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ApopFrauks In reply to Naboru [2017-01-29 17:18:59 +0000 UTC]

Haha, jaa, Deutsch geht hier auch!  
Danke. Wobei das mit der Helligkeit auch ein bisschen Geschmacksache ist. Ich habe absichtlich ein helleres Tier genommen, mehr so in Anlehnung an die Tiere aus den kälteren Gegenden (Polarüchse, Eisbären etc.). Ich liebe z. B. Fotos von Polarfüchsen total, weil die Bilder so schön harmonisch aussehen mit weiß auf weiß. Hatte die Fotoserie zwischendurch mit einem dunkleren Meeri ausprobiert, aber das sah einfach total unharmonisch aus (für meinen Geschmack zumindest). xD 

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Naboru In reply to ApopFrauks [2017-01-29 18:57:35 +0000 UTC]

Ja stimmt, ist Geschmackssache. aber toll, dass die kleinen so schön vor der Kamera posieren. ^^

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ApopFrauks In reply to Bordowa [2017-01-23 07:55:39 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thank you so much for your kind words! ♥ 

I can't use every guinea pig for taking pictures. Some of mine also run away from the set as soon as I take my hands away from them... In most of my pictures you can see Swiss Teddy guinea pigs because this breed is known for being extremely lazy. They are just too lazy to start running. 
How old are your guinea pigs? Some of my short hair guinea pigs became calmer when they were 3 - 4 years old.  
Sometimes it also helps to put them on your arms again and calming them down like this for about 5 minutes. Some of mine then suddenly stay still when I put them back to the place where I want to take the picture.  

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Bordowa In reply to ApopFrauks [2017-01-23 22:20:03 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes it works to give them something to eat in the place I want them to look to, so they smell it and see it, but it's tricky to make the shot before they move to eat Mine are 3, 4 and 5 years old and still are quite active, they even have moments they're running like crazy over the room One is definitely overactive and can't stand still because it's boring, the other one is stubborn, and the last one loves cuddles and it happens to him that after putting on the place he's just standing and looking around, but at the same he's a real coward. maybe it's because of his past (he's a rescue pig, found on the street when he was about 4-6 months maybe) and sometimes every louder sound or unexpected move can scare him.
By the way I'm quite surprised that your piggies live outside! Here in Poland we have similiar climate and people on piggie forums are telling and warning others all the time that even going outside with cavies for a short time to let them eat grass when it's below 25-20*C in the middle of the day and 10-15 in the night is dangerous for them and they can catch cold instantly maybe it's because Teddys have thicker fur? But on the paws they don't have fur...

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ApopFrauks In reply to Bordowa [2017-01-24 08:35:08 +0000 UTC]

Aww, I definitely need to check your profile a little more when I have time. I also had an abandoned guinea pig once, but she must have been about 6 years already. She was almost blind and from her reactions I could see she must have lived alone all the years. She was unable to cope with my other piggies the first months. But therefor she loved humans. Taking pictures with her was always super easy.

Yeah, I heard having piggies outside is not recommended in almost every country except Germany/Austria/Switzerland. Every winter, when I start posting winter piggies, somehow people from all over the world keep commenting how dangerous it is to have them outside and how irresponsible I am. But it really is considered as the most appropriate way to keep guinea pigs over here and it’s always hard to make all the people understand that it is okay for them as long as you pay attention to all their special needs in winter (I am not talking about you here But some people are really judgy). And there are a lot of things you need to know about guinea pigs before you can decide having them outside. P. e. they need different food in winter to have enough energy, they need a lot of space so that they can run for warming up, they need a warm area in their hut (infra red lights)... And a lot more.

The rule with not putting them outside when the temperatures are below 15 °C at night also works here in Germany for guinea pigs that live inside. But there is always a time when the temperature stays over 15 °C at night for quite a period (usually from May to September in Germany). And in this time we start to make the guinea pigs familiar with the life outside. In this time we put them outside and from that day they constantly stay outside. In the end of September, when the temperatures start to fall, the guinea pigs get used to it step by step. Therefor you cannot take them inside when it is too cold outside. Because they are not used to the heat in the house anymore and could collapse. So p. e. going to the vet in winter with “outside piggies” is not so easy. You have to wait outside in the cold with your piggy and the vet needs to cool down the treatment room. Also your car’s heating must be turned off on your way to the vet...

Some people have a veeeery huge aviary for their guinea pigs outside. It is so huge that they even have a garden hut in the aviary, so that the guinea pigs can decide if they want to go outside or not. But it is more common to just have the garden hut, so the guinea pigs are not completely outside, but live in a hut that almost has the same temperature as the air outside. The guinea pigs are safe from wind, rain and snow. We call this kind of keeping  “cold barn keeping”. That’s what I have. So we actually have three different types of keeping, from warm to cold: keeping inside, cold barn keeping and keeping outside.

I just don’t know why only german-speaking countries do it this way. It became more and more popular in the last 10 years. We even have a lot of good books about keeping them outside or in a cold barn. You can get it in every pet store over here. I can’t imagine that not a single german-speaking person/vet/guinea pig expert has been able to write all information about keeping them outside in English. Lol. I just don’t know.

Whoops, quite a long comment. But I hope it’s worth reading for you.  

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ApopFrauks In reply to KarenAld [2017-01-20 08:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Candy is 4 months old now. So her fur will keep growing.  

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KarenAld In reply to ApopFrauks [2017-01-20 19:31:07 +0000 UTC]

Aww, so much fun! She's cuter than ever!

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ApopFrauks In reply to RavenMontoya [2017-01-20 08:25:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
This is actually a very new guinea pig breed called "Swiss Teddy". They have this thick fur the whole year.
I love these beautiful fluff balls. <3

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RavenMontoya In reply to ApopFrauks [2017-01-20 12:42:03 +0000 UTC]

I can totally understand why. They look adorable. 

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