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CavyHouse
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Post   » Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:47 am


One of the volunteers with one of the southern California rescues told me that as the female cuy were getting older, that they got harder and harder to bond. I've been having the same difficulties. It was real easy when they were younger.

But I just got the sweetest male cuy in named Maxwell (supposed to be 2 years old) and he was so easy to bond with an adult non-cuy male named Wayne. The non-cuy recently had both eyes removed due to glaucoma and Maxwell continues to be a very gentle buddy to Wayne. We've had way more female cuy than male cuy here so I don't know as much about the male cuy.

That's too bad that your Petco is selling cuy. I bet that they don't even know what they have. You might want to give them a heads up about what to expect. The baby cuy are so cute.

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WindeSpirit
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Post   » Wed May 13, 2015 3:31 am


CavyHouse, do you know or can you find out to whom the older female cuys were trying to be paired with? Such as babies (under 6mon) guinea pig or cuy, male/female or female/female.
I would appreciate it very much.

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pigwidgeon

Post   » Mon May 18, 2015 9:45 am


I was at the Ewa Beach Petco today (I'm in Hawaii) and they had a cuy there. It was my first time seeing a cuy in real life but I'm pretty sure it was one. This was a gigantor guinea pig, red and white with short hair, but she was so cute. The employee told me someone bought her and returned her. I know I shouldn't buy from pet stores, but I was so tempted to take her home, and probably would have if I weren't out of a job and possibly moving off the island soon. I was so sad to leave her behind.

I was wondering if I should call the store and let them know anything about cuy? I explained a bit to the employee but she said the higher-ups never tell them anything and she had no idea what a cuy was till I told her. I just hope this pig finds a good home and gets proper care. 😞

lunarminx

Post   » Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:05 am


I read this whole section last night as I couldn't fall asleep, I came because I saw my neighbors piggies for the first time up close. They are huge, sometime next week, I am going to weigh them and get photos of the two big boys. One is all orange and is white and orange. My biggest male that died of bladder stones was 3 1/2 pounds, he was small compared to these guys. We live in Maryland. I will find out where they got them and when too.

JX4

Post   » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:20 pm


How do you tell if you suspect a pig is only partly a cuy?

Snuggles (the mom of three babies bred with her supposed brother) is orange/white with a slightly bigger nose than the others and her ears flop more. She is heavier than the others but not by a lot.

She is laid back, but snuggles on me after I catch her.

None of our piggies like to be caught, though, except for Panda, who definitely has a smaller, pointier nose than the others. The others will run like crazy and try to squirm out of our hands, but once in our laps will settle and even purr.

buriedinspace

Post   » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:05 am


Name: Søren (didn't have a name when rescued)

Adopted: August 2014

From where: Petco in San Luis Obispo, CA (I asked if they had any piggies up for adoption. They said yes, "in the back." I asked if I could go see, but they wouldn't let me back to where they were keeping the "adoptable" pigs that someone had dropped on their doorstep. They brought out a pig and I fell in love and adopted him [for free]. He was very skittish and difficult to handle at first, but over time and with the help of a cagemate, he became much more sociable and relaxed. He was probably 2 years old, but they didn't know.)

Weight: 4.7 lbs

Color: Orange and White

Abnormal: The only things abnormal about him besides his size were his boy parts. His testicles were very large.

Temperament: When I first got him, he was very skittish and terrified of everything. After getting him another boy to share the cage with, he started to get more comfortable, and would give my finger loving kisses and nibbles. This took about 5 or 6 months, but eventually he became less afraid and more trusting, but even after a year of spoiling him, he was still twitchy and any noise besides that from me talking to him would scare him into the pigloo.

Health Issues: When he popcorned, he would sometimes wind up on his back for a few seconds, still shaking. I wasn't sure if they were seizures or a result of him being too muscular for his own good. He may have had diabetes toward the end.

He passed a few weeks ago, I think at about age 3. I came home from work to find him "heaving"...It looked like he was trying to vomit but of course piggies can't do that. I observed him for a few hours and he became lethargic and stopped eating/drinking. I took him to the vet and they weren't sure what the problem was without doing dangerous, expensive tests... He was in a very fragile state and they gave me pain meds, antibiotics and food with which to hand feed him every hour. I did my very best with this and he seemed to be accepting of the food at first, but by 10pm he stopped swallowing anything and stopped moving. When I came in at 11, he had passed. The vet said he thinks it may have been a dental issue like an infection, due to his foul smelling breath. He also said that cuy have shorter lifespans due to their original breeding as livestock, not pets.

I think he might have been part or full cuy. I'll attach photos. I miss my big baby :(

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if the above link doesn't work, here are some obnoxiously large images of him:








I like this one because it contrasts the head and eye shape of the cuy on the left and the "normal" piggie on the right (Søren and Gunther)

[Only use links for big pictures!!!!- Lynx]

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Lynx
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Post   » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:15 am


Do not use image tags on such big pictures!!!

I stripped them out. ONLY use LINKS.

akuyek

Post   » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:44 pm


hi buriedinspace,

I feel your pain ...... for our family lost our baby of 3 years, Baldwin, a cross-cuy piggy on Jul 12, 2015 - less than half an hour after the vet gave him anti-biotic and anti-pain.

Although skittish, this piggy loves to be petted, he will even close his eyes and settled down before our hand even reach his head. Strange for a piggy (and we had had 11 of them over 12 years of cavy-caring).

I don't know what they cross him with, this one is extremely smart, he will respond to oral command, doing circles, 'shake-paws' with us and jumped hoops. His front paw is flexible (like a squirrel) and often like to grab our fingers, although he got big poo, he is always clean and smells like a plastic toy. We always wondered whether he is a real animal or a fake one. He loves just to stand and adoring stare at us. My daughter always wanted to 'eat' him and wondered whether it was because he was felt so meaty or so cute.

The KingEd petstore said he was a 'test' breed when we got him. Only after he passed away, from research I stumbled into this thread and understood Baldwin is a cuy-cross. Comforting to know that it probably was not what we did or we did not do, these adorable beings do have a shorter life span. We all missed him so much ......


ps, I will post a picture of Baldwin once I know how to make them small.

Piggiemama

Post   » Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:40 pm


My neighbor has a Cuy but I don't think he's aware of that fact. He just thinks it's a big guinea pig. The Cuy is about 2 years old now, was bought at the local Petco (So. Cal.), is carmel colored, was the size of a full grown guinea pig at 8 weeks, is a male. He's very even tempered, is about 7 pounds now (but is overfed), and does not have any extra toes. He's doesn't seem to have any health problems to date.

He also gets all my extra KMS hay which is very nice since it's a quick and good way to get rid of the old batch when the new KMS goes on sale.

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PiggieMom56

Post   » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:01 pm


Did anyone hear about Bea the Cuy?

http://i.imgur.com/bQeX8by.png?1

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mmeadow
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Post   » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:59 am


Only 1 1/2 years old...sad.

Maemuffin

Post   » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:32 pm


Honey
7/3/2014
Hannah the Pet Society, she was found as a breeder pig and was saved from living to make babies.
4.9 pounds
Orange and White
None
Timid, Shy
None so far but she's only a year old.

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