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Hi!

These guys are

Einstein is a coronet, and he just came off craigslist. He's got the best hair, and is huge.

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Then there's Celeste, a tricolor* american and she came from the pound. She's really tiny.

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And Elsa, who came from a stupid 'rescue' that neglected their animals. She's called Elsa because Einsteins wife was Elsa, not because of the movie, lol. She's more the size I'd assume a normal guinea pig would be. Not sure what she is, an american crested I assume but her fur is sorta long.

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Don't have any good pics of them together, but here's Einstein and Celeste munching on some lettuce.

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this was when they were just being bonded and Celeste was terrified so she just froze while Einstein ate all the food. But they're good now.

*i don't actually know if tricolor is the correct term for her, but it's what I've been using.
 

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Adorable herd! Is Einstein neutered?
 

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The tricolor is referred to as TSW -- tortoise shell and white.
 

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How cute! Your herd are beautiful!
 

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Adorable herd! Is Einstein neutered?

we were told he was.. No babies yet, so let's hope that's true, lol. Haven't seen any mating behavior either so I'm not terribly worried


@bpatters

Thank you. Wouldn't have guessed that. Her color seems too 'clean' to be tortoiseshell (since tortoise usually looks like a mix of color, than really just a patch here and there, if you get that...)
 

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Bear in mind that I'm no expert on guinea pig color. I was just told that's what they were, and several websites seem to bear that out. But I'll admit I haven't done much research on it. I'm sure that somewhere there's a listing of guinea pig coats and what they're called.
 

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I love pudgy pigs!
 

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I love them! Wheek wheek!
 

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I would also call her a tricolor or TSW like @bpatters said. I have a girl that looks VERY similar to her and the guinea lynx site uses the same term. Tricolor seems appropriate because they're three different colors but I think the official term is TSW.

https://www.guinealynx.info/coat.html#american

Also, Einstein is handsome! I want to cuddle him ^.^
 

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Einstein is just gorgeous. He's colored like my Amy. I wish I could find a neutered boar like him so she and Quinn could have a boy toy.
 

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I believe y'all are right, her being a tortoiseshell white. I guess I'm just used to tortoiseshells having more scattered color placement, instead of very neat patches.

thanks, I do think they're all very cute too ;)

Sadly, I believe I've made a sad discovery. I'm allergic to Timothy hay. So I've got a 50lb bale I need these guys to go through, lol.

Got a decent pic showing the size difference.. excuse the small cage, I'm upgrading them in these next few days.

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