Guinea pig with human names.

Would you name your guinea pig a human name?

  • Yes

    Votes: 44 86.3%

  • No

    Votes: 2 3.9%

  • Depends on the pig

    Votes: 11 21.6%

  • Why does this amuse you again? 0.o

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Total voters
    51
I haven't had any piggies with a human name yet; it means I just haven't had enough piggies! We have Cocoa and Oreo right now and they got their names because my children named them.

I have named pets human names. My picture of a parrot is my Rickie. :love: Rickie is 27 years old and still going strong. I remember picking that name when I was 12 as I was really crazy about the movie Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. I did have a hamster I named Bubba Truckdriver. He just seemed like a Bubba as he was the biggest hamster I have ever seen.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
I haven't had any piggies with a human name yet; it means I just haven't had enough piggies! We have Cocoa and Oreo right now and they got their names because my children named them.

I have named pets human names. My picture of a parrot is my Rickie. :love: Rickie is 27 years old and still going strong. I remember picking that name when I was 12 as I was really crazy about the movie Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. I did have a hamster I named Bubba Truckdriver. He just seemed like a Bubba as he was the biggest hamster I have ever seen.
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They are very guinea pigish name Cocoa was one of the names I had picked out for Truffle at one point!

Oh my goodness Ricky! What a lovely boy! :) so precious! What's his personality like?
Birds can be crazy! 😆
Was Bubba a Syrian Hamster?

My nan had a dog called Buster, because he was huge for a Yorkshire terrier, even the bigger sized ones. My nan's friend gave Buster to her. Buster's sister (Rosie) and his mum (Heidi) were toy sized and his father (Pip) was regular sized and his poor mum got him (Buster) stuck in the birth canal as he was such a monster size. She required the assistance of a bet but was ok. His dad was dwarfed by him when he grew up.

Despite his larger size, he was a gentle soul (with humans, with dogs, he thought he was a bigger dog than he was and tried to get aggro with them even if they were massive Rottweilers, and he was big for a Yorkie, but not a big deal in general.) He was utterly devoted to my nan and she was the same to him. She spent over £1500 in the early 2000s to get pins put in his when he broke his leg aged 8-9 and that was with out the cost of all the medicine as well that was just the surgery.

Sorry I went off on a tangent there. I do miss Buster and have good memories of him.❤ (I lived with my nan, so he was a family member)
 
Hannah_xx said:
I named MARY after my mother :))
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PATRICK came from the rspca with his name, They named a few boars that came in after spongebog characters lol.
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And I named LOTTIE. And the black crested came from a rescue with her name EMILY.
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They're all beautiful☺
Is Patrick an aby? 😍 I want an aby at some point. Since I started keeping guineas to be honest.
Lottie is so many gorgeous colours and Emily is somewhat what I envision my baby Truffle looking like when she gets bigger. 😊
Thank you for sharing your pictures!
 
Kellykels said:
They are very guinea pigish name Cocoa was one of the names I had picked out for Truffle at one point!

Oh my goodness Ricky! What a lovely boy! :) so precious! What's his personality like?
Birds can be crazy! 😆
Was Bubba a Syrian Hamster?
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Rickie is pretty laid back, loves to be sassy yelling "No, bad! You no bad! You no, no, no!", loves to eat, and is an equal opportunity biter! 😅 He loves me so much all he does is bite me!
Bubba was a HUGE golden hamster. When I first saw him, he was washing all of the young hamsters in the cage and chased off some of the bullies so the littler ones could eat. I have never seen a male hamster do that.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
Rickie is pretty laid back, loves to be sassy yelling "No, bad! You no bad! You no, no, no!", loves to eat, and is an equal opportunity biter! 😅 He loves me so much all he does is bite me!
Bubba was a HUGE golden hamster. When I first saw him, he was washing all of the young hamsters in the cage and chased off some of the bullies so the littler ones could eat. I have never seen a male hamster do that.
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😊 My cousin has birds and they are sassy, and I watch a lot of bird YouTube videos.
I have looked after birds in the past so i know they can be messy and sometimes a bit feral! That being said a couple of her birds are pretty tame.

Ricky is beautiful. I love his colouring. It's a big commitment to look after parrots.
I think people who care for them are very dedicated. What are their needs like? Are they quite specialist? Is their diet specific? I know some birds have more specific nutritional needs than others. Do they need a specialist avian vet? I have looked after these animals when I was doing some vet training (didn't complete became a teacher instead) but I was studying farm animals, cats, dogs and small furries more.

In my training we had lots of aviaries; we had birds like parrots, cockatoos, budgies, finches, kiwis etc... Standard pets but we also had birds of prey like buzzards and owls. We also had rhea. (Which are sort of ostrich like but smaller).

so I am interested to hear about all animals. 😊

Aww Bubba, such a sweet boy ❤
I have had a few hamsters, my favourite was Honey-badger.
She was such a lovely girl, I would put my hand out on the floor of her bin cage and she'd climb on to my hand for cuddles, she was the tamest hamster I've ever known😍
Thank you for sharing with me. I love to hear about animals. I live vicariously through others. 😊😅 So my fiance doesn't tell me off for adopting too many animals...
 
Kellykels said:
😊 My cousin has birds and they are sassy, and I watch a lot of bird YouTube videos.
I have looked after birds in the past so i know they can be messy and sometimes a bit feral! That being said a couple of her birds are pretty tame.

Ricky is beautiful. I love his colouring. It's a big commitment to look after parrots.
I think people who care for them are very dedicated. What are their needs like? Are they quite specialist? Is their diet specific? I know some birds have more specific nutritional needs than others. Do they need a specialist avian vet? I have looked after these animals when I was doing some vet training (didn't complete became a teacher instead) but I was studying farm animals, cats, dogs and small furries more.

