I just rescued four female three year olds and your channel has been so unbelievably helpful. thank you for sharing this knowledge. my piggies are in better care because of YOU! what fun and beautiful pets.

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you for rescuing and enjoy your lovely piggies 😍

@user-up9wu4qh6k

4 ай бұрын

noice@@SqueakDreams

You are so underated

@sunnyplay755

Жыл бұрын

Be nice

@sunnyplay755

Жыл бұрын

She is amazing

@stellangios

Жыл бұрын

​@@sunnyplay755 "underrated" means even better than people say, it's just a saying that means someone is really good at what they do even if they aren't a world famous superstar

@haiyanyao7634

Жыл бұрын

@@sunnyplay755she is being nice

@lulupierre2051

Жыл бұрын

I know this channel is soooo good

I really want Guinea pigs the noises are so cute❤

@edenwilliams-qi7wr

22 күн бұрын

Trust me Ik you do but mine squeaks every time paper wrinkles and he does it so LOUD!

I just bought 2 Guinea pigs 🐹 for my family (the kids and I are in love 🥰). I was looking for how to litter train them and your video came up, I’m happy I found this. It was so helpful and I’m going to try your suggestions. Thank you 🙏🏿 And I just had to subscribe, I look forward to learning more from you. Thank you ☺️

Loved seeing all the girls (Sarah and the piggies) and Roxy's little run to tell Phoebe about her discovery had me laughing. Happy Easter blessings to all at Squeak Dreams

Yay new video! I just bonded my piggies together and they are really happy now! I did the exact same things as you and indeed most poops are in the litter tray, so great!

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

That's great! And glad they're happily bonded :)

this was so helpful thank you sarah! my children have been asking for piggies for over a year now and finally agreed so have been researching for months now and you are the main person i have been watching for advice! we now have a large kavee cage ordered for our large kitchen and have been in touch with a local reacue which hopefully will have 4 sows for us in June time when we return from our family holiday (so we can give then our full attention whilst they settle in) thank you so much for all your informative videos, your piggies are all such characters and we have a soft spot for phoebe! much love the rice household ❤

I have been following your channel since before. I got guinea pigs and have taken your advice. I am still learning even after owning them for about a year, but my cage has gotten to the point where I only have to do a full cage clean about every 2 to 3 weeks, depending on how consistent I am with adding extra lighters and bathmats, it is not only save me money but time as I have a disability and deep cleaning is very hard on me. Thank you for all the education you have given us.❤

Your advice and your tips are always great 😊!!

You are BRILLIANT!!! I just took the hay racks out of the cage last night and put a huge hay pile in their “kitchen”. Basically that one section of the cage is separate from the rest of the cage with a little doorway for them to go through. Almost all the poops are now contained in the kitchen area now and the rest of the cage looks pretty darn good! Thanks for all the helpful tips!!! I’ll continue to follow your channel closely ❤️🙂

I find your tips and advice so helpful! Thank you for all that you share with us. I appreciate you. ❤

Very helpful. Thank you😊

Thanks Sarah, all very helpful Piggie advice and also interesting and very familiar too! Great to see you all again and hope you have a lovely Easter 🐣 xx

Happy Easter and congrats on coming close to 100k!!!

Awesome video, very helpful.

Love watching your videos, I always pass along your tips to my grandpiggies' owners. 😉

I'll be sure to give some of these a go! Thank you for the video

This is SO helpful!

Great info. Roxie's comment made me laugh. 😂 Happy Easter to you and the girls!❤⚘️🪻🌷🪺

you’ve helped me out so much as a first time guinea pig parent

Love this! Especially the comments from the piggies...........

I use all of your tips and tricks! It has made me a much better piggie mum to my three girls. My husband loves our piggies and finds it very easy to tidy up after them too. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos! I appreciate you and your time so very much.

I'm getting my new 2 guinea pigs by a breeder this weekend, and I've been trying to get good videos to watch and when i found this channel it has just been so helpful!!! Your videos are really amazing! :)

The liter tray is amazing, it's a game changer. I have a little fleece water fall I put over the tray and they 90% go in there. Also super happy with so much hay in the tray! 😊

Once again, a wonderful video of tips for potty training 😀 👌 🤗✨️

This is so helpful I have 2 piggies one who likes to climb and escape and one who is always wet no matter how often I change her the struggle is real lol

Loved this video! I never thought it possible,but my Harriet is pretty much potty trained,except for a couple stray poops, she goes in the corner where I put her hay. I put a lot,top it off and she is funny as i know when she goes. She used to pee in her hidey, but since I kept using fleece and I have found that she loves to stay clean and she does't do that anymore. Thank you for your great tips--also, i switched to a bigger home and that was a plus!

