Cavy Savvy Wins An Award

We're proud to announce that we are the winners of the Carrot Decorating Contest, held on Muffin's human's blog! Guinea pig Muffin held a great contest that we entered by carving a carrot into the shape of a seahorse. We're delighted to hear that our seahorse-shaped carrot got FIRST PLACE!

You can see a list of all the entries and winners here: http://bonkersinbarnhart.com/winners-of-the-great-carrot-decorating-contest/

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Oakleaf Lettuce?

Oakleaf lettuce is safe for piggies to eat. While this specific type of lettuce is not on our favorite food chart, all other types of lettuce can be fed almost daily, so it's probably safe to assume this applies to oakleaf lettuce as well.

I think there's a subtle struggle for dominance between Broccoli and Lola. I'm trying to keep my distance.

Leave my food alone! I don't see you doing this to Broccoli! 

I'm going to eat facing this way from now on.

Oakleaf lettuce is delicious. You know you've got a good food when Lola tries to steal it from you. 5/5 stars!

December 2012's Cavy Savvy Winner Is...

We used a random number generator to choose today's winner, and the winner is ...Beth E.! Beth is Poko's human, who you may recall was the winner of a previous contest where they won a cape. That's one lucky pig!

Poko will receive:

• The guinea pig stocking from Cuddly Cavy Creations
• The guinea pig beanie baby ornament 
• A bag of Oxbow Simple Rewards Veggie Treats (our favorite treat!)

Thanks to everyone who entered! If you didn't win, remember that we will be having lots of new contests in 2013, so keep reading the blog for your next chance to win.

Guinea Pig Holiday Giveaway: Now Giving More Away!

There is still one more day to enter the Guinea Pig Holiday Giveaway, so go ahead and enter if you haven't already. If you haven't entered yet, here's another reason to: we're adding another prize!

Look at what you can win!

The new prize is this adorable guinea pig tree ornament! Your piggies will definitely get into the holiday spirit with the guinea pig stocking and tree ornament. In addition, we've decided that the bag of treats that we will give away will be Oxbow Simple Rewards Veggie Treats.

We draw the winning name sometime tomorrow evening. Good luck, and thanks for following the blog!

Ask A Guinea Pig

Guess what, humans? We're launching a brand new segment on our blog called "Ask A Guinea Pig"

Professor Pig is here to answer your questions

That's right, every week (or so), we're answering your questions about our guinea pig ways. Ever wonder...

• Why we wheek even after you give us food and attention?
• Why we like to sniff around during floor time?
• What's our opinion on the best type of cage toy?
• What do we think about the portrayal of guinea pigs in the media?
• Why do we like to pee in inappropriate places?

Here's your chance to ask us about anything you've ever wanted too know about what makes us tick. Just reply to this post with your question and we'll post our answer. 

Guinea Pig Holiday Giveaway

The holidays are just around the corner, so it's time for another giveaway to thank our loyal readers. (Quick review: loyal readers get 5/5 stars!) The prize is an incredibly cute stocking with a guinea pig on it, courtesy of Cuddly Cavy Creations.

How cute is this? Just leave a comment, and this could be yours!

We could just have this alone be the prize and it would be a pretty good giveaway, but we're going to do better than that and sweeten the prize with treats! If you win, we will throw in a bag of treats we'll purchase with the money we've made when you bought Small Pet Select hay through our link. How's that for a stocking-stuffer?


Contest Rules:

• You must be a resident of the continental United States.
• You have to be a follower of this blog. To follow us, just click the "join this site" button on the right.
• To enter, leave a comment on this blog post expressing your interest in participating in the contest. 
• One winner will be chosen at random and announced on this blog on December 17th. Good luck!

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Tatsoi?

Did you see how Broccoli defied me on our recent post on broccoli (the food)? He's really put on weight since the humans first brought him in. Now, he's about as big as me, and I'm starting to worry that he's going to challenge my dominance. I don't want him to know I'm worried, though, so I'm just going to act like it's no big deal for this review.

Today, we're reviewing tatsoi, which is another food the humans brought us back from the farmer's market. Guinea pigs can eat tatsoi, but we weren't able to find any information on how often, so you should probably feed it to us sparingly until better information is available.

Normally, I'd push you out of the way, but I'm feeling nice today. Go ahead and have a piece.

Am I acting strange? Maybe I'm just filled with the holiday spirit or something.

Mmm... This is good. What were we talking about?

Tatsoi is green, crunchy, and delicious. We're giving it 5/5 stars!