Hungry Piggies Anticipating Their Breakfast

Guinea Pig Presents

Cassandra was sulking for days: the guinea girl's present wasn't delivered on time.

But today it finally arrived: 45 brown paper bags. And the girls are over the moon now!

Also they got a new bed from Ikea, have a look at the video:

Charlie's Great Adventure

We said goodbye to Charlie today, however I made sure that we took a video of his mad whisker-chin rubbing fetish before letting him go...

So, he now has a new home and finally a little pal to keep him company...this is Raoul...

...and they both seem to be getting on well...

Best of luck Charlie! x

Happy Birthday Baby Pigs

The babies are 4 weeks old today. They're getting big, while Zoe is back to her usual petite shape. Every so often I look at Zoe to then realise that I'm actually starring at Cassandra. Yes, that's right, we have named the babies now: Cassandra, Diane and Charlie. Wee fluffy Charlie has been living on his own now for a week and a half; he was way too interested in the ladies. He settled in quite fast and it went a lot smoother than expected. He's a wee screamer when you pick him up, but we have discovered he comes with an off switch: ruffle his whisker and he goes all quiet and content. Cassandra likes that too (although not as much as wee Charlie), but Diane hates it. Diane has a very strong, loud and independent personality. While Cassandra is a lot calmer and a good cuddler. Both girls love running around the dining room and it won't be long until they explore the rest of the house.

Cassandra:

Diane:

Charlie:

Mini pig video

More mini pig pictures

Boy or Girl?

I looks like we have one baby boy and two baby girls!

The grey/white/blond/brown baby is definitively a boy! And the chocolate one and the grey one appear to be girls. Not an ideal situation as I will have to separate the wee boar next week until he's old enough for a new home... 

More baby pictures

Mummy and babies are fine. Other girlies are getting used to having babies about.

Here some more pictures:

Three beautiful babies

Zoe had her babies yesterday evening just after 5pm. We were sitting next to the cage and were lucky enough to see the whole thing. Everything went very smoothly and was over within 15 mins. There was enough time between each baby to give them a good groom. The little grey one was first, followed by the big chocolate colour one and finally the white one came along. The whole family is healthy and the babies are very active.

Zoe is a very protective mother. She's claimed the corner where she's given birth for her and the babies and won't tolerate anybody in it. She loves her babies to bits!

We took the following pictures this morning:

Poor Zoe

The babies are still giving poor Zoe a proper kicking: very big and stong kicks. I think there might only be 2 babies and not 3 as I previously did. I hope she'll have them soon as she looks so uncomfortable. Hopefully this week.

Introducing Zoe - Part 2

Zoe's babies have been very active today: you can now see them kick and not just feel them. She is really big now and so so hungry all the time.

Introducing Zoe - Part 1

More Bonnie Pictures

Introducing Bonnie

A couple of weeks ago I went into our local P@H and saw two gorgeous guinea pigs in the adoption section. I just thought they were the most gorgous piggies ever: one was a white and silver agouti boar (Charlie), the other one was a beautiful girl called Lola (since renamed to Bonnie).
I dragged my OH back to the shop the next day and made some more enquiries about the girile (the boy was gone by then): they told us that she was about 6 months old, previous owner gave them up due to allergies, she was kept in the same cage with another girl and a boy. So there's a chance she is pregnant. I have no experience with pregnancies but if she's pregnant then it's certainly early days. And one the plus side, if there's a boy I might already have a good home lined up for him. :)
So we took Bonnie home and put her into a cage in the bedroom away from the rest of the gang. She was the most miserable piggie I've ever saw. She would just sit about, not move and not eat. She looked so depressed. But then she heard some of my piggies move about the hall and she finally showed signs of interest. The inevitable happened and we left the door open and Jenny walked into the room up to the cage. So we threw caution to the wind (which I would never ever recommend) and introduced the two. It took about 2 mins to introduce her to the rest and she settled into the gang in about 10 mins (honestly I've never seen a smoother introduction). And what a different piggie she was after the introductions: she went from being depressed to the happiest piggie in the world!!!

Sleepy Twinkle

Twinkle really enjoys the new extension, but she gets very tired running up and down the ramp....