Sorry, but I gotta gush!!!

[Happy Domino38]

My daughter and I went out yesterday to buy a 'friend' for our resident guinea pig, Ms. Butterscotch.

We went to a local pet shop and asked to see one. They told us that all they had were pairs and, because they were all bonded, they'd like to sell them as pairs. They asked if I would be interested in taking two.

Not really...

Well, off she went to ask the owner and, nope, they didn't want to split them up. Hey! Good for them!! I was impressed, so, naturally, being the sucker I am, we bought two little sisters!!

THEY'RE THE CUTEST THINGS...EVER.

Their father was a 'skinny pig', (which is like those hairless cats..weird looking and bald!), and their mother was one of the ones whose hair goes all over the place. (Apalacians?)

Anyhoo, they're as SWEET as can be and both of them have little 'mohawks' down the middle! One is a gingery color, (mixed with grey and white) and the other one is black, white and ginger.

Our resident, Butters, is now 'mothering' them. (Which includes the odd nip! Ah! I can't stand 'animal interaction' when it becomes nippy! But, I'll survive I suppose..)

All are thrilled meeting new friends and having a new home...now I just wish they'd stop 'chirping, tweaking, popping and whistling' to show their appreciation, I need my SLEEP!!

Ah, new motherhood...

 

[AJMoore]

How cute. Very sweet of the pet shop owners and you as well, keeping a "family" together.

 

[Happy Domino38]

Awww, t'weren't nothin'...

 

[thelook]

I love little piggys!

I love their squeeks and chirps, they are so cute when you give them a fresh treat they love like summer melon.
I had a longhaired growing up and I use to put barretts in the poor things hair

Now pics please.....

 

[maureengill]

Too cute...

+1 on the pic request

anyway...we used to cover ours up to calm them down....made them think it was bedtime i guess..

 

[Happy Domino38]

Thanks guys!

NOW all I have to do is find that thingme that you put your memory stick in and feeds the images to the computer so I can show piccies of my new girlies..

They're really not HOLLERING per say, just talking to each other.

A LOT..

SO cute though!!

 

[Happy Domino38]

Glad to see there are other 'piggie lovers' on here! I DO have a quick question for you, if you don't mind, but as I said, we went out to get Butters a friend, but she's been by herself, (with the exception of the dog for company some times..yes, they really DO get along..weird!), for 3 years!!

I took her out of the big cage with the two babies last night to give her a little 'break', if she needed it, but I don't want it to be the 2 babies and her, y'know? So today, they're all in there and seem to be getting along alright, should I leave Butters in there with them all the time now, or should I be giving her some 'sanity breaks' do you think?

I DON'T want her upset or frustrated...not just for HER piece of mind, but for the safety of the little ones..HALP!!!

 

[Happy Domino38]

Oh yeah, you'd have HOWLED laughing at the dog's face when she saw the new cage with THREE of them in there!! She kept going down in that 'chase me, chase me!!' crouch and trying to get them to play with her! She then stuck her big head against the bars, (no, she can't get the piggies), and gave one of the babies a STURDY bath!

Poor little Ottie didn't know whether to .... or go blind! It was priceless! But, she wasn't AFRAID of the dog, she went right up on her hind legs to make out with her at the bars!!

OMG, I've just realized that my house has turned into a crazy place..the cage alone should be enough to get commited...it's 5 1/2 feet long..or divorced I suppose..

 

[Mary Kay]

Not ever having piggies..I am not sure if they can climb. But if she can get higher then the babies or over a barrier that they can't manage..then I would add that feature. Or else gat a smaller cage a a break room of the big one!
Even my daughter who adores her sons. enjoys a break!

 

[Happy Domino38]

Not ever having piggies..I am not sure if they can climb. But if she can get higher then the babies or over a barrier that they can't manage..then I would add that feature. Or else gat a smaller cage a a break room of the big one!
Even my daughter who adores her sons. enjoys a break!

Thanks MK! Nah, they can't climb very well, but the new cage DID come with a 'second storey' on it, but none of them seem particularily interested in it..yet.

I took the older one out last night because she started running the babies out of BOTH little houses. (C'mon Butters, you can only sleep in ONE of them, ya big pig..). But, there was such a deafening roar of indignant squeaks, tweaks and whistles, with everyone trying to see into everyone else's cage, that I put her back in with them.

Woke up this morning and the babies were in one house and Butters in the other.

My biggest problem is HUMANIZING animals. They ARE 'herd' animals and I guess they have to have their little 'battles' within the herd. I know now that Butters won't HURT them, she just bumps them with her nose when she wants them out of her way, and she lets the little ones eat with her. (Which is a BIGGIE!! ).