We had 2 very clean girls and now we have 2 new piggies and they are 4 dirty piggies !!!

Not sure if anyone has said this yet, but the reason your pigs might be attracted to behind the tv stand/near the radiator, is the electrical wires. Rodents like pigs hear a humming sound from electrical wires and that draws them to nibble on them, which can obviously be very dangerous. So great that you're keeping them away from those areas. Thanks for all the great advice!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!! After watching this, I gave the boys a hay box in their night box (they live in an outdoor hutch on our deck, or back lawn, during the day), and they are using the back corner of that as their toilet, so I'm not having to change their fleece every single day anymore.

this was EXTREMELY helpful! I finally know how to potty train my future guinea pigs! I am getting them this summer and i've been binge watching your videos and written down information of how I should take care of them. You are so reliable and very easy to understand. I am super excited to get my piggies and they'll stay happy because YOU helped me! Thank you so much for another amazing video and have a great day! ❤❤

@FuzzyPotato6969

11 ай бұрын

Did you get them? How are they?

@eternallyinsecure

11 ай бұрын

@@FuzzyPotato6969 I did actually! A few days ago. They both were scared in the beginning but quickly became cozy in their 6x2 cage. Thanks for asking!!

@FuzzyPotato6969

11 ай бұрын

@@eternallyinsecure that's great! I'm trying to convince my parents and I have been doing a ton of research, I hope I can get some piggies like you.

@eternallyinsecure

11 ай бұрын

@@FuzzyPotato6969 good luck!!

Ty for your video s your girls are beautiful and such hams we know we luvs our piggys I certainly luvs my piglet❤

You are the best Guinea Pig channel!I learned almost everything from you and I'm gallery I forgot about you! Hopefully only day I I can get my own piggies! :3 Edit:What's a front's name when you make the piggies "talk"?

Thanks, this was very helpful. My boys poop a lot so hopefully these tips will work

They are so cute❤

Having a big collection of piddle pads has been a game changer for me. I rotate them during daily spot cleaning and they double up as a comfy sleeping pad for my girls too, much easier to fill up a laundry bag with them and do the occasional load between a full cage clean. My girls are odd though, they use their hay tray but their favourite place to do their business is their loft! We get huge amounts of peeps and poops up there and it gets it's own deep clean every few days. The downstairs main cage stays much cleaner, I just find it so odd their favourite toileting spot is somewhere that seems more exposed 😂 Really though, thank you for the tips and education. I've had piggies for 11 years but still have plenty of learn, and have picked up some invaluable lessons from you! ( Hay tray included, what a revelation in keeping things tidy that was!)

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment! Yes the pads are a must!! Lol at your piggies using the loft, at least it's somewhere rather than everywhere 😄

I love the piggies ❤️

You have been such a huge help! Of course I did plenty of research but you’ve had a lot of tips I haven’t gotten other places. Do you have any videos about having a single male? I have a rescue who has more than one previous home who has never successfully been kept with another Guinea pig, and the rescue assured me it was for the best but I still worry about him getting lonely.

Those wings...eek eek eek 😆 (helpful video👍)

Hi Sarah happy Easter just what to say a big thank you for all your help with my poorly pig who had water infection the good news he just come off his meds and no blood in his wee and keeping that bum hair really short and clean. For potty training well my boys are really good I put safe litter down in area of they cage and they do most of they weeing and poops they I clean that area out everyday and spot clean they twice a day when working and 3 times when off work and a big clean once a week I love watching your videos still miss Pedro but love seeing you 3 girls they all beautiful

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Christine and I'm so happy to hear your boy is doing well! 😍

Amazing birthday present! A video from my favourite youtuber! I do think I will use a litter box in the future when I have piggies. Hay racks are bad 😅 I went to the zoo today and saw like 50 guinea pigs 😂😂. They were soo cute. Was worried where you were but now I know. See you next week! ~Beatrise

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday!!! Hope you've had a great day! It's been a bit busy here but we're all good 😃🌻

@braceletsbyavery

Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday!!

