Ruby - Traumatising Small Children Since 2016

[Julie M]

What a little character.

 

[Betsy]

Just gotta love that picture! She was well chilled!

 

[Rochester Piggy]

I was reading old threads for fun and stumbled upon this one... I still find it hilarious!

 

[VickiA]

This is one of those threads that will always have me crying with laughter

 

[Apollopig]

Ahh, guinea pigs - the perfect pet for children (and their responsible parent of course).

We have a pretty constant stream of children through our house, and most of them adore the guinea pigs.

Today was no exception - the girls had friends over to play and it was all going well.

Until one of their friends came to find me.
She looked upset, and asked to speak to me 'in private'.
I braced myself for a tale of woe about being left out of a game or name calling.

I took her to the kitchen, where she quietly said that sadly one of our guinea pigs had died.
She looked like she was about to burst into tears as she revealed that on her way to the toilet she had popped in to say hello to the guinea pigs, and that was when she noticed that one of them was dead.
I told her I was sure they were fine, but she was adamant - Ruby was laying totally still in the cage and not moving at all.
Ruby was dead.

I tried to reassure her, and we went over to the cage so she could show me poor dead Ruby.
And this is the sight I was greeted with.

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Let's just say that a small rustling of a plastic bag and Ruby was instantly revived, and our small house guest was deeply relieved (although possibly also traumatised for life).

Ahh guinea pigs - never a dull moment.

This is so funny.
Probably one of the most entertaining guinea pig things i've seen in my life

 

[DMS260820]

Thanks whoever mentioned this is 2019, made me chuckle

 

[Rivervixen]

Just saw this linked on the rabbit thread, this is hilarious, poor child though...

 

[JimmythePig]

I have to admit, my heart skipped a beat when I looked in the pen and saw this

 

[DM090820]

I have to admit, my heart skipped a beat when I looked in the pen and saw thisView attachment 148549

I have to admit, that when I saw the thread title I immediately went in to protection mode, thankfully all is well.

 

[Guinea Slave]

This still makes me giggle even now!

 

[LucyP]

Brilliant story, what a dramatic pose!

 

[YvonneBlue]

I had never read this thread until now. It had me in hysterics. So funny.

 

[VickiA]

I had never read this thread until now. It had me in hysterics. So funny.

There are some threads on this forum that should be immortalised. This is one of them. It still makes me split my sides laughing.

 

[Eddie & Elvis]

When they don't move if I approach the cage I go from awww they're so cute to ahhh they're not moving and then get a grumpy look when I do wake them

 

[Rivervixen]

There are some threads on this forum that should be immortalised. This is one of them. It still makes me split my sides laughing.

We need to unbury them, this one is gold

 

[VickiA]

We need to unbury them, this one is gold

Perhaps we should do a weekly search for an “oldie but goodie” thread.

 

[Betsy]

I had never read this thread until now. It had me in hysterics. So funny.

And me! How come this one passed me by?

 

[VickiA]

And me! How come this one passed me by?

Think you joined some time after this thread and it just got “buried”

 

[Merab]

This is one of the funniest threads on the forum.
I like @VickiA ’s suggestion for golden oldies.
For those of us who missed the earlier posts it will be fun.

 

[Adelyn]

Oh man this is funny
You naughty piggie, you scared that poor kid! Who's next on your list?

 

[Ruth1]

Ahh, guinea pigs - the perfect pet for children (and their responsible parent of course).

We have a pretty constant stream of children through our house, and most of them adore the guinea pigs.

Today was no exception - the girls had friends over to play and it was all going well.

Until one of their friends came to find me.
She looked upset, and asked to speak to me 'in private'.
I braced myself for a tale of woe about being left out of a game or name calling.

I took her to the kitchen, where she quietly said that sadly one of our guinea pigs had died.
She looked like she was about to burst into tears as she revealed that on her way to the toilet she had popped in to say hello to the guinea pigs, and that was when she noticed that one of them was dead.
I told her I was sure they were fine, but she was adamant - Ruby was laying totally still in the cage and not moving at all.
Ruby was dead.

I tried to reassure her, and we went over to the cage so she could show me poor dead Ruby.
And this is the sight I was greeted with.

View attachment 55684

Let's just say that a small rustling of a plastic bag and Ruby was instantly revived, and our small house guest was deeply relieved (although possibly also traumatised for life).

Ahh guinea pigs - never a dull moment.

We’ll at least you have a ‘Feet Out Friday’ winner right there!