Which hays should be better for my guinea pigs ? - Alfalfa vs Timothy hays

  When we brought Zelda home, we bought starter package for guinea pigs. It comes with a cage, a bag of timothy hays, feeding tray and a bag of so-called 'guinea pig daily diet', which is some manufactured solid food for guinea pigs. We've found that there are 2 kinds of different hays that we can give Zelda. 

bag of Alfalfa Hays

bag of Timothy Hays

  We are told that baby guinea pigs should eat alfalfa hays and adult ones eat timothy hays but when they become adults ..?

screen left : Alfalfa                  screen right : Timothy

  We've found some nutrition fact over the internet.

  Looks like alfalfa hays has more protein. Well, protein is much more needed for growing baby guinea pigs, so this makes sense. Zelda seems like both of them. I think I will give more alfalfa hays for now and when it runs out I will give her timothy hays onward. :)

Where is Zelda !?!

Where are you !?!

  Well, we can tell she likes her new house, but funny thing is - she pulls out the part of small towel and blocks the entrance so that she can be completely inside without being seen. We can barely see her silhouette. :-) She almost acts like dog, I actually didn't expect this much from her. Guinea pigs are smart, after all. :D

Made her house out of IKEA Bowl

We were thinking of getting her house from pet store but it looks nothing but big plastic bowl. So we've decided to make our own very simple one. We have some IKEA bowls that we've been quite long and some of them are missing lids and stuff. Very sturdy, by the way. We love IKEA stuffs. :-)

Choose the one has right size and drew pencil line for entrance

cut it out with rotary tool.
It was 39$ with lots of tips and accessories from Costsco. :)

Cutting is done

Now we need to sand out the rough edge

voila !

Well, it is not looking great but it does its' job, and Zelda seems like it, really. I think we save about 18$ today !!! :D

My Kids love guinea pig !

My kids love Zelda ! They pat her everyday in the morning before they go to school. I hope Zelda won't mind this at all. :D I can tell that they understand now - they must take care of her well. I think this is one of the good reason for them to have their own pet even though taking care of her toilet is my job.... :)

iPhone Apps for Guinea Pigs

We have been researching iPhone Apps for guinea pigs - there are not so many, actually. 

Guinea Pigs

This one is free App but it doesn't tell you which sounds mean which, but you can let your guinea pigs hear this sounds and I'm pretty sure your guinea pigs will react to this. :-)

Piggies

  This one is 0.99 $ and you can actually choose which sounds to play. It sounds like lots of people say good thing about this app. :)

  There were other apps where you can learn about guinea pigs' diet and other useful information but I can't find it somehow. I will update this post as soon as I find it again. If you know any other apps to recommend, please leave us some comment, thanks !