so why do we love guinea pigs so much?

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I was walking past the spare room earlier today and I noticed they were all resting, two with eyes closed while the other two were just keeping a watch out, then another time I walked past they were all up munching away on hay, flash was in the hay corner pulling bits out for the girls to eat :))

I am sure I am not alone in watching them with a huge smile on my face, so I started thinking why do we really enjoy having them.

They poop and wee a fair bit, they need lots of veggies and hay each day, they dont need to be walked but are interactive if you handle or interact with them daily, they run away from you, they squeek at you if you dont get their food in quick enough and they spend a fair bit of time sleeping or eating.

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they have huge personalities, they come to the front of their homes when you go near and I swear you CAN hold a conversation with them and they understand what you say, I can stand and watch them all day I would love to have them in the lounge as I would probably watch more of them than the tele :)) Each pig is very different and I am blessed to have 4 fabulousy different pigs, the confident boss pig crystal, the laid back quiet minty, the hilarious independant fudge and the man of the group the shy nervous but cuddly flash.

Each one makes up a gang that I really couldnt have wished more from and I really am so glad I decided to get piggies again after several years. I can understand how people can find them a bind or (children find them) boring but you get out what you put in in life, pets are no different and yes my lot are not the cuddliest lot, they might still run away or spook a little too much but I talk to them and they soon come out wheeking for more food, I just couldnt think of living without them

Blurry pics as I didnt want to disturb them so grabbed phone and took it from hallway
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the bed was facing into the pen fudge has taken to using this kind a lot, crystal has turfed her out and moved it round so she can see out

so fudge is on crystals chosen favourite spot, flash in the background
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an overview of the pen, sorry its messy pre cleaning them out. In the right corner under my home made hammock is minty, her favourite spot, flash under the ramp, fudge on the purple cozy and crystal keeping look out for more veggies
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i feel so lucky now i have my big see through cage i can see my babies at all times, i just watch them because they please me in every way. If I'm not watching them I'm watching the hammy, if I'm not watching the hammy I'm watching the dogs.

Really glad tv is crap otherwise i would miss everything!

ps/ lovely piccies x)
 
I spend a lot of the time watching pepper sleep too :red mind you she does a lot of sleeping now :))
 
if you think they sleep a lot now, you wait, I never thought it possible she could find anymore time in her day to add more sleeping, yet she fits more and more in :))
 
I love watching them snooze. When they sort of have their head on one side and open one eye, and then look at you as much as if to say "I wasnt asleep! Did you say something about veggies?"zzz
 
Aww, such a lovely little tribute to piggies and great pigtures! My piggies are the first i've had and I must say I really am in awe of them (and it happened rather quickly!) I guess for me it's like you said - they have such huge personalities and this is probably why many of us started with two and have now doubled this number of even quadrupled!

I adore all of their little noises and love watching them mooching about/talking to each other! I find Wiebkes tribe fascinating to watch! They are really interactive and not to mention very very CUTE! I love all of their little quirks - I mean popcorning...when Dottie goes she ends up facing the other way, it's so funny! They regularly make me laugh through the silly things they do...anyhow I could go on all evening about why I love them!

Ps, i have recently developed a love for lurchers and greyhounds, if I ever have the pleasure of getting a dog (I hope the right time does come along one day) I will seriously consider this breed, they are so soppy and soft!x) I'm always on the retired racer websites dreaming of the day....:x
 
flash the other day was rumblestrutting like he does from time to time, stopped popcorned then carried on rumbling again :))

They look so cumbersome with their short legs - not like rabbits, but by golly can they move when they want to and the are perfectly capable of reaching for things they want and are not at all cumbersome, me thinks they pretend to be ;)

The only down side to greys and lurchers is their prey drive, you cannot forget they are very quick and bred to catch rabbits. However if you are sensible there is no reason why you cannot have the two together, after all they can live with cats, even rabbits without problems, my girl would never be trusted with the pigs on her own but she respects them and leaves them alone plus my security measure are designed around how much I know her. Just so you know, dont want to put you off your dream of a dog, but equally so you dont dismiss them because of prey drive.
 
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