This page is dedicated to guinea pigs, and more specifically, my guinea pigs! I have three, and their names are Murdoch, Poirot and Bergerac!
My Guinea Pigs!
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| Murdoch is the brains of the group, and by that we mean that she can recognise her name and realises that eagles won't swoop down to catch her when she's relaxing on the living room floor. She has the thickest coat, and is very soft. She has curly whiskers which occasionally get in her mouth and cause her to pull funny faces. She doesn't much like cuddles but she will appreciate being pet. You will commonly find her with her little leggos stretched out, and her eyes closed as she naps in her cage. She lives with her sister, Poirot and they usually get along! Murdoch is kind of lazy, and spends most of her time napping, and will be very grumpy if you dare wake her from her slumber! But if you give her coriander, she'll forgive you. | Poirot is a big, big guinea pig. She's 1300g, which is a whole lot of cavy. Sadly, she is unaware that she is mostly chub, and thinks her size makes her the big boss. This leads to many arguments! She also isn't the brightest guinea pig on earth, but we love her all the same. If you want her attention, you should call "Cheeky Chops!", "Spinach!" or even "Murdoch!" because she hasn't quite understood what her name is yet. Even though she's a bit cocky and a bit stupid, she's still the cuddliest creature you could ever imagine!! Cuddles with Poirot are very much an enjoyable thing. Also, you'd never believe it but she has the most attitude by far. If you hear teeth chattering coming from the cage then it's her. | Bergerac is a beast. There's no other way to describe her. She weighs 1200g but unlike Poirot, it's all muscle. You can't really fathom how muscular she is unless you hold her, so you'll just have to take my word for it. It takes a seasoned pro to pick her up, meaning that only I can get her out of her cage without taking the whole thing apart. She lives in a seperate cage from her two sisters because she can be too violent sometimes. But she has a toy rat who is creatively named "Ratty" to keep her company. Don't mess with Ratty unless you want Bergerac to bite a chunk out of your hand! I know it's hard to believe but Bergerac is actually the easiest to cuddle, once she's out of the cage that is. |
50 Reasons Why Guinea Pigs Make Great Pets
- They have soft fur good for petting
- They can be very friendly and docile and like cuddles
- Will squeak a bunch and talk to you!!
- Unlike other rodents, are not bony! Squishy
- Ears can be floppy or stick up! Even can be heart-shaped
- Eat vegetables, vegan pets! No meat here no siree
- Easy to know how they are feeling because a noise for every emotion
- Can have long hair, short hair, mid-length hair, fuzzy hair, smooth hair, curly hair, wavy hair or even be bald! Every pig is unique
- If you lift their head up so that you can only see their nose and mouth and not their eyes, and then imagine that their nostrils are their eyes, they look like a little monkey
- Tiny hands
- Love you forever if you give them food
- Will lick your tears away (because salt)
- Yell at the crinkly bag
- Like to explore
- Will eat cardboard
- Don't make their own burrows so will like any house you give them (unlike hamsters)
- If you eat the banana, they'll eat the peel
- Teeny leggos
- All have their own personalities, each new guinea pig is a new and unique friend
- If you give them a human name it's funny but also fitting (Gavin, Steve, Jeff, etc..)
- Don't like the same veg that I do, so together we finish all of the vegetables
- Extremely excited about sweet potato
- There's a kind of skinny pig (bald one) called a werepig which grows a short, fuzzy layer of fur so they look like a werewolf version of the skinny pig (it's true look it up)
- Teeny tiny mouth with droopy bottom lip makes them look like a soft toy from the 80s
- We cry when we put shampoo in our eyes, guinea pigs literally cry their own shampoo, because they're hardcore like that
- Very good with knowing what the time is (if dinner is at 3pm then by god will they be yelling at 2:59pm
- Enjoy watching television (mainly Gardeners World and Midsummer Murders
- Get very angry at bugs
- Will do tricks for food
- Would die for coriander
- Don't judge you
- Actually, scratch that, will judge you, will judge you hard. But it's cute
- Little snooty faces
- Stretch their tiny arms out in front of them while yawning
- Sometime forget to pull legs back in afterwards, look like superman
- Nibble your hand to see if it's food
- Will guilt-trip your mother into going into the backgarden in her pajamas to get them grass
- Lounge like pros
- When they lie down they look like they're made of melted butter
- Can use their own double chin as a cushion
- Think they can intimidate you
- Get very emotional about food
- Very confused
- Think they are lions
- So round that sometimes when they try to scratch their side with their back foot they can lose their balance and roll over onto their back
- If you hold them facing outwards and then walk slightly too fast they will put their little hands out because they think you are going to crash into a wall
- Sleep a lot
- Eat 4-5 meals a day
- Sometimes you will look at them and cry because they are so cute
- Are living potatoes