I LOVE GINEA PIG'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah ..all they wanted was privacy in the bathroom !! 😂

Hope you found this video useful! Which tips do you think will work for your piggies? 😃 If you're wondering what a big cleaning day looks like for us, check out the FULL CAGE CLEAN video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaiauKWGZJvXido.html

Thank you so much this is really helpful. I don’t often have time to clean my piggies cage very often every day so potty training would definitely be helpful. I have changed from sawdust to fleece which has helped so much and it means less throwing away and less waste. If anyone has taken the time to read this does any one have some tips to stop piggies chewing EVERYTHING! I know that dogs have a no chew spray but I don’t know if there is any for pigs? So does anyone have any tips? Thank you so much. ❤️

My three are very messy despite being on fleece. I have a 3x5 c&c grid with two large fleece bases on top of which I have smaller pads. After seeing your videos I also now have a large litter tray lined with paper and filled with hay. I still have to pull everything out once a week because of them peeing everywhere 😮. I spot clean twice a day and switch out the smaller pads every couple of days - hard work but love every minute

5:37 Phoebe is like: I need to get to the toilet behind this real fast 😂

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 yes that's what I thought, but she just sits there, strange piggie!

Phoebe is so funny

My wife and I really want guinea pigs so we’ve been researching for a few years. Your videos always provide so much helpful information as well as adorable piggie content! Thank you Sarah for everything you do, when we adopt our pigs we will definitely be giving this litter training a try!

@Libbys-animals

5 ай бұрын

Aw that’s great that you and you’re wife have done plenty of reasearch. Have you got you’re piggies yet?

@Hmrogers97

4 ай бұрын

@@Libbys-animals not yet, thanks for asking! We're still in the process of saving money but today I called our favorite vet clinic and was told they have two vets who see guinea pigs! Also I confirmed that the late night emergency vet we use treats piggies, plus there's a very good exotics clinic at a university only an hour away if the need ever arises. We're so relieved to have all this figured out well ahead of time, haha

@Libbys-animals

4 ай бұрын

@@Hmrogers97 Thats great you've done so much research and looked into guinea pig vets! unfortunately most people dont think to do those kind of things :( if you do get guinea pigs I'm sure they'll have a great home with you guys! 🤍

@Hmrogers97

4 ай бұрын

@@Libbys-animals thank you, how kind of you to say ❤

@Libbys-animals

4 ай бұрын

@@Hmrogers97 No problem!! it makes me happy to see when people take care of they're pets properly🐹🤍

Hi Sarah, I want to start off by saying I love your channel! I have been fostering 2 male guinea pigs due to their owner experiencing a medical emergency with a brain hemorrhage. He is still in recovery and we have now decided to fully adopt the piggies as he feels he can't take care of them anymore. I have purchased a new C&C cage and want to give them a whole new setup as their cage before was way too small and not ideal for piggies. I love your setup and want to do the litter tray as well. How often do you top the hay? How often do you do a full clean out of litter tray? I have never owned guinea pigs before, so I am learning as I go. Any advice or tips is greatly appreciated! I have fallen in love with these two piggies and want to give them the best life possible. Thank you so much! You have truly helped me learn all about piggies the last month! Diana

So a tray full of hay will keep most of their poop and pee in there. This is a good idea. I know it's not perfect but if you have fleece and bath mats this is actually a great idea to cut down on how much poop and pee you get.

3 weeks!!! I wish , i've tried nearly all of your tips... i think my pigs are just destined to be big chunky mess makers! I have to change out their pee pads daily, and full fleece change once a week (thats even with having bobble bath mats on top being swapped every 3 days and a hay tray like yours which gets changed daily) - they are a lot of work aren't they!!

I have a rabbit who’s free roam and potty trained. My little sister’s friend just asked me to take her guineas they are in a tiny tiny cage (they meaning 2) they don’t have that good of a diet and are unhandled so here I am. Learning how to tame them

What is the other hay you use for the bedding box besides the Timothy Hay? I didn't see it on your amazon list. thanks!

It's also good to have water bottles and food bowls in litter trays. I have a really big one for their hay, and two with a food bowl and water bottle. Each pig has been different but this makes them a lot more likely to go to the toilet in them.

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

Useful tip thank you! Will have to try this when we have a bigger cage 😄

@scifirocks

Жыл бұрын

@@SqueakDreams Pigs turn the phrase don't shit where you eat on it's head! 😂 There's still some mess in the cosier spots, but they just love to combine snack/drink time with toilet time.

Hi Sarah I'm just wondering are you getting a new addition to the herd I think it would be amazing if you got a new boar btw I got a another piggie for my 2 boars so now I have 3 and it took 3 months to bond them but now there are no fights and the reason there are bonded so good is cuz of you I watched all your bonding vids and followed what you siad to do btw this is random but I got a guinea pig shirt for Easter lol

I adopted my first piggie today, it was suggested he be alone as apparently he was fighting, I have seen so many of your videos to know that's probably untrue and very much intend to adopt another so he has a friend. We are making him a diy cage using grids that match c and c cages. Thank you so much for these videos, I have learned so much already and come back regularly to check I'm getting him suitable bedding, toys, food, hay ect and he looks so much like Pedro

@garry9583

3 ай бұрын

what happened I must know, was he truly a fighter or a secret lover???

