mypetz (yours too)

Time????????

2010-05-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

When I publish this post it's about 2:30pm, but on the thing it says it's published at 11:30am. Does anyone now why? Please leave comments about this.

Outside Time

2010-05-11T18:37:00.000-07:00

My guinea pigs LOVE going outside to chew the grass. They don't really move anywhere and they'll be fine without some sort of cover, but I hide them under a sled because I don't want a bird to get them. The only downside is sometimes when I go to bring them back in they run into a my front lawn bush. You're probably thinking that's cute but they're really hard to get out=D. Twinkie is like super ninja camouflage and blends in with the bush. But, anyway if you have guinea pigs I suggest taking them outside, but look out for pesticide warnings. Also, don't take them to a public park where lots of dogs go to you-know-what on the grass they eat=O. And, peg little guinea pig braces would be cute, but not for my guinea pigs=). With the bucktooth blog I think they actually do have buckTEETH because I saw a little line between the buckTOOTH so sorry. Please comment and ask questions so I can make my blog better

Buckteeth Or Bucktooth

2010-04-29T17:56:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm really sorry about not writing FOREVR and I probably owe you guys about a bagillion dollars but I'm writing a new post so hope you enjoy. I've figured out that guinea pigs who are so famous for their buckteeth actually only have one bucktooth (on the top of their mouth)! I really hope that's not just with my guinea pigs because something went wrong at birth or something like that but I'm pretty sure every guinea pig has one bucktooth. So that's all and I hope I write more blogs but you can help by leaving me comments and questions so I have something to write about.

5 Dollars

2010-02-25T18:08:00.000-08:00

Okay I wasn't serious about the 5 dollar thing (PEG!!) I was crossing my fingers. If you don't believe me I'll just give the job of mailing the money to you to my guinea pigs so don't count on getting some money any time soon. See guinea pigs are so helpful that's why you should get some=) Anyway I guess I should stop making jokes on my blogs (PEG!!!!) so if my blog is all boring now we can all blame you know who PEG!!! So know my blog will be boringest thing on the world thanks to I HEART KC no I'm kidding I Heart KC is nice it's all, you know I'm not going to say her name anymore because I'm tired of changing sizes. Please comment and ask questions so I can improve my writing skillzz.

PEG!!!!! =)

Me And My Guinea Pigs Are Sorry=(

2010-02-23T15:58:00.000-08:00

I'm very sorry to all my readers who haven't seen a new post in a long time. I hope your still checking my blog to see if there's new posts because if you aren't this apology letter won't work. Anyway I'm sorry that I haven't bin writing as much as I should and I will and if I don't write a post every two days (at least) then I owe you 5 dollars ( I know you're thinking $$ but I'm crossing my fingers, but you can still say I owe you 5 bucks) So, I hope you except my apology for getting out of the habit of writing in my blog. Also I Heart KC I don't bring them in the snow because they're used to warm temperatures so I don't think it would be good for them. You can try the mittens and hats though. Please comment and ask questions so I can make my blog better.

First Word

2010-02-01T13:57:00.000-08:00

Thank you for some ideas to break my WRITER'S BLOCK!!!!!!! so now I have new things to write. Somebody asked what my guinea pigs first word would be if they can talk. I think they would say, (I don't know yet, I haven't learned to read their minds yet) when do we eat or get me out of this stinkin cage=). Or it might be "Hi my name is ...........(insert name) please stop calling me Slinky (or Twinkie) it's quite annoying. It could really be anything it's hard to tell. And as usual please comment and ask questions so I can make my blog better. Also thank you I Heart KC for your wonderful idea.

