After Rosie, our 6 year old lady had been on her own for 2 years after Georgie passed away I found out about Guinea pig rescues. It took a bit of persuading as I live at home with my parents and am away at uni for some of the time- hence they would have to take some of the responsibility even though I'm not a child
So we travelled down to the Potteries in early May, and we met Helen and her piggies, and sow dated Rosie with a beautiful ginger named Ruby, she was about 5 months old. They were so calm on their date, the followed each other round and then settled down.
A few days after they came home together as 'newly-weds' (One of my favourite photos!)
Ruby has a lovely personality, she is still timid but loves her cuddles. She also likes to lick: fingers, arms, faces and noses!
We had also seen 2 other piggies that we would like to adopt, so about 10 days later we took the girls down to the Potteries again and they met Susie and Polly. It was amazing how Ruby's personality changed, from the meeting initially with Rosie to this new meeting with Susie and Polly- she was being so dominant, rumblestrutting, nosing off and some lunges. We were understandably a little upset that it didn't go to plan, so while we sat and had a cuppa, Helen tried the girls with two others: Esme and Tia. As we walked back into the room where they were it was amazing, the four girls were all snuggled up together- little Miss dominant had completely disappeared.
So instead Esme and Tia came home with us. Esme is Tia's mummy and was approximately between 1 and 2 and Tia was 9 weeks when we got them.
This is Esme(L) and Tia (R) (Tia looks alot bigger on this pic than she actually is)
Esme is very calm, she knows how to wheek and loves climbing up the bars where she knows she will get food- Ruby is also quickly learning. Another love of hers is FOOD! She is first in the food bowl and last to leave, she loves cuddles and will sit there for ages, and adores chin rubs. She doesn't know how to lick without teeth! Everything has to be nibbled a little before her tongue comes out!
Esme loving her chinnie rubs!
Tia is a little madam, she is the smallest and most timid, but also the most bossy! She likes to be hand fed whilst sitting in your arms, as she is too scared to come to the bars. She may be scared of people, but not piggies who are twice the size of her, she is very similar in nature to Ruby as both are quite dominant and they seem to always be bickering a little, but it soon calms down. She is also the most dominant when in season, strutting her stuff and mounting everything
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Tia (The light makes her look very shiny)
Tell us about their wonderfull characters, and if you can tell us how old they were when you got them 
I have a bit of a thing for buff piggies with dark eyes (shhh dont tell my pair 
