Might I recommend creating a corner house with two entrances/exits on each side instead of just one entrance/exit in the middle? That way piggies don't corner each other.

Thank you so much for this video. We are getting ready to start looking for some pigs. My childhood piggy was the joy of our family for about 8 years. We have great specialty vets at our hospital and our house is animal centered. Any chance you can do a video on traveling/flying with a pig? We might just need to come to L.A. soon! ;)

Saskia,*IMPORTANT The gel pain relief pen your using is only hemp SEED oil! It's NOT the same as CBD oil!! It's nothing more than an oil like coconut or Olive oil! I've done extensive research on this because we have a cat who suffers from Feline Hyperesthesia and I had to have something that worked. I've tried 3 different brands of hemp seeds oil and couldn't understand why it wasn't working. Of course at first I blamed the brand and would switch. THEN through rescues I found that it's not the same as CBD That it does nothing basically. IDK if you've ever smoked marijuana but it's the difference in smoking seeds or the potent buds of the plant. The seeds won't get you high at all and only give you a headache. CBD is made from the buds and leaves of the plant and acts the same. It may seem it's calming your piggies down but PLEASE don't use it for pain relief 🥺 They will still be in pain other than just a tad sleepy!! I learned the hard way and don't want your piggies to needlessly suffer!! I recommend CBDMD.COM Best value! They only make it for people, cats, dogs and horses but they all have the SAME ingredients. I use the canine for my cat because they only carry up to 300mg for kitties and 750mg for pups. I need higher potency for what I use it for. FHS is a numerological disorder similar to seizure disorders. I'm going to copy and paste this into an email attachment as well for I want you to see this! Thank you for the work you do for the innocent baby piggies 💖 Many blessings!!

Wow you have 44k now! I was here since 2k!

@@lisamaynard9304 Wow, you really did some research for the good of your kitty and other animal friends! Thank you for that. 💖

Thank you Scotty!

One of my girls has skinny genes in her. The lady I got her from tried to breed a skinny with an American so she had piggies in her exotic pet store. She was really more of a rescue than a "store". But, Maggie was one of the babies, she told me if I ever bred her to not be surprised if some of the babies came out skinny. I had no desire to bred her tho. Apparently she was getting a lot of requests for skinnies, that was 4 years ago, which was why she even attempted it. I would rather buy from a small pet store where the owner loves and cares for her animals than a big box store.

@Sakura Piggy Awww, poor babies :,( Pet stores don't care about the poor animals that they sell. I wish that they could change the way they treat the animals or stop selling them or get sue. It's sad to see those poor piggies struggling on those pet stores without the care that you know that they need

@caliandthepack feed that ugly thing to snakes

Ohh I thought it was because without the fur they appear smaller or skinnier

@@BobSheepbob yeah, I think that's what comes to most people's mind, but it prefers to them being skinned and not furred. But they do look a little skinnier than the average pig but that's just an illusion because they don't have the fluffy fur

mszoomy yeah, that’s really interesting

I laughed about the same thing...looked like she was buttering a chicken ^_^

@caliandthepack cuz he just TURNT UP one day 😁 what a cute name

All guinea pigs and rats make amazing pets... are the health issues really worth propagating for whatever benefits you see over normal pets? I'd argue not. Your deliberately breeding animals that suffer needlessly for no real reason other than your own ego

At least they have a good, loving owner now, hope they're happy.

I wear them all the time!! Thank you

@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue did you get the peaflakes at christmas?

i wanted to cry! you are so right! cuteness overload! i never thought they were cute...but Percy sold me!

i do it that way. dont want to risk something. i also have small fleecepipipads as next layer on the heatingpads, which are easy to change. twice a day, because my piggies prefer to pee in the houses.

Hey Scotty, I sent this to Saskia but in case she doesn't have time to read comments, I'm copy pasting it to you as well... Saskia,*IMPORTANT The gel pain relief pen your using is only hemp SEED oil! It's NOT the same as CBD oil!! It's nothing more than an oil like coconut or Olive oil! I've done extensive research on this because we have a cat who suffers from Feline Hyperesthesia and I had to have something that worked. I've tried 3 different brands of hemp seeds oil and couldn't understand why it wasn't working. Of course at first I blamed the brand and would switch. THEN through rescues I found that it's not the same as CBD That it does nothing basically. IDK if you've ever smoked marijuana but it's the difference in smoking seeds or the potent buds of the plant. The seeds won't get you high at all and only give you a headache. CBD is made from the buds and leaves of the plant and acts the same. It may seem it's calming your piggies down but PLEASE don't use it for pain relief 🥺 They will still be in pain other than just a tad sleepy!! I learned the hard way and don't want your piggies to needlessly suffer!! I recommend CBDMD.COM Best value! They only make it for people, cats, dogs and horses but they all have the SAME ingredients. I use the canine for my cat because they only carry up to 300mg for kitties and 750mg for pups. I need higher potency for what I use it for. FHS is a numerological disorder similar to seizure disorders. I'm going to copy and paste this into an email attachment as well for I want you to see this! Thank you for the work you do for the innocent baby piggies 💖 Many blessings!!

