We have had our new piggies for almost two weeks now. They are our first family pets.
Our 3-yr-old son, B, named the boy, Henry. Our 5-yr-old daughter A, named the girl, Lady.
However, I am now wondering if perhaps Henry might be a Henrietta...
I trusted that the lady we adopted them from knew how to sex them, but now I'm second-guessing. Both Henry and Lady seem to have the same "parts".
Oh well.
I guess the true test will be if we end up with babies--which was planned from the beginning.
No worries, y'all. If Henry and Lady become parents we want to keep all the young'uns. Unless, of course, close family friends want to add some piggies to their family.
So Henry picks on Lady quite a bit, though he's smaller than she. Henry is also the more "adventurous" of the two. He's always squirming to get free and explore. This got him into trouble the other day, as he escaped while we were playing outside. It took me over twenty minutes to chase him down and get him back into his cage. I swear, it was as if he were mocking me the whole time!
Lady is more gentle and,well, a Lady. She will sit quietly with whomever is holding her. She's a contented little thing. Ha. I say little but she seems a bit chunky. I weighed her and she's not obese. But next to Henry? Ha again!
The kids, A and B, are still being taught proper guinea pig care as Mama learns. Baby C doesn't want to get close to them yet (thankfully!) but laughs at the fuzzy-ones antics.
As an allergy-sufferer, I (the Mama) am trying everything I can think of to make this pet ownership thing work. I am bound and determined to keep these entertaining little guys (ahem, gals?) around!
Our 3-yr-old son, B, named the boy, Henry. Our 5-yr-old daughter A, named the girl, Lady.
However, I am now wondering if perhaps Henry might be a Henrietta...
I trusted that the lady we adopted them from knew how to sex them, but now I'm second-guessing. Both Henry and Lady seem to have the same "parts".
Oh well.
I guess the true test will be if we end up with babies--which was planned from the beginning.
No worries, y'all. If Henry and Lady become parents we want to keep all the young'uns. Unless, of course, close family friends want to add some piggies to their family.
So Henry picks on Lady quite a bit, though he's smaller than she. Henry is also the more "adventurous" of the two. He's always squirming to get free and explore. This got him into trouble the other day, as he escaped while we were playing outside. It took me over twenty minutes to chase him down and get him back into his cage. I swear, it was as if he were mocking me the whole time!
Lady is more gentle and,well, a Lady. She will sit quietly with whomever is holding her. She's a contented little thing. Ha. I say little but she seems a bit chunky. I weighed her and she's not obese. But next to Henry? Ha again!
The kids, A and B, are still being taught proper guinea pig care as Mama learns. Baby C doesn't want to get close to them yet (thankfully!) but laughs at the fuzzy-ones antics.
As an allergy-sufferer, I (the Mama) am trying everything I can think of to make this pet ownership thing work. I am bound and determined to keep these entertaining little guys (ahem, gals?) around!