PetSmart haul! [8/25/2012]

I recorded this video yesterday and it just uploaded, so check it out?

I'm back! :)

So, you remember how my cage was way long before I got Zoey? Here's a picture in case you can't remember. My cage has changed a lot since then, well, not a lot, but a little. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I hate this old layout, this is what it looked like when I first made the cage, and I expanded the second level. Not sure if I made a post about it here when I expanded it, but I did. I hated the second level, it was a waste of space. Especially under it, I couldn't really reach under there to spot clean the poo, which really got on my nerves and hurt my back. I think I even pulled a muscle from crawling under there and trying to clean up the poo in the morning when I woke up. Speaking of mornings, I think I'm getting a good sleep schedule going again. Over the summer I totally lost control and could only go to sleep at 4am. When school started back, that's when I started falling apart. Getting 3 hours of sleep every morning was not good for me, at all. I would always fall asleep in class, I'm surprised I didn't get written up for it. My teachers are actually pretty cool. So, back onto the subject of cages.

I washed their fleece yesterday (Yay!) because it started to smell a little. A smelly cage is never good. (Yuck..) And once I got the cage nice and clean and smelling good, I loved it! All the other times I washed the fleece it never looked as good as it does now, ever. I'm really surprised at how good it looks to me. I've washed the fleece before, but it's never looked this good to me. I always have thought my cage looks horrible, because I don't have coroplast, I have 2 shower curtains under the fleece instead. I wish I could afford coroplast, it would look so much more nicer than shower curtains. But I can't afford coroplast at the moment, it's really expensive, y'know? Once I can afford coroplast I will definitely get some. First thing on my to-do list. But a shower curtain is good for now. I want to go to this guinea pig rescue a couple of hours away to see if they have any female guinea pigs available. I want to adopt another one. What am I turning into?
I just love guinea pigs, they're so cute and lovable and snuggly and ah! I just love them so much!

Oh! I wanted to tell you something new about what I did with the cage, I used this shoe box and cut a hole on the front (or the back, whatever.) so they could get in there to eat hay. It would hold hay way better than that other thing I had, with that other little box thing they could push the hay out and it would go all over the fleece. But since this shoe box has high sides on it, I can pile hay in it and they can't knock out as much as they could with the other thing. As far as health concerns, my piggies are not really chewers, they know what's toy's and what's not toy's. They're silly piggies. ;) Sorry if this is a little long, I just have so much to say! :)

A front view of the shoebox hay holder on the right.

I think I cut it low enough to where they can crawl in, later I found out it was perfect for them. They have plenty enough room to crawl in and eat the hay, so it's a good substitute to the expensive store hay holders.

I use this weird Kaytee bedding, it looks like shredded pieces of toilet paper. As far as moisturization and odor control it has been doing well. The urine leaks through the bottom, but that's okay, when the shoe box ruins I will just replace it. I have tons of shoe boxes.

Beanie trying out the hay bin for the first time.
A few bedding pieces comes out when they hop in and come out, but that's okay. As long as the hay doesn't get everywhere like it used to. That would make me soooooo mad when they tipped over their hay bin and hay would scatter all over one half of the cage, it would take me hours to clean it all up. Hopefully this shoe box won't get as much hay on the floor like the other one did.

 Not sure if I told anyone, but I picked up this food bowl recently, maybe close to a month ago, and it has been doing well with holding the pellets. :)
My next product review will be on this product, actually.

 A view of the pellets in the bowl on the right.
The bowl is pretty heavy and deep, so they can't tip it over and spill the pellets, so that's really good.
I think I would go insane if they tipped over their pellets and scattered them everywhere like I see some piggies do.

The pellets that I use is on the left.
This is Kaytee Forti-Diet Pro Health pellets. It was $9.00 from PetSmart. Not much to say about this...

I recently bought another igloo, maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago.
My piggies fought when I had one igloo, so I ran and bought another one and they stopped fighting and ignored the new igloo and slept in one together. Weird pigs. ;)

My dad bought this adorable edible hut thing from PetSmart about 2 weeks ago, I think it's just so cute!

Almost forgot! The hay I feed my piggies is Oxbow Western Timothy Hay. Just in case you were wondering.

 Bean likes to pose for the camera. ;)
I think Zoey was in one of the igloos at the time I was taking pictures, so I never snapped one of her.

A view of all the hidey houses on the right.
They have a decent area where they can sleep. It's nice. :)

New arrival! [TONS OF PICTURES!]

