Hello, I was wondering if you take any measures to control their population? Do you sell off the young babies to not over crowd your herd? Do they get sick often? Just looking for a little insight on this awesome project you have going. Would love a longer video with some narration and info!!!
The natural birth control method of rodents is attrition. Disease and predation. As we minimize this to our best ability, we also impose separation of boys and girls. But even with full brakes on their reproductive proclivities, mistakes are made. Rarely enough that we can find homes for the perhaps dozen or so per year, but even though we make a point of giving them away, the full time responsibility of a pet is a hard sell. As a decision, pet guinea pigs are a rarity. As an accident, they are a happy one. We'd no idea of the treasure in love and happiness they embody. Now, life is hard to imagine without them. We've a decade or so of getting grass by the barrow each day and feel we could do with a couple more. It's the little things, that make you wonder. Most wonder at us. We wonder at guinea pigs. They do their best to make needs known. We learn a bit more every day. To us, they're worth it.
These appear to be well-cared for, happy guinea pigs. Much better than a pair in a small cage on some child's dresser, where all the light are off in the house all day long with the kids at school and parents at work. Then, for a short time, the guinea pigs get some attention, hopefully their cage cleaned (but often not), some food and then again the lights go out while the kids sit on the sofa watching TV while their parents chat over coffee in the kitchen. I've seen this scenario. If you consider that 50 guinea pigs weigh the same as a medium-sized dog and eat a vegetarian diet, 80% of which is grass or hay, then there is little to complain about when someone maintains a healthy herd - animals that would otherwise live their lives in a cage, bored all day long, with nothing to do. While i realize that some people treat their guinea pigs with the same affection and a dog or cat, we know that is not always the case. Likewise, someone who has a herd of guinea pigs is not necessarily an "animal hoarder". It's common for breeders of purebred guinea pigs to have between 20 - 100+, depending on the goals and disposable income a person has to raise and show these lovely animals. Far better to have private individuals with valuable bloodstock offer retired show animals to carefully vetted forever homes than pet shops who procure them from unscrupulous commercial suppliers. Whether there are hidden health problems or not, sick guinea pigs don't prance about, eagerly munching their food like these. They are sitting together, no teeth chattering, and no fighting. They are all fat and sassy.
These are workity, work, work, work. Their little bellies need constant replenishing. They are sure to tell you so. If you are determined, take their proceeds and compost your garden with it. You'll need the lettuce. But there is no finer thing, that to take part in the circle of life.
@@SUPERDRIOD We feed grass hay, sourced from a local hay supplier. Carrots, celery, bamboo leaves, Italian parsley. Dry pellets from the local animal feed store. Grass harvested on a daily basis also definitely helps to offset costs.
@@SUPERDRIOD Orchard grass, is the definition used by farm stores. It's best in late Spring, but you take what you get. They'll have rice straw, if that's all that's going. Alfalfa is hard for them to utilize, but any farmer will tell you it depends how hungry they are.
You can hear them talking to each other & see them popcorning every where 😍🤗. But like did you not neuter them 😅? How many guinea pigs do you need? Or are you a breeder? They all look about the same age. Yes, I was trying to find babies. Edit: I found some. At least they seem happy tho. I heard like one rumble strut sound. Wever that sound is called
Here's what else; I've also thought about giving the guinea pigs body surgery, such as like have a squirrels 🐿️ tail sewn above the guinea pigs bottom.
How is it possible to keep that many healthy, etc. Nails need trimming, the boars need personal areas maintained, particularly old ones. I'm all for helping out the g. Pigs and if thier health is maintained I would support what you are doing there.
Were there good reason, it would be them as proof of concept to show these animals could be healthy and happy despite what gets put out in overweening disinformation by shelters out to make a buck. We are not trying to talk anyone out of their money, need no support, and are therefore less suspect. We insist on giving our animals away instead of charging a "rehoming fee", so our only motive is to find decent and loving homes out of genuine care. The list goes on as to what we must do for their well being and what we are accused of by people who have "heard things". But the more we try to show what is going on, the more we are told what we are doing. At some point, people look at the pigs and realize something of how they are doing. This is the point we would like to begin with. There are many things we are given to understand, often quite mistakenly. We are willing to be wrong, but not change what we do, based on what some have heard.
A lot of very happy pigs I can see many of them are popcorning. Do you breed them or are they all rescues or accidental births? I looked in your description box but couldn't find any extra info. Either way they all look happy with plenty of space and food if only every piggie was as lucky
Distribution and regularity. Toss it in one place, you guarantee argument. Pigs stop where food is, so it can't be all in the same place. But yes, that goes all day. If we missed someone, they come up and tell us. That can't happen with a cage, unless you are around. Or in.