I've just decided that I have to walk away at this point, I'm always trying to 'break it up' otherwise and they NEED to do this!

(Although I HAVE warned Butters, SEVERAL times, that they WILL be her size..sooner than she thinks. But, she ignored me and just kept right on eating hay..see if I give HER anymore free advice!)

 

[PatriciafromCO]

I love them,, my first personal pet to learn to care for was a GP.. long hair white and tan name Nonsense.. He was so cool.. and very spoiled lol... I let him run loose all the time and was good about going back to his cage,, (was 3 glass fish tanks that I took apart and made into a huge condo for him) he loved to swim in the tub get blow dryed and have his teeth brushed sitting on the toliet.. too funny was that the very first day I had him he bit me and drew blood,, it scared us both lol lol... I remember the look on his face of shock and imagine the look on my face with him looking at me looked just like that lol.. Never happen again and gosh he was so very spoiled he lived for 7 years with me...

good for you have a crew of them,, that has to be a handful lol lol cute handful,,,lol

 

[MsSki]

Oh i cant wait to see pictures, i love lil piggies
Tara

 

[Happy Domino38]

Awww! That's so sweet! Hmm, never tried to give Butters a bath..

I thought they hated water?

Yup, they're currently in our 6 year olds bedroom. She read them the Little Mermaid this morning..lol

 

[PatriciafromCO]

Awww! That's so sweet! Hmm, never tried to give Butters a bath..

I thought they hated water?

Yup, they're currently in our 6 year olds bedroom. She read them the Little Mermaid this morning..lol

lol lol, I don't know.. He always seemed to enjoy himself.. I knew he could chill easily tote him around in a thick fluffy towel, then he just stay on his own while I used the blow dryer and an old tooth brush to brush him out.. Very spoiled,,, Start whistling as soon as he heard the school bus coming down the road...

Too sweet for reading LM to them.. If you spend time with them they really grow on you. They very smart ..

yes pictures please !!!!

 

[Happy Domino38]

lol lol, I don't know.. He always seemed to enjoy himself.. I knew he could chill easily tote him around in a thick fluffy towel, then he just stay on his own while I used the blow dryer and an old tooth brush to brush him out.. Very spoiled,,, Start whistling as soon as he heard the school bus coming down the road...

Too sweet for reading LM to them.. If you spend time with them they really grow on you. They very smart ..

yes pictures please !!!!

I know, they're really LOVELY little animals, aren't they? We got our first one from a friend in California. One of his neighbors told his kids that his gp's had babies and asked if they wanted some. Well, he brought one of them up here for us, in his POCKET ON THE PLANE. (If he hadn't been who he was, it never would have happened)

Showed up at our house with a gp in his pocket. No cage, nothing.

Well, that's untrue, his pocket also contained a pile of poop and gp barf...he fed her some aspargus on the plane and it didn't agree with her because she was so excited with all the stewardess's taking her and bringing her up to the cockpit...

Now SHE was spoiled ROTTEN. Spent most of her day out and about and would come squeaking down the hallway when we came home! (Obviously before we got the Doberman!)

Butters was our next girlie and she tweaks and whistles for the dog to come to the cage and they kiss each other and Piper gives her gp baths through the bars! They LOVE each other!!

 

[thelook]

Piggy Pictures Please

 

[Happy Domino38]

I KNOW!! I have to find that stupid little thing that you stick the USB stick in so you can download them...waaaaah!!!

 

[sherlynn]

I can't wait to see them!! When I was younger and first married, my ex and I had about 6 of them. Of course they are all at Rainbow Bridge now but I loved them sooo!!

 

[Happy Domino38]

I can't wait to see them!! When I was younger and first married, my ex and I had about 6 of them. Of course they are all at Rainbow Bridge now but I loved them sooo!!

OMG!! A reference to the Rainbow Bridge ALWAYS makes me tear up! It's SUCH a lovely poem and God, I hope it's TRUE..when my Dad died, that's what we were saying..how happy all the Dobies we've had in the past would be when they saw HIM coming over it..damn it..there I go crying like a little girl...

 

[Happy Domino38]

Pictures!! Finally!! For some reason, when I tried to start a new thread just for the pictures, it's not showing them!

Anyway, here you go..these are the new babies of the Maclean household..the one with the black and orange is Ottie, because we think she looks like a little otter and the redhead is Neckers, because that's where she goes for kissies!!

The Girls Taking on the Scottish Rampart..(sorry, told you I was from Glasgow though...)

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Ms. Ottie

Ms. Neckers

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