i wanted to check with people that already had guinea pigs, not i did not pull it out hard like it would hurt him or anything. did this happened to you? is it normal? or is something bad that i should worry more about?

Thankyou very much, please answer, best answer get 10pts !
Well, is not really from a shelter.

I haven’t seen him itching or biting it. but it looks like it hurts to him because he doesn’t like when i touch him there.
And i looked for mites, but the scab or the pink skin with-no hair is not really noticeable, is smaller than what i saw, but they are in his back most of them…

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She thinks that I don’t take care of my pets well, but I do! I spend two and a half hours with my two hamsters everyday, and I feed them half dry hamster food and half hamster seed mix, and a little snack of veggies. I clean their cage every week and change their water every other day. I don’t know why she thinks that…
I tried everything. I reminded her everyday that I want one, I showed her pictures of them, I wrote reasons why i want them, why she should let me get one, and what I know about them.
I’m running out of ideas! Please help me get my dream guinea pigs.

10 points for best answer!

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Hi! Ok, so I have a guinea pig named Oreo. I really want to get a rabbit (not for them to play with each other) but my parents say that I don’t take care of my guinea pig! I’m not asking for advice on how to get a rabbit, that’s not what’s bugging me. Its the fact that whenever I ask for something (even if I have my own money) they say that I don’t take care of the pet that I have now and that I cant even take care of myself. Well, I do. I change my guinea pigs bedding when i should, I play with him, and I feed him/give him water/etc. Yes, I will admit that sometimes I don’t play with him everyday or give him fresh veggies every time i see him (which I’m pretty sure you shouldn’t anyway). I regret it when i don’t though! I play with him when i can. They think that anytime they see him its just because i want something. That’s not true! Also, they say that I cant take care of myself because i dont brush my hair the second i get out of the shower! WHAT!? So anyway, like i said i dont need advice just because I want the rabbit. I want to show my parents that i do take care of my guinea pig without making it too obvious, then they think that its just because i want something. If they just so happen to see my playing with him when they come into my room they go oh look, oreo’s out because Victoria wants something. It makes me so frustrated! So do you guys have any tips on what I’m doing wrong and how to fix this?!? Thanks so much! =)
Oh nd the reason that they dont see me playing with him is because I have a dog who doesnt bother him at all but sometimes scares the crap out of him so I play with him outside or in my room, not the living room. I play with him everyday! (when i say don’t I mean at least a few minutes or as much as I can)
Thanks! So any tips for getting the rabbit too…? =)

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I’ve had a guinea for 2 months and I was thinking maybe I should get him a friend but I don’t know whats best for 2 guinea pigs, like whats the best cage or cage size and since he is a male should I get a male instead of a female and stuff like that. So I was wondering if you could help me out a little.

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I want an animal that loves to cuddle and be held and petted, I have tried for a very long time and this is what ive come up with:

Dogs- require too much attention, i go to school monday-friday for 8 hours a day and felt guilty because i didnt give it the attention she neede.

Cats- the laziest beasts ever! had a few and all they want to do is sleep, yawn, or look at you like you are entirely stupid (which i may be =])

Guinea Pigs- sweet little creatures, but a bit noisy and expensive to keep up =]

Ferrets- these are my favorite, such sweeties, but they are verrrry hard to clean up after…plus they steal your stuff

Any kind of rodent, spider, reptile is out because my mom HATES creepy crawlies and snakes and such.

So im thinking a Netherland dwarft rabbit. Tell me every thing you can about them im having trouble getting first hand responses from people. Which is the best breed, boy or girl, of course what ever i get will be fixed. What games can i play with them and how big a cage?
EVERYTHING you know would be helpful.

So, thank you much!
i love you all!

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my little 7 year old sister is getting a hamster in a couple of weeks and me being the good big sister that i am i offered to do the research for her i am getting 2 guinea pigs as well so for the past couple of months i have been researching guinea pigs, so i have no idea where to even start with hamsters! i know there are many different types of hamsters (many more than guinea pigs) so i was wondering which is the best kind? for example syrian, teddy bear, robo, etc. personal experiences with the type of hamster you recommend would be appreciated. thanks!

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Please tell me if Guinea pigs smell bad. What are some of their requirements. Do they need daily attention?
Are they easy to care for?

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