Surprise! I got a baby bunny!
It's a boy, and his name is Gus. :)

Can you find the sleepy bun bun? :)

Kitten pictures!

Managed to snap some quick pictures of the cat on my iPod. [Thats why the quality sucks.]

How to: Make a yummy piggie salad!

Ingredients: 

Cherry tomatoes

Celery

Romaine lettuce

Baby carrots

Cucumbers

Grapes

It's pretty simple, really, just cut everything up into pretty reasonable sizes so that the piggies will have an easy time eating the pieces. Mix them all up in a bowl [or arrange them neatly, your choice.] and serve to your cute piggies!

More pigtures!

Adopted another piggie today! Also, some pigtures. :)

Her name is Zoey, and she is the sweetest piggie in the world. :)

Also, I stopped by Petsmart and picked up some Kaytee pellets. They love them! This is the pellets I got them:

They rate it a definite 10/10! :)

Product review!

Hello dear humans, Bean here, today I wanted to tell you about a product.

Apple slice treats by All Living Things

I love munching on these! These are my favorite treat ever, I love these more than I love greenbeans. Now that's saying something!  And the best part is, the only ingredient is dehydrated apples! My human said I can't have one everyday. She said I have to be limited to them, because they are high in sugars. Whatever that is.

I rate this a...10/10!

~ Bean.

Hope you readers enjoyed this. :) I plan on doing more product reviews. Keep on wheeking!
Don't forget, this Monday is "Product Monday" where I showcase some fancy products for your small animals! Stay cavy crazy, my friends!

Pigtures!

Her old store bought cage compared to her new huge cage:

Bean enjoying her downstairs water bottle! :)

Should I make a cage tour video? And maybe a video about my piggie treats, chews, toys, things like that? I'm curious as to who would actually watch the videos.

Updates!

Sorry I haven't been posting at ALL lately, but don't worry, I didn't forget about you guys. xoxo
I'm back now, and I'm going to be posting a lot! :)

Yesterday I went shopping and got some cubes, fleece, zipties, shower curtains, etc. To build a C&C cage! Yay! We cleaned out a spare storage room, and so now the cage is currently in there, where there is a lot of room and I can expand it if I wanted to. :) Here are some pictures of the cage, the last one is a picture taken today, I just got done expanding the second level!

Hehe, you can see Beanie about to go in her pigloo. <3

 This is the new cage with an expanded second level! Took me a couple hours because the grids wouldn't cooperate, and also the cardboard took a long time to cut. :(

I plan on adopting one more guinea pig, maybe two if I can talk my dad into it! Lol! :)

Anyway, if you have any questions about the cage, or anything else, just ask. :)

Some news! Good and bad. :(

Guys, I'm SO sorry I haven't been posting.

But you will see why I haven't really been posting lately later...

BAD NEWS

We stopped by the vet, and they said that either we had to put Trinity down, or she will just suffer.

I hated to see her in pain, so we decided that putting her down would be the best thing to do.

I don't have a C&C cage, we were so money tight we had to sell it before we took it out of the package.

GOOD NEWS

New family member! 

She is about a month old, she is a grey tiny kitten!

Yes, I said it! KITTEN!!

I have always wanted one, I have had cats before. They are so smart and sweet.

Here is a picture of Cotton. 

Here is another picture of her, in most of them she is sleeping because thats the only time she will stay still long enough for me to take a picture! 

Hope everyone is doing okay. :)

Oh, and I missed so many product mondays, I will make that up this coming monday. :D

New cage idea!

So here is my new cage idea....

The cage came, and we are going to start building it maybe next weekend, or the week after 

that. We are going to Gatlinburg for a while. But I will still post. (I'm taking Beanie with me. Visiting relatives and she said I could keep her up there. :D)

(Click photo to enlarge)

 Trinity is doing a little better. The vet said she is doing great! 

I'm so glad to hear that. <3

Thats me right now, typing this. :3 I look horrible don't I? xD

I'm being super lazy today, I haven't done anything but lay in the bed and watch tv. :P

Bean is doing the same thing, chillin in her bed. <3

I hope everyone has a fantastic Saturday! Almost Product Monday. Be ready to see some 

awesome small pet products available out there. ;)

xoxo

~ Mikayla

 

So many views!

I know it's only 160...

But in my book, thats a lot of views! And I just wanted to say...

THANK YOU! <3

Playtime!

Some evening playtime with the Beans. :3

Snuggles!

Evening snuggles with Beanie. :D