Me And My Guinea Pigs

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Sorry if this is dark but this is twinkle at just less than two days old

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A picture of possibly the bravest guinea pig to ever live, biscuit, he was so unique. I really miss him. There's just too much to explain about him I was the only person who he would not try to murder :)

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Sometimes Nellie has trouble getting to sleep. So I let her sleep on a really comfy bed cover:)

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Sorry if this image shows up more than once it says i hasn't sent it after I attempted to many times :)

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If you've read the if I didn't have guinea pigs one sorry I posted it more than twice then I discovered different pages:nod:
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Meet Estella and her "guinea pig husband" Pip.

The rodent couple was originally found abandoned on the side of a road by Calveras County Animal Services in early spring, according to Christine Morrissey, manager of Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary in Stockton, Calif.

Harvest Home took Estella and Pip in after Calveras County Animal Services requested help, especially for Estella, who had been found with broken bones and a non-functional lower back and hind legs, Morrissey told ABC News.

"We're a sanctuary that saves the lives of special needs animals like Estella, who a local veterinarian here confirmed she had permanent paralysis of her lower body," Morrissey said. "There was nothing we could do to reverse the damage, but we wanted to do something to help her with daily exercise and enrichment aside from pain medication


The sanctuary recently hosted a successful fundraiser to get Estella a custom-made wheelchair, and a few weeks ago, her new rodent ride arrived, Morrissey said.

Before the wheelchair, Estella "had her back legs kicked out to the side and had to use all her upper body strength to move around," she said. "But now, she's quite a little titan in her wheelchair. She can forget about her past trauma."



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Estella the guinea pig is pictured here at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary in Stockton, California.


Morrissey added that Estella's "guinea pig husband" Pip has been a "huge part of Estella's rehab process more than anyone in her little life."

"Their companionship is a very huge part of why she's still alive and happy despite everything," she said. "They're together all of the time. They love sharing strawberries and grapes together."



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Morrissey added that "they are a team" and work together to "squeak and squeal" to let the sanctuary staff know when they want more food.

Estella and Pip will be staying at the sanctuary, which is their "forever home now," Morrissey said.

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This is Nellie right now. It was cold last night so I'm only putting them outside now:)
 
This is underneath the hutch. The babies are always underneath

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This is the third hutch in the girls run. There's no other hutches in the. It's very cold and wind I might have to go and get my coat!;)

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At night we cover the hutches with things like these. Googly, the one in the hutch on the right is chewing the bars:)

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This is cookie with his for brothers, waiting to go outside;)

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Time to catch the for boys and put them in the run:) it always takes ages to catch them
 
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