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Knoxville Trip |
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Janet has four guinea pigs of her own, Ashley, Cutie, Esther, and Teddy, as shown here in the picture. On the day I visited, I think Janet also had 12 foster guinea pigs. Janet had offered to pet-sit Jake and Anastasia while I went visit Dudley, so I left them there while I was away for an hour. |
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Janet said Jake didn�t try to mark when he was inside of their house, and they took the dogs out for a walk, and Jake was pretty good walking with the special harness. Janet kept Anastasia in her bedroom. Janet said of Jake and Anastasia, �We loved having your babies here and really enjoyed them. Jake is a very special boy. So sweet and well behaved!� After I got back to Janet�s house, I asked her if I could visit with her guinea pigs some more. I really wanted to see if I would like to have them as pets when I�m ready to adopt more animals. Inside the cage in the picture are Brownie, UTVolunteer, and Turtle. Jake was excited to see the guinea pigs, he even put his front paws on the cage once, but overall he was very well behaved, considering he loves to chase squirrels when we take our walks. |
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Here are Woody and Buzz. Janet said Annie isn�t interested in the guinea pigs at all, and Gracie is pretty good with them too, but probably sees them as squeaky toys, so they would never leave the guinea pigs out with Gracie without supervision. |
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One of the most important things about caring for a guinea pig is to have adequate cage space. Most cages sold at pet stores are too small! To see recommended cage dimensions and cage building guides, please go to www.cavycages.com Unfortunately some of the foster guinea pigs have to live in small cages, but it�s only temporary. For long term, the owners should buy the largest cage they could find (at least 30 by 50 inches for two guinea pigs, height doesn�t matter as much, because guinea pigs aren�t very good climbers), or build one themselves. It�s a lot cheaper and very easy to build one, if you just follow the directions on www.cavycages.com |
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Guinea pigs need some fresh veggies and fruits each day. Janet brought out a bag of spinach and baby carrots. When the piggies heard the plastic bag sound, they all started squealing. Their squeaking noise is one of the most interesting sound I�ve ever heard, especially when all 16 piggies were making the sound. Jake got very excited when he heard the noise of course. |
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Jake chewing on one of Gracie�s tennis balls. Janet said Jake tried to play with Gracie, but Gracie didn�t want to play and was perplexed as to why Jake was nipping her heels. |
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I asked Janet if I could pet one of her guinea pigs, and we choose the most docile one, Brownie. Oh how I miss Brownie! He�s such as sweet boy. Janet said Brownie isn�t the best looking guinea pig (brown with white strip isn�t one of the popular colors), so he wasn�t adopted yet even though he has great personality. I told Janet that actually I think Brownie looks very handsome, his color is like a liver and white Springer. We also let Brownie run around in the ex-pen. Janet had to hold Jake while I was holding Brownie, because the dog was so excited to see the squeaky toy out of the cage. But overall he behaved very well, he and Janet sat about 3 feet away from Brownie and I, and we told him to Sit and Stay and Janet held on to his harness and collar, so he wasn�t uncontrollable. But Janet said Jake would�ve been a very good guinea pig hunting dog (I told her that Jake�s first owner tried to train him to hunt). |
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Near the end of the visit, Janet brought Anastasia out from her bedroom. Then we drove to see Janet J. Here�s a picture contributed by Janet, of me with Jake, and Janet�s Bonnie and Boo. Before we went inside the house, I asked Janet to borrow a belly band for Jake. I didn�t want him to mark her house again like last time. |
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