Tiny Tails Creations

24/11/2024

Mitski is such a sweet little lady who loves giving kisses! 🥰

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22/11/2024

How cute is Eclipse enjoying his daily veggies!

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19/11/2024

A Hop snoot! How cute is her little face! Would you boop that snoot?

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16/11/2024

It's a nice Saturday to nap in your hammock!
Do you have any plans this weekend?

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13/11/2024

Some snuggles with Beanie!
Beanie can be such a sooky sweet man sometimes! He's going through his teenage years so can also be a little moody sometimes 😅

Do your birbs like snuggles and head scritches?

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10/11/2024

Meet Mala!

You may remember a post about her sister Mitski a few weeks ago! Mala and her sister Mitski came to us on foster as trust training cases, during that time, Mala also needed to be desexed.

Mala had some complications after her surgery, she ripped some of her stitches open and it became infected. Poor Miss Mala had to be vet wrapped to prevent her opening up her would again - which she was most unhappy about. She slept on her mumther's bedside table in her hospital tub for the first couple of nights to make sure she wasn't chewing and the vet wrap wasn't too tight. It was a long couple of weeks for everyone but she recovered and healed up well!

We adopted Mala and her sister in March this year and they both fit in so well! Mala absolutely loves her dig box, most of the time you will find her in ther digging her tunnels and hiding walnuts from her sister. She has come so far from the scared little lady she was at just 3 months old. Now at 1 year old she will let us pick her up and giver her scritches! She has such a sassy personality but we love her to bits!

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08/11/2024

Patty enjoying his specially made snuggle sack just for him! He is a man who loves his soft, cuddly minky lined snuggle sacks!

We have many different fabrics and sizes of snuggle sacks on our online store. If you can't find what you're looking for, message us and we can make a custom order for you!

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05/11/2024

Cuddles enjoying his fruit loop 💛
Do your pets have a favourite treat?

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04/11/2024

The summer heat has well and truly kicked in - please keep your guinea pigs safe! They’re sensitive to warm weather and are very susceptible to heat stoke, which is often life threatening. 🔥🥵

Things you can do to reduce the risk of heat stroke:
1. Make sure your piggies are in a cool space. Whether this be in a room with aircon, or in a well ventilated area with fans running, cool air circulation is key. 🌬️
2. Place multiple covered frozen water bottles or ice bricks in their cage, particularly within/next to spots that they frequent.
3. Provide cool (not freezing cold) drinking water at all times 💧
4. Make sure their cage is out of direct sunlight ☀️

What to do if you suspect your guinea pig has heat stroke:
1. Get to a vet AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Do not post on social media for advice and do not waste time trying to nurse at home (especially force syringe feeding water - this often does more harm than good). The damage from heat stroke, if it isn’t fatal, is lifelong. Heat stroke can cause brain damage and significant deterioration within their vital organs, the sooner veterinary treatment commences, the better your pig’s chances of survival and recovery are.

I know this sounds alarmist, but without fail, every time SEQ has a day over 30 degrees there will be people posting on social media talking about how their guinea pig/s passed away in the heat. Or that their guinea pig has somehow taken ill, and they don’t know what to do (often resulting in the piggy passing away).
So, PLEASE (!!!) take precautionary steps to ensure that your pigs are safe in this weather. Heat stroke is preventable!! 🥵

Here are is a list of vets in SEQ that can help in the event of your piggy suffering from heat stroke:

The Unusual Pet Vets, Jindalee - 07 2104 9499
Brisbane Birds and Exotics Veterinary Service, Greenslopes - 07 3217 3533
The Exotics Vet, Redcliffe - 07 3060 2112
The Unusual Pet Vets, Buderim - 07 5353 6090

A quick note on why don’t we recommend syringe feeding water or putting the pig in an ice cold bath:

Syringe feeding water is not only the least effective form of rehydration (Guinea pigs need 100ml per kilo of water a day, subcutaneous fluids are a much faster way to meet this goal when dealing with heat stress) but it also puts your guinea pig at risk of aspiration. When a pig is in heat stress, their ability to swallow is often hindered meaning syringing water into their mouth often leads to the water making its way to the lungs. Aspiration can be deadly, it’s incredibly important you rely on tried and tested ways of rehydration by your vet rather than trying to nurse at home.

Ice cold baths are a quick way to send your guinea pig into shock and make their temperature far too cold! They’re also pretty ineffective in helping your guinea pig get to a point where they can maintain an ideal internal body temperature (38-39 degrees Celsius).

02/11/2024

Mr Moon enjoying his seagrass tunnel we made for him! Moon & his friend Eclipse are here on foster with us from Brisbane Southside Guinea Pig Sanctuary! We absolutely love fostering piggies like these two boys! 💙

30/10/2024

Such a cute, sophisticated man! Our old boy Lorin laying on his dig box! ❤️

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27/10/2024

Maxine's Manicure Services!
Do your nails need cutting? Cuticles need trimming? Fingers need a clean? Maxine's Manicure Service is for you!

For the low low price of 2 fruit loops, you can have the best looking nails in town! Book in now to make sure you don't miss out!

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25/10/2024

Meet Mitski!

Mitski and her sister Mala came to us on foster earlier this year. They needed lots of trust training as no one could even put their hands near them without them getting scared and hiding. Miss Mitski has came along way since coming to us, she now climbs on us, lets us pick her up and even give her scritches! She is such a smart little outgoing lady now!

Mitski has just turned 1 year old, despite her size! She is our little scrunkle muffin! When RRH went on break earlier this year, we made the decision to adopt her and we are so glad we did, she fits right in here! She is such a smart girl and works out any foraging or puzzle toy she is given! She loves spending time annoying her sister in their dig box or giving her mumthers manicures!

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20/10/2024

19/10/2024

Hop enjoying her veggies she worked hard for! Using toys like these in your cage can help give your ratties some enrichment and make them use their brains to work for their food!

What do you add to your cage for enrichment?
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16/10/2024

Miss Hop popping in from her comfy sleeve to remind you that we now stock Hotel Rat Enrichment Co. toys on our website! Single sliders, multi slider and hanging toys, all in a range of different colours!

Our ratties love their Hotel Rat toys and use them every single day! They are a great way to get some enrichment into your cage! They even great for birds too! Our bird Beanie loves eating his seed out of his!
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13/10/2024

The girls - Maxine, Hop, Mitski & Mala enjoyng their oatmeal! Our girls absolutely love this as a treat!

We also use this for some of our ratties when they aren't feeling well! Because it is softer and easier to eat, they tend to be more likely to eat it when they are sick. We also water ours down to ensure they are getting enough water!
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11/10/2024

9 times out of 10 when we go into see the ratties, we will find Mala napping in a hammock with her snoot sticking out. Would you dare boop her snoot?
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