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Photo by author Guinea pigs have very good hearing. They're also very good at recognizing sounds that are associated with getting food. Most guinea pigs do a high-pitched wheek wheek noise to call for food. Mine don't wheek much because Peanut chews the cage bars, and everyone seems to consider that the most authoritative way… Continue reading Sounds My Guinea Pigs Associate with Food
My guinea pigs are all kinds of cute, and they pack a lot of personality into those little pea brains! Casper I adopted Casper from a shelter, where she ended up after being found in a parking lot. She was quite the scaredy pig initially; the first time I had a cuddle with her on… Continue reading Get to Know My Guinea Pigs Better
The guinea pigs can tell when I'm sick, so they've been rather subdued the last couple of days. This video is from a couple of years ago, and it shows Oreo playing lawnmower.
Turn the volume up to hear Oreo and Casper play-fighting. Any time I play this video, my boys go absolutely wild.
We could all use a little lightheartedness, and here's what we've got for today. Butternut, my black and white boy, is always very excited about the girls who are in the cage opposite my bed. He's the only guinea pig I've ever had who does this particular standing tall move, and I think of… Continue reading Fun of the Day
The guinea pigs are just so cute, so I thought I'd bring them out to play on the blog today. These are my boys, Butternut (the black and white one) and Peanut. The picture above, though, is a stock photo that I thought was all kinds of cute. They like to play in the… Continue reading Random Guinea Pig Post
My guinea pigs rock my world, and I love to take pictures of them. This is Cookie venturing out of the octopus snuggly toy to get a cookie.
How do you relieve your stress? via Guest Blog Post: Self-Publishing and Guinea Pigs with Ashley L. Peterson — Happiness Between Tails by da-AL This is a guest post I did for the lovely da-AL at Happiness Between Tails.
Trigger warning: talk of pet death As I write this, my guinea pig is dying. His name is Squeaky, and he's 7 1/2, which is well into old age for a guinea pig. In the picture above he's the one trying to climb over his best friend Zippy, who died a year ago.… Continue reading I wish it would happen faster
My guinea pigs are among the best parts of my life. Here is their year in pictures. This little octopus hideaway is made for ferrets, but it's also great for guinea pigs. I adopted these boys almost two years ago. They were geriatric and in need of a retirement home. Zippy (the darker coloured one)… Continue reading 2018 year in review: Guinea pigs