Are the boars and sows kept separately? If not, don't they breed out of control?? I love me some guinea pigs, but gotta admit that's an almost overwhelming herd! I love to see them scamper around 🐹
It's more of a discussion, really. We interpret it as argument, but they are compelled to sort a social heirarchy of dominance. It's when you stick them in a confined area with no options, they rumble. If everyone gets a space, they work it out. Mostly. Difference of opinion comes up all the time. Call it politics.
By rounding on our herd on the regular. Some of our guys would rather that we didn't, thanks anyways. Getting eyes on each and every one, can be a challenge, which is one reason why keeping them reasonably well contained and on an interactive schedule, is important. They have an excellent memory, and are creatures of habit, so managing them in this number is as much about maintaining trust in our interactions with us.
We tried giving our location. Got tires slashed. The local animal activists cultivate a poor opinion of our efforts. We'd invite them to a better one, but they don't ask. Pigs aren't the challenge.
These are the boys. A stable population mandates they be kept separate. Not doing so for any amount of time will get you this number. Fortunately, we got a handle while there is enough love, i.e. food, to go around and consider the challenge well met. They've enough grub and digs to generally agree but we let them run our lives, not the other way around. They make for interesting times.
@@annabeltemple230 how do you introduce new males? Do they fight? I have 2 males and want to get more but a lot of people tell me that's not possible because they will fight?
@@aresblue8522 They have personalities, much as we do. It depends on their space. If each have one, they often sort it. We put them in a cage match, and wonder why it happens. Some feel proprietary about their homes, but all will find their place in the heirarchy. It may need earnest discussion. If it is not too much for us, they find it. But there needs to be an option for them to leave.
@@annabeltemple230 I was speaking of the belly area... when incised from neck to lower abdomen, carefully, and let the guts fall into a bucket. Now that you mention it, do you suggest snapping the neck to perform the initial cull? I am a meat eater and find that home processing of meat is more humane than what is done in mass production facilities if done humanely.
@@loriann6136 To be clear: our guinea pigs are our pets, and we care for them accordingly, as distinct from being livestock units. We do not breed them to sell, nor to slaughter for our own nor the consumption of others.
That said, I like the question. It is bravely matter of fact in how we regard and treat animals, in the valid point that we could treat them less worse, if not more better. It is not humane to pick up your meat in the supermarket. It is complicit. The least one could do if we are truly principled, is pay the actual cost which includes taking the life from which it came. If we felt obliged to do that ourselves we would make different decisions, and a great deal less suffering would be in the world. Whether we see it or not.
ok ok I know but might as well make profit in War! NOW NOW HEAR ME OUT! 1. ya feed them well and raise them with people. 2. Put them in a bomb with tiny parachutes for every Guinea Pig 3. Drop them on enemy 4. Enemy will be paralyzed with cuteness. 5. Profit from military spending on this. EEEZEEE MONEY!
A number of "house pigs" have chosen to stay largely inside with us. We have fed them since birth, if the outdoor pigs feel any speical need aside from the usual "more", they make a point of coming to us about it. Their door leads to the kitchen, where they may get an extra cabbage leaf, celery or carrots grated. We must be alert, the house boys are proprietary about their turf. though amenable during meals, but we check infrequent visitors over and put them up in a carrier with hay etc. for the night, if they seem run down. Pigs are tough on one another. If they can get a bit of respite from you, they'll turn up when they need. It is however, vitally important to not miss your cue. If you are stumping about like a typical deaf human, they will go back and rejoin the throng to do as best they might. Their is no sadder event than a pig asking politely, only to find deaf ears. They come to us for reason. Kindness and comfort is their due.
OH LAWD THEY COMIN
OH LAWD GOD HIR COMES THE SMILS
My Dad just sang this, to the tune of 'Teddy Bears' Picnic': "And that's the way the guinea pigs have their break-fast."😁
They are adorable and I see you take great care of them God bless you and your Piggies
0:14 Smithers, release the guinea pigs.
I could watch this for hours! In my next life, i want to be a Guinea pig!!!
WOW so many piggies love them all :))
OMG, guinea-pigs!!
i want them all!
Hello, I was wondering if you take any measures to control their population? Do you sell off the young babies to not over crowd your herd? Do they get sick often? Just looking for a little insight on this awesome project you have going. Would love a longer video with some narration and info!!!