@samanthahughes4488

3 ай бұрын

@@garry9583 he was traumatized from his previous home. Unfortunately we had to let him go to a new family as he was frightened I was concerned he would bite my young son. He has gone to a wonderful home, the lady has experience with PTSD piggies.

@garry9583

3 ай бұрын

@@samanthahughes4488 aw that's unfortunate, glad you found him a good home tho

Callie gets prettier and prettier every I time I see her. x

I will definitely try this for my sweet girls

Hi Sarah, great tip about hanging fleece over a corner of the cage. I was wondering do you know if it's bad for pigs to eat newspaper? I can't find a clear answer to this. I worry when mine managed to sneak under their bedding hay & munch on it.

I imagine teaching the guinea pigs how to push the handle to flush their tiny toilets.

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

😂 they'd be on and off the loo constantly

I have been watching your channel for 2 years so I can get a ginny pig.

Please can u do some tips on how to take care a fully blind Guinea pig

Thank you a lot, it was so helpful! ❤ Nevertheless I have a question that bothers me a lot… it’s about the wooden hammock. So I got my piggies one and they just constantly try to chew on it😢 I can’t say it’s completely destroyed but…the look is unpleasant already. What suggestions would you give?

My Leo was a very tidy pig and always went in one corner, until Spike told him he didn't need to, he could go anywhere and the slave will clean up 😂

Hi! This knowledge is so helpful. I have 2 new piggies but they're not eating or drinking. Got them today. Do you have any advice?

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

That's normal for two scared piggies, you can encourage them to eat by placing hay (note they need LOTS of fresh good quality ha) and pellets at the entrance to wherever they are hiding, and set up a water bowl until you know they are using the bottles.

@christinamouldwarp4927

Жыл бұрын

@@SqueakDreams thank you so much!

where do you get that glass that you use as barriers?

Hello I’m thinking about getting Guinea pigs and I have done loads of research and watched a lot of your videos and I was wondering how much veggies should I give them I plan on getting 3 or 2?

I am a proud daddy of Lil Amanda a young short-haired piggy. Someone abandoned her and another one but the second one died in our rose bushes, unfortunately. Animal Control came to retrieve the remains. I was watering and the lil piggy came running out of the flower bush. It surprised both of us. Me wondering what the heck a piggy was even doing in my yard and the piggy because I gave her an unsolicited shower. I told her I was sorry. I made up by giving her a salad, hay, water, and a piece of apple. After a week we decided to bring her inside. I watched your videos and made Lil Amanda a nice area to live in. I made her a temporary Chateau with curtains and chopsticks for the curtain rod. I am making her a more durable Castle out of a plastic storage bin I know she will like. We own a rabbit name Lady Cottontail with almost the same story. (We won't be mixing them together) She hopped into our lives 09-07-22 we found her under my car and now we have a new member of the family. Lil Amanda. (What a coincidence?) My wife will be making the hay bag this weekend and the cage pad/s for her area. She's a seamstress (hobby). I wanted to chime in to say Thank you for taking the time to create these videos. I appreciate you. I have learned a lot. I'm taking a crash course piggy 101. Angel from The Bay Area, CA USA

Would the edge of the litter box where you cut the opening scratch them.🤔

Which size tub do u use for your litter tray?

I have a question, where do you get the large boxes of Timothy hay? Send me a link if able!

What size is your under bed storage box you use as a hay box could you give me the measurements I’m wanting to find one as big as yours ❤

I got that it was Timothy hay on the top, but what’s the bottom, or bulk of the hay?

Little confused- where are you keeping the hay that you encourage them to eat? Versus the hay for litter box? I only see it in the one place. Totally new to this and trying to figure out the best set up for us.

