Archive for January, 2009
Super Spritzers
When it comes to successfullygrowing seeds watering is one of the most important factors. Seeds respond quickly to moisture (along with warmth) and by the same token they can respond in a negative way if overwatered or underwatered. Planet Guinea sell Super Spritzers that are ideal for spritzing germinating grass and fully grown grass etc. [...]
January 5, 2009
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After just over a year of looking at guinea pig diets from the piggy owning public we have yet to have had a Calcium high diet submitted. All have been Phosphorus high to different degrees, all have had the correct amount of vitamin C with the majority of the guinea pigs taking part getting twice [...]
January 5, 2009
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Guinea Pig Garden
The Guinea Pig Garden mix has been especially selected for guinea pigs by Planet Guinea. The mix is proffessionaly mixed by our suppliers and supplied exclusively to us. The mix contains a mixture of 50% grasses (including fescues) and 50% herbage. Varieties included are: Orchard Grass, Timothy Grass, Fescues, Plantain, Chicory, Common Vetch, and White [...]
January 5, 2009
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Timothy Grass
Timothy Grass is a fairly vigourous (though not when compared to Rye Grass) growing grass with a shallow root system. This system does not favour the hot weather, therefore Timothy thrives in the cooler seasons. It tends to dislike ‘wet feet’ too and does not thrive on extremely wet land. It is, however ideal for [...]
January 5, 2009
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Do I need to weigh food everyday?
After the initial weighing to familiarise yourself with the amount (ie so that you know what 10g of Dill looks like and 10g of carrot) it becomes second nature to ‘measure’ out food. This can only be likened to doing a health check. You wouldn’t dismiss that as being ‘too much like hard work’ because [...]
January 2, 2009
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