In my training we had lots of aviaries; we had birds like parrots, cockatoos, budgies, finches, kiwis etc... Standard pets but we also had birds of prey like buzzards and owls. We also had rhea. (Which are sort of ostrich like but smaller).

so I am interested to hear about all animals. 😊

Aww Bubba, such a sweet boy ❤
I have had a few hamsters, my favourite was Honey-badger.
She was such a lovely girl, I would put my hand out on the floor of her bin cage and she'd climb on to my hand for cuddles, she was the tamest hamster I've ever known😍
Thank you for sharing with me. I love to hear about animals. I live vicariously through others. 😊😅 So my fiance doesn't tell me off for adopting too many animals...
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Rickie isn't our vet's oldest patient; he has been seeing her the longest. Dr. Lennox always make sure that she sees Rickie since she loves seeing him; he doesn't feel the same. Dr. Lennox is an avian and exotic vet; she sees all sorts of interesting animals in her clinic. The weirdest one I saw was a coatimundi in her office. My mom said one time someone had a lion in the office that was in a really foul mood.

I really wouldn't recommend getting a parrot to anyone now that I know all of the responsibility that goes hand and hand with having a parrot. They live a really long time. Rickie could potentially live up to 80 years old; if that happens, I will be 90! He lives with my parents since he had a massive tantrum when we tried to move him into my house. At some point in time, we will have to try again, but he is great company for my parents and he is happy living with them.

His diet is vegetables, fruits, grains, and special bird pellets. He eats a little bit of what is for dinner excluding meat and unsafe food for birds.

I love hearing about animals too! I just love this forum and all the interesting piggies and their stories. 😁
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
Rickie isn't our vet's oldest patient; he has been seeing her the longest. Dr. Lennox always make sure that she sees Rickie since she loves seeing him; he doesn't feel the same. Dr. Lennox is an avian and exotic vet; she sees all sorts of interesting animals in her clinic. The weirdest one I saw was a coatimundi in her office. My mom said one time someone had a lion in the office that was in a really foul mood.

I really wouldn't recommend getting a parrot to anyone now that I know all of the responsibility that goes hand and hand with having a parrot. They live a really long time. Rickie could potentially live up to 80 years old; if that happens, I will be 90! He lives with my parents since he had a massive tantrum when we tried to move him into my house. At some point in time, we will have to try again, but he is great company for my parents and he is happy living with them.

His diet is vegetables, fruits, grains, and special bird pellets. He eats a little bit of what is for dinner excluding meat and unsafe food for birds.

I love hearing about animals too! I just love this forum and all the interesting piggies and their stories. 😁
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Wow! A Coatimundi! Wouldn't get that in a regular vets in the UK. :P
I don't think you would get it all that often in an exotic vets to be honest.
A lion? I'm picturing an angry lion on a lead for some reason and it would definitely not be like that... It's more likely to be in a crate. Still scary though. o.0

Rickie had a tantrum, I would say how cute! But I have seen a parrot tantrum, sometimes they are not pretty. 🤣
They can be argumentative. Snowy the cockatoo was like that as well. :P
He flared up his crown of feathers on his head and bobbed up and down violently whilst jumping/flapping and shrieking.
He was funny yet terrifying and this was over food/sometimes it was over not getting to see his favourite keeper that day as well.

Rickie's got a long life span, unsuspecting people would not know that, which is why I say it's a big responsibly for someone who doesn't have experience with birds to take on. It's a good thing he gets along with your parents. :) Such a nice boy Rickie. :) Keeping your parents company.
 
Kellykels said:
Beautiful girls ❤
Is cherry a Peruvian? I have a soft spot for Peruvians. My own sass face Womble is a Peruvian and Rosie has such a beautiful white stripe. Thank you for your gorgeous pictures. 😊
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I think Cherry is an aby x peruvian.
 
All our pets have human names (some not very common names, but human names nonetheless). The dogs are Lisa, Sola and Ginny, the cat is Selena, and since my daughter is currently obsessed with anime and everything Japanese, the piggies are Ibuki, Chiaki and Chihiro. 😁
 
All of my current girls have human names (Lottie, Dolly, Paisley, Delilah and Melody.) An overwhelming majority of my past piggies had human names too (Harriet, Tizzie, Willow, Aspen, Theodore, Chester, Timothy, Levi, Max, Bracken, Daisy, Jessie and Katie, although some are uncommon names) The exceptions who didn't have human names were Cookie and Pepper. I guess I have a preference 😂

I won't post a photo of all, just my current 5😊

Lottie:
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Dolly:
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Delilah:
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Melody:
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Paisley:
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I named all mine after LoTR characters
Except for 2 that came with names Rosemary and Penelope.
 
We've had a mix of different names, some human and some not. Our "not people" names have been Frenzy and Sundae. Our human names are Linney (arguably, I know someone who goes by 'Linnie' as short for Melinda), Hadley, Leela, and Tomie.
 
Dilly's Piggies said:
All of my current girls have human names (Lottie, Dolly, Paisley, Delilah and Melody.) An overwhelming majority of my past piggies had human names too (Harriet, Tizzie, Willow, Aspen, Theodore, Chester, Timothy, Levi, Max, Bracken, Daisy, Jessie and Katie, although some are uncommon names) The exceptions who didn't have human names were Cookie and Pepper. I guess I have a preference 😂

I won't post a photo of all, just my current 5😊

Lottie:
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Dolly:
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Delilah:
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Melody:
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Paisley:
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So precious! I had a past pig named Linney who looked a lot like Delilah!
 
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