My Pets: Gerty
Gerty is on the right and her sister Aurea is on the left
Name: Gerty
Animal: Guinea Pig
Colour: Mixture of black, light brown and white.
Size: Medium to large size for a guinea pig
Breed: Unknown
Gender: Female
Birthday: 26th July 2009
Gerty has medium-long hair, yet is smooth coated. She is quite shy and has a very loud squeak! She lives with her sister Aurea in a hutch in the shed that is also home to 5 other guinea pigs and a rabbit.
Gerty gets on very well with all my other guinea pigs and enjoys the floor time in the shed, where there are several things for the guinea pigs to explore and play with.
Her favourite foods are carrots and grass.
April 13, 2010
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Maddia (Admin) В· 
4 Comments
Tags: Animals, My Guinea Pigs, Pets В· Posted in: My Guinea Pigs, My Pet Updates
4 Responses
How cute!
I have 4 guniea pigs. We have gone threw about 20 in the past 19 years. The best thing to do for a guniea pig is let the run in the grass. They absolutely love it!!! You can set them in the back yard and let them run. They get to eat all the grass they want (wich is verry good for them. They need it to clean there bodies), run and strech there legs,they get fresh air, and it’s clean.If you can’t let them free you can take the top of there cage and set it in the grass and put them in there. Just make sure they have shade, they can die of heat stroke if you leave them in the dead sun.Pet balls arn’t so grate for a piggy, the arnt as active as a hamster and is gross when they pee and poop in it and it’s all over the house and they don’t get to eat grass so theres no special treat involved. There just trapped in plastic.Hope I could help you out ^__^
Thanks for your comment, just thought I’d point out that the plastic ball my pigs have is NOT for them to go inside. It has a small bell inside it and releases treats when it is rolled along.
I agree entirely that guinea pigs should never be put inside a plastic ball.
From my personal expneierce, guinea pigs don’t like the balls. But your guinea pig is probably different so it might. When my guinea pig was a baby all it wanted to do was run around the room and be played with. it was never really interested in toys.