Cuteness overloads and a lot of fluff, beware!

It is amazing how guinea pigs can multitask between hating your guts, complaining and eating all the same time.

Pedro: "I HATE THIS! THIS IS SCARING ME! I HATE BEING BRUSHED- Oooh pea flake- AND THIS IS DEMEANING AND- Ooh, another pea flake... Where was I? OH! AND THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST GUINEA PIG KIIIIND!"

He was begging for more treats once put back in the cage, after acting like I was trying to murder him when being brushed. Dramatic buggers, they are. 😆
 
I found a trick to doing claws on Percy snd Pedro one handed and reduce the stress involved.

I used one hand to lean his back against my stomach, then quickly let go, grabbed a pea flake, and inserted it into his mouth. I kept giving pea flakes for as long as he remained in that position against my stomach and stopped when he righted himself.

I then waited a moment to plop him against my stomach again and repeat. He grew less stressed as he associated the position with food and started waiting for the treat instead of instantly trying to flop forwards.

Then when he was sitting patiently against my stomach waiting for another treat, I clipped his claws as fast, yet safely, as possible and then rewarded him for sitting there calmly.

I did the same with Pedro, the even more food driven piggy, and he started standing on my lap waiting for me to sit him up and be rewarded... He will do anything for food. XD
 
So, I found these when cleaning out a pet carrier 9th of November.
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One cocoon sadly didn't make it, however two recently hatched! They are Spotted Wood butterflies, a peculiar breed that feeds off the honeydew of aphids and on fruit rather than flowers, and the caterpillars eat grasses that are very common around here.
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The male is a feisty one, flashing his wings at me in the last pic. XD
 
Got a chance to give a bunny who belongs to my BF's little sis (BF is at work and is much more understanding than his family) some much needed TLC whilst they went out to party for the new year... In lockdown. :doh:

Glad to finally get a chance to give the bun a much needed claw clipping and attention though, but was also horrified that it had gotten so bad. Her claws were like spaghetti! On a lighter note though, here she is being a total sweetheart with my guinea pigs who were there to cover on the poop front in case anyone returned early, so I could hide the bun under the blankets and make it look like it was just the piggies out. Thankfully no one returned early and were out the whole time.

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Pedro was a right gentleman whilst Percy was more on the shy side.
 
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