Hey all,
First time posting since joining, really - after some lurking.
My partner and I weren't going to get any guinea pigs until after we'd finalised buying a house and moved, however my heart was stolen. At our local pet shop, there was a sweet guinea pig I saw a week ago. It was noticeably older than the baby pigs around them, not fully grown but some weeks older definitely as it was much bigger.
Unlike the other guinea pigs, it's ears were slightly torn/nibbled around the edge. Despite this, it was much friendlier and less skittish.
Cut to yesterday, my partner and I went there again and that guinea pig still hadn't been bought, yet every other one around them had. We asked how old it was and were told, '10 weeks' (Nooo way, as the same staff member said that the new babies they just got in at that moment were 9 weeks old.) We were also told that the guinea pig was female.
Sad, my partner dragged me home.
This morning I woke up and could not think of anything else. So I told my partner, "We're getting that guinea pig." So off we went, and it was still there, much to my glee. (After setting up my massive old cage, so glad I brought it with me when moving out!)
Met a much nicer staff member who estimated the age to be about 12-14 weeks old, and when she picked the guinea pig up for us... Surprise surprise, it was male! So glad that it wasn't with other guinea pigs.
So now we have our little boy! He is currently nameless (most likely name so far is Snufkin.) He is short-haired, black and ginger (black on top, massive ginger stripe around his middle and then a black bottom - also, a little light marking on his chin) and really curious. Other guinea pigs I've had have been terrified when going into their new home, but he has been eating and drinking - and generally exploring and being adorable.
He's temporarily on plain bedding until we go and drive to buy some vet bed, and his cage is looking a little bare but that'll soon be fixed. Can't wait for him to settle so that he can be handled.
Rather large, blurry phone photo until I upload the photos that I've taken with my camera:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/pho...863657&Signature=RhfNyWTjhhk2u+KkKWhhS6soTWc=
First time posting since joining, really - after some lurking.
My partner and I weren't going to get any guinea pigs until after we'd finalised buying a house and moved, however my heart was stolen. At our local pet shop, there was a sweet guinea pig I saw a week ago. It was noticeably older than the baby pigs around them, not fully grown but some weeks older definitely as it was much bigger.
Unlike the other guinea pigs, it's ears were slightly torn/nibbled around the edge. Despite this, it was much friendlier and less skittish.
Cut to yesterday, my partner and I went there again and that guinea pig still hadn't been bought, yet every other one around them had. We asked how old it was and were told, '10 weeks' (Nooo way, as the same staff member said that the new babies they just got in at that moment were 9 weeks old.) We were also told that the guinea pig was female.
Sad, my partner dragged me home.
This morning I woke up and could not think of anything else. So I told my partner, "We're getting that guinea pig." So off we went, and it was still there, much to my glee. (After setting up my massive old cage, so glad I brought it with me when moving out!)
Met a much nicer staff member who estimated the age to be about 12-14 weeks old, and when she picked the guinea pig up for us... Surprise surprise, it was male! So glad that it wasn't with other guinea pigs.
So now we have our little boy! He is currently nameless (most likely name so far is Snufkin.) He is short-haired, black and ginger (black on top, massive ginger stripe around his middle and then a black bottom - also, a little light marking on his chin) and really curious. Other guinea pigs I've had have been terrified when going into their new home, but he has been eating and drinking - and generally exploring and being adorable.
He's temporarily on plain bedding until we go and drive to buy some vet bed, and his cage is looking a little bare but that'll soon be fixed. Can't wait for him to settle so that he can be handled.
Rather large, blurry phone photo until I upload the photos that I've taken with my camera:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/pho...863657&Signature=RhfNyWTjhhk2u+KkKWhhS6soTWc=
