George's Guinea Pig World

30/04/2024

It’s Z for Zoe on today’s post, the last in the . We’ve enjoyed it, hope you have too!

This is our last A2Z post this year, apart from our Reflections post on Monday. I couldn’t think of anything for Z, and so Mummy asked Auntie Zoe if she could write a Guest Post. And she said yes, …

29/04/2024

Y is for Years and Years... and how we celebrate birthdays :) https://georgesgpworld.uk/2024/04/29/y-is-for-years-a2zchallenge24/ 🥳

Why am I doing Y for Years? I’m the Youngest, that’s why! I’m Pippin, and I’m two years old. Victor is three in June, Locksley is four in August and Ludo is five about now. We know Locksley’s and m…

27/04/2024

Apparently today is World Veterinarians Day. That’s good, because today is also X for Exotics, and we talk about Exotics vets!

Guinea pigs are classed as ‘exotic’ animals. Today I’m explaining why, as far as I can, anyway, and also the question about how to find an exotics vet. I’d like to thank Dr Rebekah for answering my…

26/04/2024

Not long to go now. I’m feeling weight-conscious today…

How much should guinea pigs weigh? I’m Ludo, and I’m answering the question today from my experience. And with Mummy’s help. Average weight Most of the books say that guinea pigs weigh 600 to 1200 …

25/04/2024

V is for Vision, by Victor the Red. It’s Very good! Valuable information. 🤣

Hello, Victor the Red here. I was going to post about me, and sharing a name with Victor the First, but that was covered in N for Names. So I’m going to answer the question ‘how well do…

24/04/2024

U is for Unanswered Questions - and unanswerable ones!

All this month I’ve been answering your questions. I’m Locksley, and my friends Ludo, Victor and Pippin are doing their bit too. These are the last questions which we didn’t fit into other letters.…

24/04/2024

S for Showing, from our friend Marmalade - who's a prize winner... and T for tortoise, featuring our friend Artemis.

The first thing I thought of when we got the letter T, was ‘Tortoise’. I’m Ludo, and I’ve been co-authoring this blog for longer than Locksley, so I met Artemis the tortoise…

20/04/2024

Q was for Questions, some of which Locksley answered, and R is for Rescues, by me!

Hello, Ludo here, with R is for Rescue in our A2Z Challenge. I think we’ve done pretty well so far, don’t you? Rescues we have known Nearly all of us have come from a guinea pig rescue.…

18/04/2024

Pippin explains Popcorning today!

Hello, I’m Pippin. I’m answering someone’s question ‘what makes guinea pigs jump in the air?’ That’s called popcorning. What makes us Popcorn Anything really. We do it for fun. It’s for the joy of …

17/04/2024

I have been delving into our Origins. It’s very interesting

Hello, I’m Ludo, and I’ve been researching our Origins for you. This is the answer to ‘where do guinea pigs come from?’ Deepest Peru Our ancestors came from the high grassla…

15/04/2024

Victor explains our mornings to you!

Our question today is “Are guinea pigs more active in the morning or the evening?” I’m Victor, and I’m going to try to answer this. Morning or Evening? I suppose if you& #821…

14/04/2024

L for Learning. I’m good at that.

Can guinea pigs learn things? That is the question for today. I am Ludo, your host for Saturday’s post in the A to Z Challenge. We blog every day in April except for Sundays. Learning and intellige…

12/04/2024

K is for Keeping Cool. You should se the picture of Cool Midge 🤣

Today’s question is ‘How do guinea pigs keep cool?’ I’m Ludo, and I have plenty of experience of this. First I’ll cover keeping warm, which is important for outdoor pi…

11/04/2024

Yesterday I talked about Illnesses, and today Locksley is talking about Joshua the Degu, a legendary correspondent with George's Guinea Pig World

Hello, Locksley here, doing the A to Z Challenge again. Our theme is questions about guinea pigs and other companion animals. Please ask us more questions so we can answer them in our later letters…

09/04/2024

Today Victor is talking about Handling your guinea pigs.

Hello. My name is Victor, also known as Victor the Red, to distinguish me from Victor the First, who went over the Rainbow Bridge years ago. Today I’m answering questions we get about Handling, esp…

08/04/2024

G is a Guest Post from Garfield https://georgesgpworld.uk/2024/04/08/garfield-guest-post-a2zchallenge24/

06/04/2024

I’m having trouble linking the blog posts to Facebook. You may have guessed.

How are your furry friends? Or are they feathery? This is Locksley today, answering your question on whether guinea pigs have fur. Fur or Hair? As I understand it, cats have fur and dogs have hair.…

06/04/2024

Apologies, I forgot to send C an D here.

What do guinea pigs EAT? Hello! This is Victor the Red and it’s my first post in the A to Z Challenge. I’ll tell you more about myself in the letter V. A few points for you: I’m V…

02/04/2024

We're talking about our different breeds, colours and mixtures today!

Hello, Ludo here. It’s April, which is definitely spring. Last time I posted, Catsandcoffee asked about different breeds of guinea pig. There are official breeds, which are used for showing, but mo…

02/04/2024

The has started! Watch out for our daily guide through April (except Sundays).

Hello Locksley here. AND Ludo, and Victor (the Red) and Pippin. Locksley Ludo Victor Pippin Usually Ludo posts on the first Monday, but he’s doing tomorrow’s big post, which is the ANSW…

30/03/2024

We’re doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge this year. it starts on Monday. With A.

Hello, Locksley here. We have important news for you. After Catsandcoffee asked Ludo a question last week, he got all excited about answering, but would have to wait till April 1st. Then Mummy said…

30/03/2024

We had our first outing on the grass for the year today. The others had fifteen-twenty minutes, but I thought it was too cold to leave my tent, so Mummy brought me back in.

16/02/2024

Hello, Locksley here again. It seems like spring is nearly here. Mummy went out a lot this week, which is usually a good sign. There are yellow flowers called daffodils in a vase in the front room.…

16/02/2024

Hello, Ludo here. It’s February. You might have noticed. We’ve been here nearly three and a half years. And I like it here. I don’t really remember what life was like when I arriv…

15/01/2024

Hello, Locksley here again. Pippin is two! No, he’s not been cloned or split his personality (mummy suggested those alternative meanings). Pippin had his second birthday. And he even had an update …

12/01/2024

Pippin was two years old today. He didn’t seem impressed. I know we usually have birthday parties, but nothing much has changed between us since last year, and that was chaos.
He had an extra-long run this morning, though. And Mummy sang the birthday song to him. 🎂

07/01/2024

Hello, Ludo here. On behalf of me, Locksley, Victor, Pippin and Mummy we’d like to wish you a very happy new year, or at least one that brings you some happiness and good feelings. I decided …

13/12/2023

Hello, Locksley here again. I can report that Ludo had his teeth done by Dr Rebekah as you saw, but this week one of his top teeth has broken. Mummy said it’s the one that was growing too fas…

13/12/2023

Hello, Ludo here again. Mummy’s been watching my front teeth and rasping them when one grew longer than the other. But last week she wiggled my jaw and felt one of my back teeth catch on the one be…