Nails

2010-01-27T16:28:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted for a long time. I've kind of bin busy with all my homework and playing football and trying to cram in all that plus playing as much video games as I can before I have to go to bed. So I guess you can call that busy. Anyway, guinea pigs nails are very important. If you don't use orange nail polish on them they can get very unhealthy. I'm kidding lol but their nails are important. If they get too long they can hurt them. You can go to the vet to cut but if you want to save some money you can do it yourself. You can use regular nail cutters (small ones) or special ones for guinea pigs. What I'd do first is give them some kind of veggie so they can be distracted while you cut their nails. If you cut to much off it can hurt only cut of the clear part and not too much of that either. Also cut a lot less then you think you need to.

debrakin Response

2010-01-22T20:15:00.000-08:00

Hello debrakin. I could not tell you were a English teacher but that's pretty cool. I do draw but I'm not good at realistic drawings I draw more in a cartoonish way. And guinea pigs are very friendly and they won't bite you if you touch them. =) See ya, James

First Day

2010-01-22T20:03:00.000-08:00

The first day you get your guinea pigs is not too much fun. First of all your guinea pigs stand stock still for the whole day. You get really worried about them. And...you get more worried about them. On the first day you shouldn't take them out because they need to get used to their cage first. As I said before you'll probably start worrying about them. Their OKAY they're just scared from getting moved to a different place. I remember the first night I got them I stayed up almost the whole night watching them. I hope you don't follow in my footsteps. Anyway remember to feed them and on the second day you should take them out for some exercise. Remember to always comment and ask questions so I can make my blog better. And to Peg my guinea pigs names are Twinkie and Slinky you can go to my first post called "My Guinea Pigs" to find out more information.

Writer's Block!! :(

2010-01-19T13:56:00.000-08:00

I don't know it's good to tell you peoples, but we can't keep too many secrets (accept the secret language) so I'll tell you. I'm at a WRITER'S BLOCK!!!!!!! If you don't know what a WRITER'S BLOCK!!!!!!! is well I can't tell you it's a secret. I'm kidding, it's when moi (me in French) has nothing to write about and you (I don't know how to say you in French) stop reading my blog then moi gets sad. So please please PLEASE (I like messing with the sizes) comment and ask questions so I can get more ideas on what to write. Thank you very much. Peace out James.

Hiding

2010-01-14T15:47:00.000-08:00

A fun little thing to do is hide veggies in your guinea pig's cage. You can hide them in cardboard tubes (toilet or paper towel rolls) or on top of their igloo or just anywhere around their cage. I just started doing this with my guinea pigs and they haven't found one of them yet lol, but I'm going to keep trying. Have fun with doing this and please blah blah blah you know what I'm going to say ( if your a first time reader I'd say please comment and ask questions) but please do comment and ask questions it's very important to me. Bye James

Secret Language Part 2

2010-01-12T15:04:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to tell you my secret language, but certain sounds that guinea pigs make actually mean things. I don't know how to but sound recordings of my guinea pigs and I don't have a recorder to record them but I can give you a link. Type in jackiesguineapiggies.com and then scroll down a bit and click guinea pig care. Then scroll down a bit again and click guinea pig sounds it has a guinea pig playing a bass. The author has wonderful information on other things to and I suggest you read them. Please comment and ask question on how I can make my blog better.

Secret Language

2010-01-09T19:11:00.001-08:00

Some of you asked me what my secret language is with my guinea pigs. Sadly I can't tell you because then it wouldn't be a secret would it? I'm kidding. It's not a language we made up together, they just start squeaking and then I interpret. Sometimes they tell me about going to school (even though I haven't taken them to school --I don't know where they get it from.) Sometimes they get a little confused and they say the same thing over and over again. They say the same thing over and over again. They say the same thing over and over again. They say the same thing over and over again. They say the same thing over and over again. Of course that never happens to me but they're a little confused sometimes=) And the trick is to just shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell anybody, is to kfnbva[OKNBGKOADFFNGOI AHHHHH THE KEYBOARD WON'T LET ME TELL YOU!!!!!!!!! Please comment and ask question on how to make my blog better.

"Invisible" Mode

2010-01-08T16:27:00.000-08:00

"Invisible" mode is when my guinea pigs will stand like totally still because then in their brains there like oh he can't see me now I'm safe. They do this when I take them out to play. I think they're just getting used to their surroundings because after about 7-10 minutes they start moving around, telling me stories ( I understand their secret language) and so on and so forth. Just wait and don't move too much because that will scare them some more. Hopefully my guinea pigs will soon trust me super-well and they won't even have to go "invisible" but until then bye. Please comment and ask questions so I can make my blog better (and I can brag to my friends that I have so many comments) joking but please do comment. See ya James

Furniture

2010-01-03T16:58:00.000-08:00

Guinea pigs like their cage because there's hiding spots, food, and water. It's like their house, they like it. But, they looooooooooooooove it when you move around furniture (as I like to call it) so they can explore something new. Every few days I change a piece of furniture around in their cage. When I clean out the cage I redecorate their cage and they start exploring it for like 30 minutes. So just try every few days to move a piece of furniture (like old shirts, igloos, etc.) around a bit to make their life better. And take them out EVERY day. Please comment and ask questions to make my blog better.

