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Chritazy

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Hi there! I'm new here and thought I'd introduce myself before I start jumping on threads and asking questions. My name is Christie and I've never had guinea pigs before. Last Saturday I adopted 2 female piggies from a local rescue, but was unable to bring them home because one was still on pregnancy watch (the other one had 3 babies since being rescued). I get to pick them up tomorrow and I'm pretty excited. I've been doing a LOT of research over the last couple of weeks. I think I'm on information overload!
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Thanks in advance for your patience while I continue to learn!

~Christie~
 

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Welcome! Glad to hear you rescued and are researching. We love that here! ❤️
 

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How exciting! i just got my pair 2 days ago. i hope you post pigtures! :)
 

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Honestly, before I started doing research I had planned on purchasing 1 pig at the pet store. Then the more I read, the more I realized that I need two and that they should be rescued. I have had 4 animals in my adult life (2 cats, 2 dogs) and all have been rescued. I wasn't aware that there were guinea pig rescues out there until I started my research.

Megaredize - I don't have any pictures yet (didn't even think about it until after we left the shelter last week). I'll take some tomorrow though! Congrats on your new piggies!
 

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Rescue piggies are just wonderful! :)
 

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Welcome to the site and forums! Adopting your piggies is wonderful, even with them having babies so recently, and the other being n pregnancy watch. ^-^. We would also love it if you could keep us updated and post pics!
 

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Welcome to the forum !!! PIGTURES PLZZZ
 

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Well I do have to say you are off to an awesome start and congrats on the new pigs post pigtures
 

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Kuddos to you for rescueing before adopting! I often wish I would have found this site before I found my pigs
 

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Here are the girls getting to know their new home. The white one with black around her ears is Leia and the brown/white is Sophia aka "The Princesses". ;)

I think they like their new home. Looked to me like Leia was popcorning (she's only 4 months). I can already tell she's the more adventurous one. Sophia stays hidden more, but she does come out and run around. She'll be 1 yr next month.

I think my dog just wants to play with them. He sure does watch them a lot! Leia has even gone up nose to nose with him. Don't worry, there is a lid on the cage.

Oh! We went out for dinner and when we got home we heard what we thought were happy squeaks like they were welcoming us back home.
 

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