The natural birth control method of rodents is attrition. Disease and predation. As we minimize this to our best ability, we also impose separation of boys and girls. But even with full brakes on their reproductive proclivities, mistakes are made. Rarely enough that we can find homes for the perhaps dozen or so per year, but even though we make a point of giving them away, the full time responsibility of a pet is a hard sell. As a decision, pet guinea pigs are a rarity. As an accident, they are a happy one. We'd no idea of the treasure in love and happiness they embody. Now, life is hard to imagine without them.
We've a decade or so of getting grass by the barrow each day and feel we could do with a couple more. It's the little things, that make you wonder. Most wonder at us. We wonder at guinea pigs. They do their best to make needs known. We learn a bit more every day. To us, they're worth it.
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There's 200 of them?
These appear to be well-cared for, happy guinea pigs. Much better than a pair in a small cage on some child's dresser, where all the light are off in the house all day long with the kids at school and parents at work. Then, for a short time, the guinea pigs get some attention, hopefully their cage cleaned (but often not), some food and then again the lights go out while the kids sit on the sofa watching TV while their parents chat over coffee in the kitchen. I've seen this scenario.
If you consider that 50 guinea pigs weigh the same as a medium-sized dog and eat a vegetarian diet, 80% of which is grass or hay, then there is little to complain about when someone maintains a healthy herd - animals that would otherwise live their lives in a cage, bored all day long, with nothing to do. While i realize that some people treat their guinea pigs with the same affection and a dog or cat, we know that is not always the case.
Likewise, someone who has a herd of guinea pigs is not necessarily an "animal hoarder". It's common for breeders of purebred guinea pigs to have between 20 - 100+, depending on the goals and disposable income a person has to raise and show these lovely animals. Far better to have private individuals with valuable bloodstock offer retired show animals to carefully vetted forever homes than pet shops who procure them from unscrupulous commercial suppliers.
Whether there are hidden health problems or not, sick guinea pigs don't prance about, eagerly munching their food like these. They are sitting together, no teeth chattering, and no fighting. They are all fat and sassy.
Is this a farm?
Only in imagination. Imagine farm folk live in town.
This is what happiness looks like
Soooooo true!! 😍
No, this is what heaven is like
the cute little squeaky noises they make and how they climb up the hay with their chubby bodies is just groovy
sooo cute!! i want to have a guineapig farm when i get my own place! i’m currently 12 but i can’t wait intel i older!!
These are workity, work, work, work. Their little bellies need constant replenishing. They are sure to tell you so. If you are determined, take their proceeds and compost your garden with it. You'll need the lettuce. But there is no finer thing, that to take part in the circle of life.
They need names
Suggestions :
Butternut
Buttercup
BeanWeeine
Nougat
Caramel
Nutmeg
Pepper
Fuffly
Furball
Spot
Mr. Wheeks
Sugar
Brownie
Chocolate
Creamy
Max
Lumi
Pigger
Buzz
Squeaks
Mr. Nibbles
Minty
Butterbean
Peanut
Lulu
Lucy
Mr Squiggly
Fluffernutter
Acorn
Pumpkin
Leo
Gabtsy
Cinnamon
Wheekers
Other: ( Reply)
Pancakes and eggs
This gives new meaning to guinea pig heard, fantastic. I’d live to be sitting right there in the middle getting my piggy fix
Me too
great farming, inspiring
thanks for sharing
Omg I fell in love please do not YOU CAN NOT STOP THIS CHANNEL I WILL BE BACK CHECKING FOR VIDEOS AND IM A NEW SUB YOU MADE MY DAY
Please DO NOT eat those plump happy critters!!!!!!
Definitely not on our particular menu. But, we will pledge to keep them plump and happy.
Are these raised for pets or for meat ?
Just curious i thought my herd of 20+ was alot lol
Definitely pets only!. Thanks for your question :)
What do you feed them besides hay cause keeping that many is expensive and what kind of hay is it ?
Ains Haze he gave them a bunch of greens in the beginning
@@SUPERDRIOD We feed grass hay, sourced from a local hay supplier. Carrots, celery, bamboo leaves, Italian parsley. Dry pellets from the local animal feed store. Grass harvested on a daily basis also definitely helps to offset costs.
@@SUPERDRIOD Orchard grass, is the definition used by farm stores. It's best in late Spring, but you take what you get. They'll have rice straw, if that's all that's going. Alfalfa is hard for them to utilize, but any farmer will tell you it depends how hungry they are.
You can hear them talking to each other & see them popcorning every where 😍🤗. But like did you not neuter them 😅? How many guinea pigs do you need? Or are you a breeder? They all look about the same age. Yes, I was trying to find babies. Edit: I found some. At least they seem happy tho. I heard like one rumble strut sound. Wever that sound is called
Each and every guinea pig we ask, say they need one. So long as it's them. They are not needed. They are wanted. We keep telling ourselves.