A few different ways to pick up guinea pigs.

Picking Up Your Guinea Pigs.

2010-01-02T13:39:00.000-08:00

Picking them up is very important as you can hurt them if you pick them up wrong. To pick them up you use one hand to go under their belly and the other hand supports their butt. Don't squeeze to tight because they have fragile bones and you can break them. This sounds complicated (or at least it does to me) but once you actually pick one up it's pretty easy. When your letting them back into your cage you have to hold them a little tighter because they start squirming around to get back into their cage. I'll upload some pictures later on how I pick my piggies up. Please coment and ask questions so I can make my blog better

New Year

2009-12-31T22:26:00.000-08:00

HELLO 2010!!!!!!I hope to make great progress with this blog and will continue at my best ability to inform you about guinea pigs. I hope all of you have a great 2010 and be great to your pets (if you have one) if not just have a very happy New Year. Thank you so much for reading my blog and I hope you enjoy it for all of 2010! And special thanks to all my 33 folowers I'm so dang proud of. Sincerly, James

KC Cleaning Services Response

2009-12-31T15:04:00.001-08:00

It's good that you asked this becasue if it's to hot or cold in their environment they could die. The tempature I keep my guinea pigs in is 70-76 so the same tepature that a lot of people like. In the summer make sure to give them lots of cool water and cucumbers (they have lots of water) to your guinea pigs to cool them down.

Also, this is totally off topic but parsley is good to give the as it's high in vitamain C. Give them some twice or three times a week.

This is Twinkie (above) and Slinky (below) and they both seem to have a bad itch=)

Back-up

2009-12-30T20:19:00.000-08:00

First of all I my name is James and I'm telling you my name because it's kind of wierd for you guys and girls to be calling me lightbulb, but you can call me either.
I hope all of you take really good care of your guinea pigs and watch them a lot but sometimes life makes unexpected changes and you can't get back to your guinea pigs for dinner or even a few days! This is why you need back-up people to take care of them. You need to tell them what food to feed them and how much hay to give them and when to take them out and all those types of things so they can take good care of your guinea pigs. It would be even better to have two or three back-up people just in case one of them isn't available. If it's ok with your back-up people to have a cage in their house that would be even bettter so they could watch them constanly. Please comment and ask questions on how I can make my blog better

Some of you were asking for other websites and stuff so another very good website about guinea pigs is guinealynx.com

Getting A Boy(s) Or girl(s)

2009-12-28T14:17:00.000-08:00

First of all I'd just like to say thank you soooooooo much for reading my blog. I never though I'd get so many followers.

Here's a few answers to some of your questions. My guinea pigs are both girls. Also, I'm glad you liked the pictures I posted and I will post A LOT more. I loved all your stories you gave me in the comments and please comment more.

If your picking out guinea pigs and your wondering if it makes a difference to get boy(s) girl(s) or both well I'm here to tell you. If your getting a boy and a girl and you don't want babies get them spayed and neutered. If you want boys that's fine but somtimes they'll fight over teritory and /or not have a good time with each other. So get an extra large cage for them. If you want girls they'll sometimes do the same thing. It really depends on their personalities. My guinea pigs don't fight because they're little angels=). If they do get in fights throw a towel over one and pick that one up. Now don't get girls because I said that boys will fight. Girls do it too!! It really matters on their personalities. Please comment and ask questions in the comments section

Slinky(up) Twinkie(down)

Here's some more pictures (they seem very interested in the camera)

Lap Time

2009-12-17T18:19:00.000-08:00

A good way for your guinea pigs to get used to you is if you have them in your lap. Some guinea pigs don't mind pooping or peeing on you so I used a newspaper or towel when I first got them beacuse I didn't know. Some guinea pigs don't like pooping or peeing on you and will squirm to go in their cage. My guinea pigs pee and poo on me a lot when they're scared, but now they don't do it for a long time but if they really have to they will. They like certain places on your lap like my guinea pigs like on my shoulder like a carrying baby or in the crook of my arm so they can hide a little. To carry them out of their cage you put one hand under their stomach and one under their hind legs. For a while they will squeek and try to get away from you but I repeat they like you they just are pretty jumpy creatures. Please ask questions and comment on how I can make my blogs better.

