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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Let me start out by saying she is a runner and i am not! She is 5’7" and somewhere between 115-120 pounds (i can’t remember exactly) and i’m 5’5" and 132 pounds. everytime i go out with her i always feel really self concious because she is so much thinner than i am. But i’ve noticed lately that she isn’t eating that much…she used to always pig out and eat like crazy but lately she’ll only eat a little bit and im worried about her.

i cut myself out of this picture because i look to fat next to her and i blurred out her face because she doesnt know im posting this question and i dont wanna just post a pic of her on the internet)
so here she is:

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is she too skinny or am i just over reacting because she looks really thin compared to me?
also should i say something to her about how shes not eating that much? i dont want her to get all defensive and get mad at me but im worried
oh sorry the link isnt clickable….im not good at this maybe this will work:

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if not just copy and paste it

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I know it’s weird sounding but we don’t expect anyone to throw us a baby shower/sprinkle for our second baby so we’ve decided to just have basically a family get together celebrating the new baby to come. Since it’s due in february and we don’t have an ideal place to host we’re doing it in late summer/early fall when I’ll be about 5-6 months pregnant. We are calling it a baby sprinkle and having a little poem in the invitation explaining it
Baby smiles and giggles galore
_____ and _____ are having one more
Big Sister _______ has plenty to share
This is only a "sprinkle" to show that we care
Please join us to celebrate before Baby is due
They’ve got lots of pink, so think plenty of blue! (if its a boy!)!

Found it off a website. Anyways, we’ll have about 25-30 ppl there if they all come and we’ll be doing it at the park. There will be anywhere from 2-8 kids under 7 there. We’re thinking grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken and some coctail size pigs in a blanket. Having chips/dip, potato salad, baked beans, fruit platter, and of course the shower cake. Then also having a cooler or 2 full of soda, water, and some juice.

Decorations pretty simple– table cloths maybe streamers and balloons. Figure it’s too many people to have games?

What else do you suggest

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I know it’s weird sounding but we don’t expect anyone to throw us a baby shower/sprinkle for our second baby so we’ve decided to just have basically a family get together celebrating the new baby to come. Since it’s due in february and we don’t have an ideal place to host we’re doing it in late summer/early fall when I’ll be about 5-6 months pregnant. We are calling it a baby sprinkle and having a little poem in the invitation explaining it
Baby smiles and giggles galore
_____ and _____ are having one more
Big Sister _______ has plenty to share
This is only a "sprinkle" to show that we care
Please join us to celebrate before Baby is due
They’ve got lots of pink, so think plenty of blue! (if its a boy!)!

Found it off a website. Anyways, we’ll have about 25-30 ppl there if they all come and we’ll be doing it at the park. There will be anywhere from 2-8 kids under 7 there. We’re thinking grilling ribs or brisket or both, and chicken and some coctail size pigs in a blanket. Having chips/dip, potato salad, baked beans, fruit platter, and of course the shower cake. Then also having a cooler or 2 full of soda, water, and some juice.

Decorations pretty simple– table cloths maybe streamers and balloons. Figure it’s too many people to have games?

What else do you suggest

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I am in search of a Baby Bean Bag, I have looked high
and low on the internet , but
have had no luck. These baby bean bags were
manufactured in the 80′s and recalled in 1990 because
of the danger of infant suffocation. I am hoping
someone still hs one in storage. I am NOT looking for
the "C" shaped "Boppy" I have one of those and it
doesn’t work for my purpose. I can assure you, if
someone has one to donate, I will NOT be using it in a
way that could be harmful to a child (or animal)
They were called by several names, Baby Sak, Baby
Minder, Support Sack, Baby’s Cloud, Cozy Cushion and
some were manufactured by PInky Baby Products or Gold
Inc. Another company "The 4th little pig" may have
also manufactured these, and possibly others.
The best description I can give, because I have seen
one, is that it’s approx 24 inches long, about 12-14
inches wide and it may or may not have straps
attached. If anyone has any info or knows where I
can buy one please let me know.

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1.What is happening to the Brazilian rain forest throughout the film? Why is this being done?

2.Dr. Campbell insists that Dr. Crane wear a surgical mask when she is around the natives. Why?

3.What is Dr. Campbell analyzing?

4.What disease did the native woman have?

5.What happened when Dr. Campbell injected her with the substance he extracted from the bromeliad plants?

6.What are the guinea pigs infected with & why?

7.What happens to the guinea pig with lymphoma after being injected with the bromeliad extract?

8.What is Dr. Campbell looking for in the Brazilian tropical rain forest?

9.Name of the group of plants that seem to contain the chemical Dr. Campbell is looking for.

10.Why don’t the natives in the area get cancer?

11.Nine million aboriginal natives lived in South America & now there are about 1/4 million left. What happened to them?

12.What has happened to the level of the river & the amount of rain in the area in the movie? Why is this happening?

13.Only Dr. Campbell’s first bromeliad extract sample contains compound #37, the 8 other samples do not. How do the 2 scientists explain this?

14.What does Dr. Crane find & wash off of her bromeliad?

15.What is making the little native boy sick?

16.What does the native medicine man tell Dr. Campbell about the bromeliad plants & their medicine?

17.How will the building of the road affect Dr.Campbell’s research?

18.What does Dr.Campbell find in the sugar bowl?

19.What do Drs. Campbell & Crane now realize?

20.Why do the natives call Dr. Campbell "depsewa" or medicine man?

Whoever answers these +10 !!!

