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WokeBecky

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Hey Y'all,

I just recently lost my nearly 12 year old guinea pig. She was the last of a family of 8. About 12-13 years ago, I adopted a young father and son duo and the father promptly died in a tragic drowning accident. I went to my local shelter and adopted a pair of young brothers. Turns out I adopted a pair of young sisters... They both had babies and I raised the males and females for the rest of their lives. The three males all died around age six, but the females all lived to about age eight--except for my last girl. She just died at age 11 years and 10 months.

She was solo for more than a year before I adopted a pal for her. They were together for three years. I just adopted three youngsters to keep the pal (Honey) company.

They came from a hoarding situation and all might be pregnant. I joined this forum to learn more about GP pregnancy as it's been 12-ish years since I've last dealt with the possibility.

Note: None are kept in the aquarium. That was for photos only. They all live in a giant 10x2 CC cage--I have room and materials to expand it another several feet to make an L-shaped cage.

So here are my current girls:
Honey, aged 6-ish:


Hocus, age 9 months:



Pocus, in front, age 9 months and likely a littermate to Hocus (in back, facing camera):


and Boo. She's younger (6 mos) and smaller but likely related to Hocus and Pocus:
 

Guinea Pig Papa

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Welcome to the forum! I'm sure you have plenty of stories to tell! Thank you so much for the pigtures, we really do love them here.

11 years is a fantastic life, and I'm sure it was down to some good genes and your amazing care. I am so sorry for your loss, you already know they steal your heart and leave a giant guinea pig sized hole in your heart when we have to let them go.
 

Rosiethecutepig

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OMG!!! Boo looks JUST like Rosie! cutierosie.jpg
 

WokeBecky

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Boo sure does look like your sweet Rosie!

The new girls are all incredibly skittish from not being handled. They were part of a group of 20+ unsocialized GP's that were surrendered.

I got Honey as an adult from a nice family who were clueless about GP care. She was so tiny, the size of a small juvenile as a fully mature adult. She lived in a tiny cage and was only fed apples her entire life. They just tossed a whole apple into the cage and gave her another whenever the previous one rotted or was eaten. I got her into a 2x4 section of my CC cage and added Oxbow adult pellets, timothy hay and leafy greens to her diet. I kept the apples temporarily in her diet for several weeks until I was sure she was eating the other foods. She grew and gained weight like crazy. She literally tripled her size as a three year old. Her fur grew longer and softer and I noticed that she isn't pure white. She has some very, very light tan patches amongst the white.
 
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