Writing about a sick guinea pig isn't fun.  I am sure it's not uplifting reading, either, but I hope this is informative. A some...

It was three years ago tonight that I picked up a frightened Bertie and curious Pinniped from the Dedham shelter to bring home and be friend...

Bertie wonders where the corn husk went Have you heard about a website called Dogshaming ?  I discovered it through the Guinea Lynx foru...

Today's topic:  Bickering.  This, honestly, is a variation or escalation of Biting to include chasing, screaming and the occasional rum...

Bertie applies herself while Pinni acts innocent As the loss of Willow starts to fade, Bertie has been stepping up to the plate to be ...

I had never heard of threatening a bad guinea pig with being put into a stew pot until I joined the Guinea Lynx forums several years ago. ...

I adopted Willow and Pippin (then named Alberta and Sheba) in 2005.  They were supposed to be friends for Vicky , but that didn't work o...

I picked Willow up on Saturday morning to weigh and medicate her and immediately knew things weren't right.  She had a sudden jump in we...

The stone has returned. Willow took a sudden nose-dive on Saturday.  She spent the day begging for food and attention and would devour wha...

If you have ever watched guinea pigs eat, you know that the best tasting food is that which is being consumed by another guinea pig.  We h...

Like many misinformed guinea pig owners, I let my first pair of guinea pigs live in an aquarium.  I was told that drafts were bad for guinea...

...not even the bad squirrels in the attic. The stockings were hung on the cage grids with care... in hopes that they were good pigs and ...

The twin girls that live next door recently discovered that we have three guinea pigs.  A week or two after this discovery I answered the do...

I had separated Willow from the Newbies for a number of reasons.  One major issue was that Pinni was guarding and eating all of the hay and ...

Please, sir, I want some more. The problem with a long weekend is that the girls get notions.  On a normal week day, they get fed at ve...

My Black Friday consists of staying far away from any stores.  One year I went to Natick Mall and although I had fun (and a good deal) I vo...

We seem to be in-between pig dramas at the moment.  It gave me a chance to write about the goofier side of guinea pigs (see Pigs Lie ) and ...

Let's face it:  guinea pigs are goofy.  It's one of the things I love about them.  You never quite know what's going through tha...

This is the sequel to Discovering Adoption: Athena and Victoria . I have yet to have a pair of guinea pigs with such a strong bond as Vick...

One decent group shot If I didn't know better, I'd swear my trio of guinea pigs had gotten into the Halloween candy yesterday.  T...