cavy clicker
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@cavy clicker Aww, I think that's lovely that Tess made such an impact on you that you wrote and spoke to her! How long ago was it that you lost her and have you more piggies now?
Thank you, that was about 2008 I have two guinea pigs now, Sparkles, a neutered male and Ida a female. I always add that Sparkles is neutered because people look at me strangely if I just say I have one male and one female!
I should add something about Molly-Ann and Sparkles.
Last year, I lost my best est friend Molly-Ann. She had a stroke and the vet couldn't get there in time: https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/threads/100275-Help-me-my-guinea-pig-is-dying!!?highlight=
Like all the guinea pigs I've had, Molly-Ann came to me as a skittish, terrified little girl and wouldn't be picked up, stroked or cuddled. It took me years to fully tame her but she became the most friendly guinea pig ever in her old age. She would climb onto my lap from the cage, she would follow me around, she was perfect!
When she died, not only did I have to face life without her, but I had to face having to tame another skittish guinea pig from scratch, all over again. For the first time, I was dreading it. I had become so used to Molly-Ann's attention that I couldn't bear the thought of a shy one
Thats when Sparkles came into my life! He was a year old when I got him and he had belonged to several small children. I steeled myself to be the patient mummy but it didn't take me long to realize that this was no shy guinea! In fact, Sparkles was the most outgoing, people lover I'd ever met! He doesn't mind being picked up at all, he loves a back rub and will actually lie down and roll onto his side while I pet him No matter whether I have food or not, he comes up to see me for pats and he loves to popcorn all the time. Whenever he runs away, its because he's playing catch me if you can mummy! Then bounces right back!
Of course Sparkles is not Molly-Ann, he doesn't climb onto my lap, he won't follow me around if I don't have a really yummy treat But I don't mind at all. He's perfect in his own way, so is Ida, the shy one but that's okay.
I have to admit, I still can't believe it! While I used to enjoy a year of friendliness from an elderly guinea pig, now I have my young friendly Sparkles to enjoy for his whole lifetime