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Old 02-07-07, 12:27 pm
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I'm new to the site. I have 2 piggies. Theo and Mike they are from a Shelter, I was told they are brothers. I am not sure what kind of Guinea pigs they are. If u have any Idea please post.
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This is Theo

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Old 02-07-07, 01:42 pm
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I'm not SURE, but I think they are both abyssians.




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Welcome and you have very pretty guinea pigs!They look like a smooth hair and some sort of longer haired mix, probably abyssinian/smooth haired.
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Old 02-07-07, 01:56 pm
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Hi and welcome to the forums
Your pigs are so cute! They look like abbysinians, but Theo's hair looks longer than my abby's - I guess he just has longer hair.
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Theo may be an Aby mix but he has Abyssinian in him. He could be an Aby/Silkie mix or an Abyruvian (Aby + Peruvian).

Mike is an Abyssinian.
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Theo may be an Aby mix but he has Abyssinian in him. He could be an Aby/Silkie mix or an Abyruvian (Aby + Peruvian).

Mike is an Abyssinian.
Hmmm... so does that mean they could still be brothers or no?
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Not sure if they are Abruvians because they have very smooth and short hair but I could be wrong! I still think they are more likely to be a mix between an abysinnian and a smooth haired pig. Because my Wookie is Abruvian (We are pretty sure). On first glance she looks like an abyssinian but the hair on her bum grows longer then the rest like a peruvian(but we cut it shorter to match the rest) she doesn't have rough edged rosettes and she has very wild hair that grows in all kinds of directions, The hair on her head usually grows over her face like a peruvian (but we cut it short so it stands more upwards then forward) she also prefers to be petted from the back to front (like a peruvian) my Pig leia is a peruvian so it's a good reference however it could just be she has more abyssinian in her then peruvian:

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Hmmm... so does that mean they could still be brothers or no?
I'm pretty sure they could be, My two boys are brothers (positive) and they look nothing alike see, http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...e/Hpim1254.jpg

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Yes, they can still be brothers. Due to genetics, one litter can throw off a variety of different types of pigs due to what genes the parents carry.

I have an abyruvian too. Attached is a pic of her. She has a lovely rooster butt plume.
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Ahhh okay. Makes sense. I never knew anything about how the litters worked.
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Ly, you should be a cavy vet.

You know so much about them.
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I have an abyruvian too. Attached is a pic of her. She has a lovely rooster butt plume.
Your pig definitely has more peruvian in her then abyssinian. Perhaps she could just be a peruvian of some sort? Can't really tell from that picture. This is my pig Leia, she's a peruvian if you want a reference (We cut her hair so she has this pluck of hair sticking out that can't decide which way to grow) :


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I am probably a bit old to be going to vet school but I have thought about maybe becoming a vet tech. I am disabled but still mobile and not dead yet.

Thanks for the compliment.
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Iiiii don't think you're THAT old. Have you seen some of the vets out there? Even doctors in general.
Hah. The dermatologist I went to last was like 85. Seriously. He was getting ready to go at any time. Heh. The called me like a month after my visit and told me he had passed away. So I guess he really was getting ready to go at any time.

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Finna isn't a classic peruvian, she's a mix. Finna has the classic Aby build but she has the rooster plume and the hair on her head goes forward towards her eyes but if she was all peruvian, it would grow down over her eyes, but it doesn't.

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awww cute picture. Ye I have the same thing with Wookiee, her hair starts growing towards her face but stops at a point whilst Leia's hair keeps growing till she can't see anymore. Wookiee clearly has more abyssinian in her so that's why I was wondering. I still feel Amy's pigs haven't really got peruvian in them from what I can tell. They don't seem to have those characterizes of a peruvian. They look more like a smooth haired pig with a few abyssinian hair plucks sticking out. So they would be like Smoothinians?
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