Free Time for Your Guinea Pigs

2009-12-14T17:15:00.000-08:00

I suggest you get a big cage for your guinea pigs. Really big. They need room to run around, but however big your cage is, it's still a cage. You need to take them out EVERYDAY to give them exercise. Find a space where there isn't much for them to chew on because they are very inquisitive creatures. My guinea pigs are big scaredy-cats (no offense Slinky and Twinkie) and they like hiding. So I got old shirts for them to hide in until they decided to be explorers. I gave them a hallway to look around in. They still haven't gone down the whole hallway but they're close.

Big movements and sounds will scare them so if you have to move, move slowly. You have to watch them carefully so they don't go sticking their nose in a electrical outlet or something. Your guinea pigs will be scared of you when you pick them up to take them to let them run around. Don't think they don't like you though, they just are jumpy little creatures and they take time to get used to you. Please comment on how I can make my blogs better.

Guinea Pig Food List

2009-12-13T15:29:00.000-08:00

First of all I forgot to say in my last blog to please include your own pet stories in the comments section. If you have any questions about guinea pigs or dogs I can try to answer them in my next post. Ok if you just got guinea pigs and you're wondering what to feed them here it is. They need lots of vitamin C to survive because they don't produce their own. Pellets will give them some vitamin C but I suggest you give them lots of fresh vegtables and fruit to survive. Be careful with giving them too much fruit because it has lots of natural sugar in it and that can be bad for the guinea pigs.

Here's a list of what I feed my guinea pigs.

Lettuce:My guinea pigs LOVE lettuce.I would give them mostly romane lettuce.I give them some pretty much every day but sometimes I don't. DO NOT give them iceberg lettuce as it can cause them to have an upset tummy or diarrhea.
Red or Green Bell Peppers Seedless: I haven't tried orange bell peppers so you should ask your vet about that or something. It has very high vitamin C so it's great for them. My guinea pigs chow down on it. I give it to the every day.
Fresh Grass: I've heard that fresh grass is very good for them but I haven't tried yet because it's winter over here. Make sure there's no pesticides on it or dog pee.
Cucumber: They LOVE cucumber becuase it has lots of water in it so it makes them very happy. I give it to the every other day.
Tomato: If you're using a slice from a large tomato take out the seeds. Or use baby tomatos remove green tops because they're poisonous.
Carrot: Every other day.
Brocolli: twice weekly.
Seedless grapes, apple slices, pear slices twice a week only one though not all of them.

Give them loads of hay so they can gnaw their teeth down because their teeth are constantly growing. Put their pellets in a heavy bowl so they can't knock it over. And, give them fresh water everyday, replace it everyday too. Put it in a bowl or a water bottle (for guinea pigs). I give them a two fresh veggies in the morning and two at night.

Please comment on how I can make my blog better.

My Guinea Pigs

2009-12-12T17:03:00.000-08:00

This is Slinky and my dad's sock (above) and Twinkie (below)

I just got my two guinea pigs last saturday.They're really fun to have.If you don't have a pet and your mom or dad won't let you get a dog,cat,whatever then try getting guinea pigs.My guinea pigs are still getting used to me so whenever I try to pick them up they run around like crazy trying to get away from me.Soon they'll probably get used to me.Once they're in my lap they calm down.They're VERY talkitive creatures. They have all sorts of squeaks and chirps and whistles.One of them I named Slinky. She's called Slinky because she can stretch herself out super long and then squeze really really tiny. My other guinea pig is named Twinkie. She's named Twinkie because she's black,white, and carmel kind of like a twinkie.If you're having trouble thinking of names just observe what their personalities are like and you'll come up with a name sooner or later.