[GCRicker]

I want to thank everyone for their replies. What a great forum.

The new family and Aunt (I don't know if she is really the Aunt) are doing great! As I mentioned, the aunt and mother were a little agressive for a few hours when I put the aunt back into the cage. Now though, they all appear to be one happy family. "Popcorning" is a great word for how the babies move. As you suggested, we tried to pat the babies while in their cage with mom, and they just dart all over the place! The mom didn't seem to mind us trying to pat her babies. In fact, I know Guinea Pigs can't laugh, but I think the mom was laughing at us trying to pat her babies as they were "popcorning" all over the place.

We haven't been brave enough to pick up either of the babies yet. I don't even know if it's possible since they move so fast, but we're going to have to soon so the cage can be cleaned. Maybe today.

We're still not sure if we're going to keep the babies or try to give them away. I think it's going to depend on what sex the babies are. We don't have enough room for a giant cage in a single room. However, we do have two cages. If they are both males, or both females, we're thinking about keeping them in the second cage in another room. If one is a male and the other is a female, I don' t know what we'll do.

My wife just asked me to ask you a question. It's off topic, so I apoligize, I probably she be posting this in a seperate thread. The book says to cook kale before feeding it to Guinea Pigs. Why? Doesn't this take away the nutrients?

Thanks again for all your replies.