Hi... I have loved guinea pigs since I was 10 years old.. but haven't had one of my own in many years as I was to busy raising my 3 kids. I also went back to school and got a degree in exotic animal care and worked at our local zoo for a while, as well as owning and showing boston terriers. Technically my pigs are my grandpigs as they belong to my children...so I would like to introduce them.
Reese (as in the peanut buttercup) is a 4 year old red and lilac Aby, he was given to my daughter for her 8th birthday by a family friend when he was 5 weeks old. We call my daughter the rodent whisperer.. she read every book our library had on guinea pigs BEFORE Reese was given to her. She wanted one so badly that she did all kinds of research to prove to us that she was ready. Reese follows her around her room, and comes when she calls him. She also has a WHITE hamster that a neighbor was going to "turn loose" right before winter.. Gadget was viscious biting anything that came near him.. but in 2 weeks my daughter had him snuggling in her lap and eating out of her hand.. hence the rodent whisperer.
Gadget the hamster
When the family friend wanted to give her another one for Christmas we agreed... it was from the same breeder as Reese so we thought it would be ok. The day before Christmas the friend brought over the tiniest cutest curly coated (I think he was a Teddy) gray and white piggy... and my daughter named him Tribble. I noticed he was very skinny and pretty lethargic. Within 4 hours he had passed away.. I have no idea what happened to him, though I did find out a few days later that most of the breeder's guinea pig colony had also passed away..Needless to say my daughter was devastated.. she cried for 2 days.. and I agreed to let her have another one.
So that brings us to Rolo, he came into our home on Dec 30th.. he is a very calm and sweet little piggy. I believe he is an American tortoiseshell although he isn't red he is cream/buff so maybe he is a tricolor instead? I am guessing he is about 5-6 weeks old.
After my daughter got Rolo my youngest son (9) asked if he could have a guinea pig as well... my daughter agreed to help care for his guinea pig... so 2 days ago we brought home Twix..
Twix is a 6 week old American female. I am unsure what to call her color. She is mostly white with an orange patch on her rump, and then a small orange patch on her neck with a very dark chocolate brown face.. it looks black but isn't really black when you REALLY look at it.
Anyway just thought I would introduce you to my family's pigs...I look forward to reading more of your forum
Reese (as in the peanut buttercup) is a 4 year old red and lilac Aby, he was given to my daughter for her 8th birthday by a family friend when he was 5 weeks old. We call my daughter the rodent whisperer.. she read every book our library had on guinea pigs BEFORE Reese was given to her. She wanted one so badly that she did all kinds of research to prove to us that she was ready. Reese follows her around her room, and comes when she calls him. She also has a WHITE hamster that a neighbor was going to "turn loose" right before winter.. Gadget was viscious biting anything that came near him.. but in 2 weeks my daughter had him snuggling in her lap and eating out of her hand.. hence the rodent whisperer.
Gadget the hamster
When the family friend wanted to give her another one for Christmas we agreed... it was from the same breeder as Reese so we thought it would be ok. The day before Christmas the friend brought over the tiniest cutest curly coated (I think he was a Teddy) gray and white piggy... and my daughter named him Tribble. I noticed he was very skinny and pretty lethargic. Within 4 hours he had passed away.. I have no idea what happened to him, though I did find out a few days later that most of the breeder's guinea pig colony had also passed away..Needless to say my daughter was devastated.. she cried for 2 days.. and I agreed to let her have another one.
So that brings us to Rolo, he came into our home on Dec 30th.. he is a very calm and sweet little piggy. I believe he is an American tortoiseshell although he isn't red he is cream/buff so maybe he is a tricolor instead? I am guessing he is about 5-6 weeks old.
After my daughter got Rolo my youngest son (9) asked if he could have a guinea pig as well... my daughter agreed to help care for his guinea pig... so 2 days ago we brought home Twix..
Twix is a 6 week old American female. I am unsure what to call her color. She is mostly white with an orange patch on her rump, and then a small orange patch on her neck with a very dark chocolate brown face.. it looks black but isn't really black when you REALLY look at it.
Anyway just thought I would introduce you to my family's pigs...I look forward to reading more of your forum