Polly Whitfield yay!!!!!! Good for doing the right thing and researching rather than palming them off to a shelter

AmousecalledStanley thank you so much!

They like to have a friend to live with

Roerta Raia I found that out during research. She was only alone for 2 days when I found out and we immediately got another.

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Lol. Calm down. They do fine at room temp. They are hardy animals that really don't need much more care than a standard one.

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I agree I noticed the red parts on the back of his feet too. I was searching in the comments to see if anyone else spotted that.

i’m glad to see this. We have rescue guinea pigs, rescue cats, chins, rabbits that is my 16 year olds favorite thing to care for pets. She had just lost her rabbit and her Dad took her to the store to get pet food and she saw her first skinny pig and brought it home even though we always get rescues but she never saw one and brought him home. We noticed all the things you noticed. Eats, poops, pees way more. They seem to prefer being held or being with guinea pigs to keep warm. None of the guinea pigs wanted to cuddle with Samson so we got another skinny pig Silas. They were best buddies and we were able to move them both to our big cage that has our males. They did great until Silas started getting bad looking feet. We were back and forth to the vet with him and had him doing good but they just poop and pee where they lay and it seems like Silas would get bunblefoot just after laying down for a bit. we changed over to fleece bedding and i managed to get him doing better with that but had to move him out of the regular cage and be by himself to try and keep him from getting more sores on those feet. i’m guessing they are prone to bumble foot since none of the other guinea pigs have had that problem. As soon as we took Silas out the boy pigs started fighting and we had to play guinea pig musical cages! (Wish I saw your channel BEFORE rescuing lots of boys that i didn’t realize don’t get along as well as girls!) and moving everyone into new places. He ended up having a prolapsed penis and dying. Within a week the other skinny pig seemed to just give up and after several trips to the vet he died laying with his Momma my Autistic 16 year old who is the guinea pig whisperer) They were only 3 years old! Our pets love long so i told her I think we should write to you and see if they really are harder to take care of. My Daughter is blaming herself. She keeps thinking she did something wrong and wasn’t a good Momma. I can’t wait for her to see this is know that they really are just harder to keep healthy even for you! We had two rescue pigs have babies since that happened but even with that she has her heart set on another skinny pig. Luckily, our area they are still rare here and we can’t find any. Wish we were close to you! My Daughter would be there everyday helping you and we would take that little sweetie! I can’t make myself tell her no because she is the rare teen who puts her pets first. She’s so committed that one day when she had the flu she threw up and the guinea pigs started squeaking like they do when they see her. She wiped off her mouth, washed her hands and got out veggies that she fed them all and then back to throwing up! She wants to be a vet tech but we aren’t sure if her special needs might keep her from that. I can’t wait for her to see this video. She’s been beating herself up every day since they both got sick that she wasn’t good enough Momma to keep them healthy. Thank you for this! You were reading my mind!

Not sure about piggies, but with rabbits, the breeds that have short fur lack the padding on the feet and are very prone to hutch sores or scald, depending on where they pee. I suspect these little guys have a similar problem since their feet have no fur at all.

@@Michelema2 ... So Sorry to Hear that Your Daughter Went through that Terrible Experience!! 😢 It's Never Easy Losing a Pet You Love ❤

Yeah but they were made for intent of labs, I don’t know if that’s worse or not

My Chinese crested is the same as skinny pig she eats and poops more then my yorkies yes you are correct . The breeding has gotten out of hanf

I know, I was laughing so hard, I thought she was gonna plop him in a pan and roast him

@@mszoomy Percy would eat all the veggies in the pot roast 😆

A family friend had a bearded dragon (RuPaul!) when I was a teen. I wasn't aware they had a scaleless breed as well...I can't imagine why they would be purposely bred that way.

So true, I have 5 skinnies and 4 normal. I find the skinnies to be a lot more affectionate than the normal one. Might just be me though

They are very very affectionate, I have 5 skinnies and they are so lovable. Enjoy yours

guinea pigs do that 😂 pretty often too. They just reingest some things they pooped because like many herbivores their digestive system is not super efficient at getting all the nutrients from the food so they make it work non stop

Ya he's all, "this is for you honey, keep the change."

Where are you in PA? I was trying to find a local rescue to adopt from, but couldn't seem to find any.

I need to call my guinea pigs Doctor . The lady that works there fosters guinea pigs . I’m twenty minutes away from Pottstown PA I’m in northern chestier county

Ware are you located

I live in Chestier County PA

Here it is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJyHiJV7lq6scYU.html

Guinea pigs are very often used in nutritional studies because they are one of the very few mammals that can't produce vitamin c, like us.