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Monday, March 18, 2013

Our Yugi, An American guinea pig.

Yugi is our youngest cavy.  Eventhough her mom, Hugo , and her sister , Chloe, are Abussian guiea pig; Yugi is American guiea pig. Yugi has a round nose with prominent ears. Her coat is short, smooth and lies close to the body. Yugi is a very social cavy and she likes to have a companion. Thus, Yugi is very depend on her mother, Hugo. Yugi needs to be paid more attention than Hugo and Chloe. She must be handled, stroked, and talked to, every day. Because I get to know Yugi well enough, she feels very comfortable to run towards me, purr, or sqeauk when she sees or hears me.  Yugi loves to  fall asleep on my lap when I cuddle her. Yugi spents alot of time for sleeping, running and hiding around the house.





Sleeping

Unlike hamster, guinea pigs aren't nocturnal and don't sleep for long periods. They just take small naps during the day and night. They often don't close their eyes unless they are feeling very relaxed and even then its not very often, as guinea pigs like to be on the alert for dange. Many guinea pigs will just relax and rest their head on the goriund, others will be totally relaxed and spread out their hind legs.



Running Away and Hiding From Being Picked Up

Guinea pigs are timid by nature, in the wild they are prey animals and their only defence is to runaway and hide. Until your guinea pig gets to know you and your voice, its very normal for them to runaway.

Even when a guinea pig has been in your life for a while, their natual instinct to flee, remains with them. Natural defence mechanism which needs to be respected and dealt with patiently. If following Guinea Pig Manual instructions, it does not need to be interpreted as a rejection of its owner. In time, there is a high probability that all guinea pigs will come to accept being picked up for cuddles and play time out of the cage.
 


Begging for food

When hungry or anticipating a treat, your pet will start weeking, and as its confidence grows, it will often stand up on its hind legs (like a dog). Guinea pig becomes very excited, and focus its eager eyes in the direction of the owner hoping that the owner notices his pet and its needs.


“Popcorning”

Guinea pig behaviour which exhibits hopping up in the air, running around, quickly turning in another direction and repeating the jump. This can be done repeatedly. Can be observed especially in young guinea pigs when they exhibit happiness, excitement or playfulness. Older cavies do not usually jump as high as the young ones (they are heavier), but also tend to popcorn.

Running laps

Running laps around the cage is a normal behavior for a guinea pig. It does not use exercise wheels, so it have to burn off its energy in other ways.

http://www.guineapigmanual.com/guinea-pig-behaviour/

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Here is our dominated Chloe,



Chloe is an Abyssinian guinea pig. She has a very strong charaacter. She love to cuttle with her owner. It is not easy to make her frightened. If she hear a wear noise, she will discover "what is that noise ?" Yet, Chloe is a fearless, dominated, and curious guinea pig. Also she is a very sweet pet. Will close her eyes and make purrze sound when she get petting.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Hugo's pictures



Hugo ( She is a sweet mom of two cuties guinea pigs : Chloe & Yugy)

March 2011,
    I adopted Hugo from a pet store in Eugene, Oregon. She looked a little bit choppy when i got her. Hugo is a very sweet guinea pig. She has a character like a puppy more than a guinea pig. Hugo loves to cudle with us, she will lie next to me and watch movie for many hours (like a puppy). Hugo gained weight very quickly in the first couples months, we were worried about her. Suprising, Hugo gave birth 03 healthy babies : Hermes (a boy), Chloe (a girl), and Yugi (a girl). Yet, Hugo is pregnant before we got her, but we did not realize that. NOW, Hugo lives happyly with her 02 girls.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Who are we ?

Happy Cavy is a guinea pig blog written from the perspective of three guinea pigs: Hugo, Chloé and Yugi. We review guinea pig daily diets, products, bedding, cages, exercises and more to provide guinea pig owners with all they need to know about guinea pigs!