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Today has been a bit of a mixed bag in our home. It started well when lots of my slaves little friends arrived very early this morning. I love it when my slaves have friends over, because everyone wants to look at me and feed me blueberries. Of course the big slave (the boring one) is always...

A friend came to visit the other day, and was fascinated by the guinea pigs. She fell instantly in love with Ruby, and wanted to hold her. We said she could hold Lucy or Eddi, but not Ruby. We explained that Ruby is a bit 'special' and only likes DD1 to touch and handle her, and as far as...

Even if I do say so myself, my guinea pigs have nice things. I but them lots of natural wooden items for their cages. I sew them a constant supply of lovely fleecy things. They all live in decent sized C&C cages. And I think 3 out of our 4 guinea pigs are truly happy, and appreciate a life...

BLUEBERRIES? Today I got the biggest, fattest, juiciest blueberry, and I am a very happy pig indeed :yahoo: In other news we all got new carrot cottages too (but without the carrot roof), because we couldn't go out for grass time. We have been out for grass time a lot recently, but today...

The most recent edition of Guinea Pig Magazine had an article about guinea pig intelligence and a couple of simple ideas for IQ tests you could perform with your guinea pigs at home. Naturally both of my kids think our guinea pigs are the smartest creatures on the planet - just look how good...

Oh how exciting, the latest guinea pig magazine has arrived. I love this magazine. Look at that tribe - I would love to live there - so many guinea pigs to be grumpy with, and chatter my teeth at. But wait. That isn't a photo of me. What page is my picture on? What do you mean there...

Today DD1 informed me that she had taken the 'best Ruby photo ever'. She asked if we could have it printed, and put it in a frame for her bedroom. Naturally I agreed, and had visions of an artistic photo of Ruby relaxing on her platform in the sunshine, or gazing wistfully into the camera...

I thought you might all like to hear how we are getting on. My slaves are doing quite well, and this week they even had fresh blueberries. The older one (aka boring one) kept muttering about the price, but I could barley hear her as I was so busy stuffing my face. Ahh, blueberries. However...

The girls decided to make a video for each of their guinea pigs. Eddi is first :D

So my four have been separated in to pairs for just over a week now, and I am noticing few things about the state of their cages. Ruby and Lucy are in a 2 x 3, which I know is too small, and plans are afoot to change that this week. But despite their tiny cage they keep it very neat and clean...

And so my ongoing guinea pig education continues. Today I found out (courtesy of DD1) that guinea pigs are excellent at 6th Grade math. Apparently sitting on the sofa with a guinea pig on your lap/shoulder, actually improves your productivity, and is not a distraction. At all. Even when the...

Yesterday was my birthday. I am not really sure what that is, but apparently now I am one year old. The humans found the whole thing extremely exciting. It was also Ruby and Lucy's birthday, and when you have a birthday you get birthday cake. We got a guinea pig birthday cake. The humans...

As I mentioned in a previous thread, there has been a major falling out in my previously happy foursome. I am still devastated by this sudden change of group dynamic, but I am also realistic - I have to come up with a new short term plan to house everyone in a way that keeps them safe and makes...

It's been a very fraught couple of hours, and I would really appreciate any help, advice or insight anyone can offer. This is super long, so thank you in advance for anyone who takes the time to read it all. Yesterday Ruby was in season - I rarely notice when any of the girls are in season, but...

Don't worry everyone. As your faithful leader I have come up with a brilliant plan to get us lots more treats. I am going to lay next to this practically empty pellet bowl and look thin. Once our slaves see me wasting away, they are bound to offer us some delicious things to eat.

I am posting this here because I have had my slaves for nearly 1 year now. They are trying hard to be good slaves, and I am using a reward based training style known as the 'wheeking loudly until we get what we want' method. But despite my best efforts to educate them in optimal guinea pig...

The four Swiss pigs would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful festive season, however you choose to celebrate. And Ruby would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to take a moment or two to relax over the holiday season. She certainly will be. Lots of...

Dear Oreo, I think it is time we had a little chat. It would appear that you have some issues with 'personal space'. For example, when one piggie (me) is sleeping peacefully in the single cuddle sack, then you do not need to wedge yourself in with them. The clue is in the name of the bed - a...

Tonight there was great excitement in our house. Apparently if the little slaves leave a clean shoe by the door, then a man called St Nicholas will visit, and fill their shoe with lovely things. They were very happy about this, and spent ages choosing their largest shoe to leave out. And then...

Ahh, guinea pigs - the perfect pet for children (and their responsible parent of course). We have a pretty constant stream of children through our house, and most of them adore the guinea pigs. Today was no exception - the girls had friends over to play and it was all going well. Until one of...