Ahhh I just want them all 😂❤️
Flamethrower time
Happy wideo Lowe pigs Guinea❤😅😅❤❤❤😊😊😊❤❤❤😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤😅😅❤❤😂cute
Happi pigs❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂
Like locusts but way better, do they all come from 1 pig?
I have 26 I love them all💕💕💕
1:05 guinea pig gets completely covered in kale or whatever it is.
Yeah that was rude
Awww and it’s grass
nooneknows Famfrit rude??that guinea pig was probably in heaven
Lowe wideo pigs💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗💗💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💞💞❤💗💗
I'll be happy living with all these. Piggies
You need to get rid of old hay, they won't eat it. They are picky.
They will however, run on, sit in and stay warm with it. Hay is an environment, for them. Damp or dirty though, and it's done.
Good morning to you my piggy friends. You all make me so happy. Love and hugs to all of you. 😀💖💕😍
Hey, there, Cynthia!. So glad these piggies make you so happy!.
I love happy guinea pigs soooo cute
Here's what else; I've also thought about giving the guinea pigs body surgery, such as like have a squirrels 🐿️ tail sewn above the guinea pigs bottom.
Why not just get a squirrel?
Pig lowe❤❤❤❤❤😅😊😊😅❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
What if kind the grass is that?
How is it possible to keep that many healthy, etc. Nails need trimming, the boars need personal areas maintained, particularly old ones.
I'm all for helping out the g. Pigs and if thier health is maintained I would support what you are doing there.
Were there good reason, it would be them as proof of concept to show these animals could be healthy and happy despite what gets put out in overweening disinformation by shelters out to make a buck. We are not trying to talk anyone out of their money, need no support, and are therefore less suspect. We insist on giving our animals away instead of charging a "rehoming fee", so our only motive is to find decent and loving homes out of genuine care. The list goes on as to what we must do for their well being and what we are accused of by people who have "heard things". But the more we try to show what is going on, the more we are told what we are doing. At some point, people look at the pigs and realize something of how they are doing. This is the point we would like to begin with. There are many things we are given to understand, often quite mistakenly. We are willing to be wrong, but not change what we do, based on what some have heard.
That must be a lot off cleaning
You should see our compost pile.
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Guinea pig is my life
Show inside too
A lot of very happy pigs I can see many of them are popcorning. Do you breed them or are they all rescues or accidental births? I looked in your description box but couldn't find any extra info. Either way they all look happy with plenty of space and food if only every piggie was as lucky
In our universe, everything is an accident. Do our best, making a happy one. Thank you for noticing.
This is sooo adorable!!!
So cute!!!
Do you ensure that they are all getting food....?
Distribution and regularity. Toss it in one place, you guarantee argument. Pigs stop where food is, so it can't be all in the same place. But yes, that goes all day. If we missed someone, they come up and tell us. That can't happen with a cage, unless you are around.
Or in.
wow
Release the beasts😏😍
They are so adorable 😍
Are the boars and sows kept separately? If not, don't they breed out of control?? I love me some guinea pigs, but gotta admit that's an almost overwhelming herd! I love to see them scamper around 🐹
I`m like "all done wait wait there`s more"
OH LAWD THE PIGGIES ARE COMING AHHHHH
Did one of them get thrown what the beck
so many cute piggies
Che bella vita!!! A casa mia ci stanno due. Vorrei di più ma non è possibile.
How many male all together cause mine fights a lot
thank you sir and thank you again for taking care them.
I have 2 guene pigs.. They are sweet couples
Why do you have so many?
We are very good at keeping them well and happy. They do the rest.
Are these all females, or mixed gender? I thought u could only have 1 male or they fight?
It's more of a discussion, really. We interpret it as argument, but they are compelled to sort a social heirarchy of dominance. It's when you stick them in a confined area with no options, they rumble. If everyone gets a space, they work it out. Mostly. Difference of opinion comes up all the time. Call it politics.
Oh cool the entrance to heaven.
So cute when you can see them popcorning 😍😍❤❤❤
The ultimate image of happiness, is piggy popcorning 😍 I love seeing them do it when I feed them, and when the get outside time
It's heaven 😍
I wonder if Domino was even born!
How many do you have?
RELEASE THE KRAKEN
Mas uma escrita❤️👏👏
COMIN IN HOT
Witzig so viele Meerschweine.. 😊
Fartura 🇧🇷🐭👏🏽👏🏽
Just doesn't seem healthy to have that many in one place.
That's your opinion. Thank you for sharing it.
