Carnivalé Cavies

08/03/2025

Shebas are so squishable 🥰

28/02/2025

Oh my gosh one sleep to go and I’m still running around like a headless chook. You would think after 3 years of regular showing I would get used to it and more organised. 🤣

I’ll be attending the show tomorrow with an assortment of cavies.
November will be in tow if you wanted to pat a Baldwin ❤️

I’ll also have a pair of Himalayan boars looking for a 🏡

See you tomorrow Dandenong 🤩

Our first show of 2025 is almost here!!

Please join us this Sunday at Menzies Hall for Victoria's first 2025 Cavy Show. Our show starts at 10am and you are welcome to join in the fun.

Our judges for this show are the following:

Table Show - Drew Russell
Condition/Pets - Julie Gillottie
Junior Exhibit - Ken Peddersen

For more information on showing cavies and what it entails please visit our new website! https://caviesvic.org.au/showing-cavies/

Thank you to our amazing 2025 Sponsors Petcover Australia, Vetafarm, Laucke Mills Stockfeeds, Oxbow Animal Health & Fido's Pet Care Products

See you Sunday!

27/02/2025

When your owner tells you to eat with your mouth closed 😡
November angrily supplying some AMSR for your Thursday night.

25/02/2025

The magpies 🥰

24/02/2025

I was absolutely spoilt last night. Velvette’s second and last litter here and I got everything I wanted. 🥰 3 perfect little magpie alpacas, 2 boars and one chunky sow. These are half siblings to my fabulous magpie peruvian boar Fizzarolli.
Next to work on is markings and density and get one on the show table. But for now, I get to love on these adorable little babies.
None will be looking for homes, my sister somehow claimed the two boars before I could 🤦‍♀️🤣
Thank you to Vin from 4Elements Cavies for letting me have Fort Augustus, who is the sire of this litter. Vin’s pigs have been so influential here with my show like aka the K line stemming all the way back from 4 Elements Kinoko.

22/02/2025

After hot days like today 🥵 the most important thing for cavies is hydration! This helps keep their gut moving properly, cool off and maintain normal bodily functions like screaming for dinner!

Some of my favourite foods to feed on 40C days are celery, watermelon, grass watered down, fennel and iceberg lettuce! Iceberg is actually my favourite due to its high water content. When fed in moderation with a balanced diet, it keeps my girls nice, cool and feeling refreshed. Tonight my crew is getting heaps of wet grass and will get regular pellets and hay in the morning to help balance out all that moisture! Moderation is key 😉

I was in a very lucky position that my parents could unload the freezer of water bottles just before the heat of the day to help keep the girls cool. I would have carted all 30 girls inside into the aircon in the caviary for the day otherwise.
For one off days of 40 degrees, I can keep them cool enough but anything over 40 for multiple days in a row, they are bought inside.

Cavies kept in traditional smaller outdoor cages I always recommend bringing them indoors for extreme weather events. A cat carrier for the day is always preferential to being cooked!!

17/02/2025

Nothing makes me smile more than my girls enjoying life 🥰 some are retirees, some are pets and some needed a soft place to land. All of them are equally loved and just get to be piggies.

12/02/2025

Some of the crew enjoying some photos in the golden hour.
Ft my homegrown Kaisen, Kiana, Isaak, Catherine of Troy and Paperwing No Nuts November.
November can open her eyes completely fine she has decided to learn to squint when the camera is on her 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

05/02/2025

I have been absolutely slack at organising new 🏡 for the piggies over the summer period as I’ve been unber busy with work. 🤦‍♀️

I have the following looking for new🏡 please PM for further photos and videos.

- 2x 7 week old peruvian boars
- 2x 8 week golden agouti boars
- 1x Himalayan sow
- 1x Himalayan boar
- 1x crested Himalayan boar
- 2x PE Buff boars

In a couple of weeks I’ll also have a pair of Sheba sows and boars also looking for new 🏡

Peruvians, Shebas and Buffs are available as breeders to ANCC registered studs only. The rest are pet homes. I can easily bond younger boars with an older boar. 😉

Please remember a guinea pig can be a 4-7 year commitment!

30/01/2025

A feel good story for Friyay!
On the 20th Nessie gave birth about 5-6 days early and wasn’t dilated fully 😥 It was quite a shock and she was even acting completely normal that morning before the birth.

These tiny babies were born, survived the birth but were so weak they couldn’t stand. I was very guarded about their prognosis, but bought them inside and supplement fed them the first day. Nessie was very shell shocked and wasn’t being a good mum, so I had to stimulate them to go to the toilet as well. The next day, they both refused their morning sup feed and I had to rush off to work, so left it to the universe.

I got home from work and they had latched and suckled 🥰 Nessie had also decided being a mum wasn’t bad and loves her babies so much.
These babies are still so tiny but so tenacious! It will be very interesting to see how their coats grow in after a very rough start. I know the sows ears are bloody atrocious but I’m hoping they will flop more with some growth 🫣🤣

They are from my favourite boy Kaisen who is producing some amazing pigs ❤️🥰

27/01/2025

Taken while cage cleaning today. I moved the travel cage while shuffling cavies around and Fizzarolli aka WizzFizzBizawolli took advantage to get a new view of the caviary and the cage next door.
He perfectly captures the cheeky peruvian nature that I love so much and find it hard to explain to people. None of my alpacas would ever do this but the bloody Peruvians stick their nose into everything. 🤣🤣 they are so people focused, bold and brave and love getting into trouble. 🤦‍♀️😭🤣

23/01/2025

Hostage negotiations were successful!

22/01/2025

Thoughts and prayers for Gucci Girl. Nothing is wrong she just likes to hold her babies hostage 😩🤷‍♀️ photos don’t do her justice on size lol.

17/01/2025

First litter of 2025 🤩

Three healthy Shebas 🥰 2 sows and a boar.

This little sow has caught my eye.

15/01/2025

Hi Danni, I’ve seen your message but it won’t let me respond on messenger! Silly facebook! If you send me your phone number I’ll send you a text! ❤️

For everybody else this message finds enjoy some piggy tax ❤️

11/01/2025

Brenmyre Gucci Girl saying peekaboo!

Anyone want to place bets on what breed my first litter of 2025 will be?
I reckon it’ll be a tie between my Shebas or my silver agouti 🤣

10/01/2025

Some guinea pig AMSR for your Friday. Featuring November the Baldwin and Babylon the Peruvian.

29/12/2024

Enjoying the summer evenings ☀️🌺