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I am in search of a Baby Bean Bag, I have looked high
and low on the internet , but
have had no luck. These baby bean bags were
manufactured in the 80′s and recalled in 1990 because
of the danger of infant suffocation. I am hoping
someone still hs one in storage. I am NOT looking for
the "C" shaped "Boppy" I have one of those and it
doesn’t work for my purpose. I can assure you, if
someone has one to donate, I will NOT be using it in a
way that could be harmful to a child (or animal)
They were called by several names, Baby Sak, Baby
Minder, Support Sack, Baby’s Cloud, Cozy Cushion and
some were manufactured by PInky Baby Products or Gold
Inc. Another company "The 4th little pig" may have
also manufactured these, and possibly others.
The best description I can give, because I have seen
one, is that it’s approx 24 inches long, about 12-14
inches wide and it may or may not have straps
attached. If anyone has any info or knows where I
can buy one please let me know.
Listen people as i stated in my question " I will NOT be using it in a
way that could be harmful to a child (or animal)" so there is no reason to be so rude I want it for something I am making not for use with a child or animal which is why they were recalled risks of suffication so if you dont have a serious answer dont even bother answering

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Despite the wo’s it may be going through, the answer is the United States, backed by a Trillion a year economy.

Which is why it can and will bounce back relatively easy when u take into account what happened (many banks failing, ect..), and compared to any other nation, which might have set itself back 20 yrs.

My liberal ‘friends’ whined like pigs when George Bush was in office and the defecit went from 1.3 trillion to almost 3 trillion. Still easily managed by above reasons.

Now Obama has Quadrupled that! In 6 Months!

I guess im a moderate now. I don’t agree with Democratic liberal policies of gov’t spending being the answer. Like i said, at least with conservatives in office (control of house) we were not spending WEALTH THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CREATED!!!!!!!

STOP PUTTING MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN IN DEBT YOU F**KING TARDS!

And PS, way to scare the people of NY to death AGAIN with ur little stunt of flying Air Force one around building for a pic with the statue of liberty, in a city that HAD FLIPPIN PLANES RUN INTO THIER BUILDINGS!! TARDS!! Those poor ppl were terrified and running for what they thought could be their lives! You don’t even inform the mayor!!!??? That hey, we’re gonna be essentially, and coincidentally, RE CREATING FLIPPIN 9/11 but don’t be alarmed, the Prez just wants some good shots of AF1. Oh and… it cost 0,000 of taxpayers money.
True "goneoff…"

But we also export ourselves. We basically feed the world with the land in US midwest. Just more income.
Good point bobby

However much easier to not "lend and borrow" when ur NOT taking care of the world. i.e. US gives out over 0 Billion of aid every year, globablly. That’s food, clothes, streets, water and water treatment plants, schools, medical needs-wheelchairs, hospitals, medecine..ect., Not to mention the security needed to make sure these supplies, and UN aidworkers, make it to the objective so mothers can feed their children.

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I am a size 8 right now, and I would ideally like to get down to a size four come July. I weigh about 165-170 and i would like to get down to 135-140. I’m 5’9", and I exercise 6 days out of the week for an hour to an hour and a half swimming. It’s pretty intense as it is a school sport, so I would say I’m about halfway to my peak physical condition. I eat fairly well, but when I do want to snack a little, I tend to indulge myself a little too much. Dinner is my weakness as I always tend to pig out a little more than I should. It’s a habit I’m trying to break; it’s a slow process.

Any suggestions to help a girl get to her goals?

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I’m curious to know what peoples To Do Lists are. From the makers of 43things.com I love making my own lists and reading others. I’m always so curious to see what others want to do, how they want to live their lives, how they DO live their lives, etc etc. In case you don’t know 43things.com is the world’s most popular online goal setting community. You list your goals, record your progress and cheer others on for their goals I ask this on here bc I would like to know of yours that you have right now or would like to have even if you have never heard of this site. Plus, Summer is coming, I want some new fresh ideas of things to do. hahahahha

Here are some of mine:

1. Run on the bike trail w/ the dog.
2. Walk a mile on the bike trail just bc.
3. garden w/ my mom.
4. Tan.
5. Go to the park alone w/ my son.
6. clean out the closet.
7. become compfy driving behind the wheel.
8. drive somewhere new & "far" like to Chicago.
9. Volunteer at the animal shelter.
10. walk the breast cancer awareness foundation.
11. attend the zombie march
12. get my son either a trampoline or a big a$$ toy car that he can drive
13. dont touch the 0 early advance money from the bank
14. stop living pay check to pay check
15. manage money better

16. Get back to my previous weight.
17. Go to 6 flags over the summer
18. jog half a mile non stop
19. Do someones nails (acrylic & design)
20. Keep the guinea pigs alive X_x
21. Go a week w/out buying anything (while having the money to buy it.)
22.Tame the guinea pigs
23. Play a sport
24. cook Peach cobbler
25. Make chilly
26. Make Hot dog goulash.
27. Go swimming w/ my son & hubby
28. do the very late valentines day plan for my husband (fyi: Our whole family was sick so non of us could do anything. Then we just got side tracked. I STILL plan on doing it tho! I don’t need valentines days to do something sweet. haha)
29. Get hubby a new phone WITH insurance!!
30. Save some money for something big! Like a new car.
31. Believe I can do whatever I want!
32. Believe I can do it!!
33. Have a picnic
34. Remember my middle school and high school years when I was active by (1) walking to my middle school and back. then (2) Walking to my high school and back.

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