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Tale of two guinea pigs

Our daughter's main Christmas present this year was two guinea pigs that we eventually gave her on new years day because of delivery and housing challenges. They are both girls (we have been assured), loosely related. They are very fluffy and cute and pretty, and both seem to like being handled by humans.

My daughter has been in bed for four days with a nasty virus, so hasn't yet got round to the important business of naming them. Meanwhile I've been taking care of them in my study and getting quite fond of the sub-audible little guinea-piggy sounds they make every time I enter the room 🐹🐹
MommyLucy · 36-40, F
Awwwww! 💖💖💖 Guinea Pigs are sooooooooo SO cute! 🤩🤩🤩 What a beautiful Christmas present she got! 😇😇😆 Please tell me their names after your precious daughter names them! 🤗🤗🤗 Picture below for her because bless her being not well is not nice at all! 😘😘😘

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@MommyLucy Hot off the press . . Lily and Katie 🐹🐹
MommyLucy · 36-40, F
@SunshineGirl Lovely names! 🤗🤗🤗 I LOVE them! 😘😘😘
Neoerectus · M
Great pets. Make sure they drink plenty to avoid kidney/bladder stones. In our area I have had to distill watef. The fine clay in our water was a killer for a couple of our cavies before I discovered this. We have always rescued boars from shelters.

Avoid veggies high in oxylates and calcium (plenty of references on the web). Timothy hay rules. It can be cheaper online. Ours prefer first cut for the inflorescences (flowers) and the greater tenderness. Have wood in their habs so they can chew/grind down their teeth.

Scope out an "exotic" friendly vet now before you need them.

Tips are from hard learned experience. On our 8th and 9th Young Sirs as older people.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Neoerectus Thanks for the advice!
Neoerectus · M
@SunshineGirl You are welcome.
They mske ooooh noises. They chatter their teeth too. Do you know the babies are born with their eyes oprn snd they can see? Course you won't have babies. Threy are so cute. Enjoy. Hope your dtr gets better soon.
Jonjdw · 51-55, M
I had guinea pigs when I was a kid and my kids had them also. Always have had animals. Dogs, cats, birds,lizards, turtle,fish
MethDozer · M
They're incredible smart, social, and interactive little shits if you play with them often. Especially for a rodent. They can even be trained to do tricks and squeak on command. If you actually handle and spend enough time with them outside of the cage they can become cat and dog like in affection.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@MethDozer They've got more personality than I thought a rodent would ever be capable of. I wish my daughter would hurry up and decide on names so we can get to know them better!
MethDozer · M
@SunshineGirl Yeah they'll keep surprising you if you've never had experience with them before . We used to get our to "sing" with us by whistling at them and throw there heads back by throwing ours back.

 
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