My sows are amazingly potty trained, including one mama's 2 pups(1 is a boy). But my boars... oh my older boars. They love pooping everywhere EXCEPT the litter box. 🥲 My older boars came from the same place, I suspect their mother wasn't toilet trained or they were taken away too early. Why? Because my mama pig taught her 2 pups very quickly on where to poo and pee! I find it better if the litter box is covered with a cardboard box or sheet (they like their privacy). P.S. Where did you get those table x hammocks!? 😍😍😍

I've got a question, where do you get the fleece you put on the bottom of your cage and what kind of material is it? Thank you for the useful video, your piggies are adorable♡

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

I use fleece throws from primark/B&M and make them into liners with mattress protectors 😊

I just got a baby not that long ago and I swear he potty trained himself! He only goes peepee in 2 spots and made me know where they were so I always know to put bedding there

My baby potty trained himself ;)

Hi. I have 2 boys who seem to soil more than my first pair of guinea pigs. I feel like their pads need to be changed out every 2 to 3 days. It just seems to get gross if I wait beyond this time frame. I use fleece bedding, noodle mats, and little piggy size fleece "beds". Am I changing too often?

Hi, I have a question! So I have had my guinea pigs for about six or seven months until they are still very shy, and will run away from me and hide them to their hinds! I’m not sure why they are doing this. Veggies every morning and I tried to hold them often to get used to me. Tips?

Where do you get your play toys for your Guinea pigs from?

What kind of food do they eat ?

I have a question recently I bought female Guinea pig it’s shy because of me and she poops and pees every time may it be because of the small cage cause the is like a hamster cage

How long did it take you to potty train them?

my guinea pigs are so dirty and cute at the same time.

A bit off-topic. We got 2 young male guinea pigs a week 1/2 ago. At first, the black one kept mounting the brown one, the dominance game. But once we had them in the house, it was always the black one that ran into their house and the brown one showing us more curiosity as we communicated with them. For the first week, then, the brown one was mounting the black one, suddenly showing that HE was boss. But NOW, as of a few days ago, it's the black one mounting the brown again - now that he's starting to feel braver around us. Do guinea pigs always "take turns" to show who's dominant? Or is this only when they're youngsters?

do u have any hay recommendations other than timothy hay? i live in australia and timothy hay is extremely expensive and ive been trying to save up my own money to buy some but my parents would not allow me to spend $20 aud for 450 grams of hay

@scifirocks

Жыл бұрын

Timothy hay is mainly grown in north America, everywhere else in the world has to import it which means it's very expensive and only available in small quantities. It's just a species of grass, it isn't particularly better than other grass species it's just so widely available there it's really popular. I live in the UK, so I don't know what is available in Australia. Our hay tends to be either Orchard or Meadow hay, it tends to be a wide mixture of species of grasses and herbs. It's been grown like this here for several centuries so we don't have monoculture hay crops like they do in America.

@dearminnie._

Жыл бұрын

@@scifirocks for me orchard hay is just the same price as timothy hay and my piggies dont really eat meadow hay i feed them oaten hay (they dont eat it much but they still eat it) as it is very cheap but they dont really like it

hii i have a question so i have tried fleece liners with my piggies but both of them got in the habit of crawling under it is there a way to convince them not to do that? :)

@susanlee7530

Жыл бұрын

You can put bricks or some other heavy object to hold down the fleece,

Can piggies be put safely in a multi level cage such as a chinchilla or ferret cage?

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

Good question! But no, multi level cages aren't suitable for guinea pigs, because the minimum floor area (e.g. 10.5 square feet for two pigs) should be on a single flat level. Guinea pigs are not agile, some will not use ramps, and they like to get the 'zoomies' and run laps of a single level large area for exercise. I recommend looking into DIY C&C cages (you can buy the materials and make yourself very easily). Hope this helps!

Plastic bin is bad bc the could choke on it but great vid

I'm trying it once more with a guinea I'm taking care of. He is used to wood lining is still being trained. I belive I change my fleece liner very often (every 3 days) and its becoming tiresome. I have pee pads but I have the idea the fleece is smelly... maybe the smell just comes from the litter box

As soon as my girls touch the floor they baptize it with pee pee ..😅..l change their fleece twice a day ,if l don't they turn their house upside down ..when l go downstairs in the morning say Hello girls , housecleaning is here 😂

My guinea pigs don't want to use the snacks as there bathrooms lol, they like using a cardboard box from staples instead.

Where do you get your Guinea pigs?

Omg Callie is growing up too fast how old she now 😭 it makes me remember my piggies when they were babies they grow up way too fast

@SqueakDreams

Жыл бұрын

She's 10 months old, whaaaat! 😮

@ELMSOWS

Жыл бұрын

@Squeak Dreams omg noooooo she's becoming grown up piggy she must stay baby forever

So I just need does things for the Guinea pig because I bring Guinea pigs in my school and they poop every were I wish they don't poop to much. I Guinea pigs I used to have my 2 favorite Guinea pig they die.

mrs squeak dreams, may i tell your a story?

I want some lap time! Lol😅