Hey all! First off I just wanted to update that I never heard back from that company that is selling the wire bottomed cages for piggies. I e-mailed them about that it is not a good idea for piggies to be on wire bottomed cages & the various reasons why, but never heard anything back from them. =(
I recently saw in a Dr. Foster & Smith catalog that they have these things that look like baby diaper wipes to clean your small animals with. When I looked at the ingredients they looked pretty much like baby wipes. So is it ok to use unscented baby wipes to clean Albert's feet & his underneath? They sometimes get a little crusty, as he will just walk right thru his poos & sometimes just sit in them! He's adorable, but not very bright sometimes!  ;) Does anyone else use wipes on their piggies? 
Also I know this is unpiggie related, but I discovered something interesting about Radar, my hamster. He was forever scratching himself & it drives me nuts! It was almost as though he was allergic to something. I was determined to find a way to stop this itching. I had checked him carefully for bugs & no signs of anything were there, & I had switched his bedding from pine to Carefresh & that didn't help either. I was reading thru my hamster book the other night & was just about to give up when I saw a section about diet & the different kinds of hamster foods available out there. Down in the very last paragraph it said about that corn can cause dry skin & itching in some hamsters. Well he loves corn! I'm always picking it out for him & giving him a couple extra cause I know he loves it so much! We cut out the corn & what do ya know in about a week he wasn't as itchy! Just thought I'd share this cause I know some digest people have hammies too!
My thoughts & prayers are with all who have lost piggie friends lately. I feel each loss so personally, as I feel ya'll are like family to me. Also I hope everyone in Florida is safe & the hurricane is not so bad. Take care to people & piggies!

***JAIME***
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