Cheekypigs
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hello! It was suggested that I create a thread for my cheeky lads so as to have a place to post pictures and updates, so here it is!
For those who haven't read any of my other posts, Popchop and Fuzzable are a pair of rambunctious young boars who we adopted from an unfortunate Jerry Springer style guinea pig family situation (I don't know the details, but sexing mistakes had led to 7 surplus guinea pigs in at least 2 generations, almost certainly with a family bramble bush rather than a tree).
Here is Popchop. He is about 4 months old, dark gold with agouti speckles, a swirl on his shoulders and a shark fin on his back. He is bold, confident, greedy and athletic. Our money is on him ultimately being Head Pig, as he seems to us to have leadership qualities, though he is currently smaller than Fuzzable so he will have to bide his time.
This is Fuzzable, Popchop's big brother/father (this might be a bit strong for Jerry Springer, now I come to think about it - it's better suited to Greek mythology. Perhaps we should have named him Oedipus). He is around 9 months old, about half again as big as Popchop, although only about 100g heavier! He is a pale blond/creamy colour with a white streak on one shoulder and a beautiful mane of tufty hair with rosettes on his shoulders. He is rather anxious and jumpy, more timid than Popchop. At the moment he is still holding the line in dominance battles, but we think once Popchop catches up to him in size, he will probably be glad to abdicate to a more confident leader.
We have had these two for three weeks now, and they've just been to the vet for their first checkup. They've got a sparkling bill of health, impressive weights (over 800g for Popchop, over 900g for Fuzzable - these are going to be some mighty haggises when they grow up!) and Popchop managed to escape and have a thorough investigation of the treatment room floor before we could catch him.
I hope you will enjoy following our boys as they grow up and take their rightful place in charge of our household!
For those who haven't read any of my other posts, Popchop and Fuzzable are a pair of rambunctious young boars who we adopted from an unfortunate Jerry Springer style guinea pig family situation (I don't know the details, but sexing mistakes had led to 7 surplus guinea pigs in at least 2 generations, almost certainly with a family bramble bush rather than a tree).
Here is Popchop. He is about 4 months old, dark gold with agouti speckles, a swirl on his shoulders and a shark fin on his back. He is bold, confident, greedy and athletic. Our money is on him ultimately being Head Pig, as he seems to us to have leadership qualities, though he is currently smaller than Fuzzable so he will have to bide his time.
This is Fuzzable, Popchop's big brother/father (this might be a bit strong for Jerry Springer, now I come to think about it - it's better suited to Greek mythology. Perhaps we should have named him Oedipus). He is around 9 months old, about half again as big as Popchop, although only about 100g heavier! He is a pale blond/creamy colour with a white streak on one shoulder and a beautiful mane of tufty hair with rosettes on his shoulders. He is rather anxious and jumpy, more timid than Popchop. At the moment he is still holding the line in dominance battles, but we think once Popchop catches up to him in size, he will probably be glad to abdicate to a more confident leader.
We have had these two for three weeks now, and they've just been to the vet for their first checkup. They've got a sparkling bill of health, impressive weights (over 800g for Popchop, over 900g for Fuzzable - these are going to be some mighty haggises when they grow up!) and Popchop managed to escape and have a thorough investigation of the treatment room floor before we could catch him.
I hope you will enjoy following our boys as they grow up and take their rightful place in charge of our household!
