Sunday, January 16, 2011

Updates for the new year: GPF is 8 years old!

1. Recently I got to visit some guinea pigs who were adopted from GPF: Anita's Belle, Misha, and Nick and Cathi's Rosie, Sasha, and Mimi. They are all doing great and both Nick and Belle, who each had special needs, are doing fantastic. Belle's photo is on the right.
2. Willie sometimes takes his job as pet sitter a bit too far. During cage cleaning he takes it upon himself to do a close-up insection of the cage. Suki is not always pleased.
3. Got a wonderful holiday card from Oscar and Pryn. They are doing so well and have no more skin problems. :)
4. Reggie also sent a holiday card; lots of fun. Check it out! It is not Photoshopped. The chickens and Pixie and Reggie are family pets.
5. Willie ended up at the vet overnight since I was worried that he might have a blockage. Fortuately, that was not the case and he is on a new diet and has a water fountain that filters his water.
6. Last weekend everyone visited the "Cavy Spa" for baths and nail trims and preventative doses of Ivermectin. I noticed that the two Peruvians who were living with the rabbit in a small cage each had a fungal patch hidden underneath their hair. I trimmed the hair and started treating them topically. The patch on Albert's rear is larger than the one on Sam's side. The photo here is of Albert when it was first discovered last weekend.