Happyest pigs I have ever seen 😀
Aww so cute we have 2 piggies
The guinea apocalypse
Do you sell them or are these you personal pets
We re-home some, but the core population are our pets.
Thats.... a dream!
Nice herd
Awwwwww 🥕🥕🥕🥕
I wanna have one
How do you give each one attention for the day
By rounding on our herd on the regular. Some of our guys would rather that we didn't, thanks anyways. Getting eyes on each and every one, can be a challenge, which is one reason why keeping them reasonably well contained and on an interactive schedule, is important. They have an excellent memory, and are creatures of habit, so managing them in this number is as much about maintaining trust in our interactions with us.
👍
😮 how many?
How cute! 🤣
When they *WEEK* *wEeK* it hits me deep deep
Belle lol
I have 12 guinea pigs right now had about 30 of them sold sum keeping the rest
We quite envy you. Life is surely more manageable, at that point. For our part, we can't give them away. All they're worth is love.
I noticed that you had no solid greys short haired ones
Very close, though. Smudge is Misty's baby, who was grey and white. They're very mixed. Of their own accord.
Where r u from???
Frog Prince why you do him like that
We tried giving our location. Got tires slashed. The local animal activists cultivate a poor opinion of our efforts. We'd invite them to a better one, but they don't ask. Pigs aren't the challenge.
Are they Male,female or mixed?
These are the boys. A stable population mandates they be kept separate. Not doing so for any amount of time will get you this number. Fortunately, we got a handle while there is enough love, i.e. food, to go around and consider the challenge well met. They've enough grub and digs to generally agree but we let them run our lives, not the other way around. They make for interesting times.
Only male. Girls are separate. We keep it that way.
@@annabeltemple230 how many males do you have together?
@@annabeltemple230 how do you introduce new males? Do they fight? I have 2 males and want to get more but a lot of people tell me that's not possible because they will fight?
@@aresblue8522 They have personalities, much as we do. It depends on their space. If each have one, they often sort it. We put them in a cage match, and wonder why it happens. Some feel proprietary about their homes, but all will find their place in the heirarchy. It may need earnest discussion. If it is not too much for us, they find it. But there needs to be an option for them to leave.
Здравствуйте подскажите это крупные морские свинки куи которые на фермах выращивают?Где их можно купить?
Do they process similar to a rabbit?
If you mean bonk their heads and rip their skin off like a shirt, then no. Not for all of us.
@@annabeltemple230 I was speaking of the belly area... when incised from neck to lower abdomen, carefully, and let the guts fall into a bucket. Now that you mention it, do you suggest snapping the neck to perform the initial cull? I am a meat eater and find that home processing of meat is more humane than what is done in mass production facilities if done humanely.
@@loriann6136 To be clear: our guinea pigs are our pets, and we care for them accordingly, as distinct from being livestock units. We do not breed them to sell, nor to slaughter for our own nor the consumption of others.
That said, I like the question. It is bravely matter of fact in how we regard and treat animals, in the valid point that we could treat them less worse, if not more better. It is not humane to pick up your meat in the supermarket. It is complicit. The least one could do if we are truly principled, is pay the actual cost which includes taking the life from which it came. If we felt obliged to do that ourselves we would make different decisions, and a great deal less suffering would be in the world. Whether we see it or not.
@@annabeltemple230 Thank you for the compliment.
ok ok I know but might as well make profit in War! NOW NOW HEAR ME OUT!
1. ya feed them well and raise them with people.
2. Put them in a bomb with tiny parachutes for every Guinea Pig
3. Drop them on enemy
4. Enemy will be paralyzed with cuteness.
5. Profit from military spending on this.
EEEZEEE MONEY!
This May be the cutest invasion ever
Do you have favourite pigs you keep seperate from the heard?
A number of "house pigs" have chosen to stay largely inside with us. We have fed them since birth, if the outdoor pigs feel any speical need aside from the usual "more", they make a point of coming to us about it. Their door leads to the kitchen, where they may get an extra cabbage leaf, celery or carrots grated. We must be alert, the house boys are proprietary about their turf. though amenable during meals, but we check infrequent visitors over and put them up in a carrier with hay etc. for the night, if they seem run down. Pigs are tough on one another. If they can get a bit of respite from you, they'll turn up when they need. It is however, vitally important to not miss your cue. If you are stumping about like a typical deaf human, they will go back and rejoin the throng to do as best they might. Their is no sadder event than a pig asking politely, only to find deaf ears. They come to us for reason. Kindness and comfort is their due.
@@annabeltemple230 thank you
Just for fun you should play "charge" on a bugle when they all come running