This was little Rafia saying hello. She was one of the foster girls I got in last month. Her hair is growing back beautifully, and her skin is all cleared up - but now her belly is starting to swell. If she is pregnant, she must have only gotten pregnant in the last few days before we collected her. The father will either be one of her siblings, or her own dad - all who were housed together. We should know in a week or two if the swelling is babies - or just a bit of overindulgence!
And this was Galaxy, now baby-free and enjoying her time back in the adult girls-pen, rather than being constantly hassled for milk. It's amazing to see her behaviour chance now that the responsibility of motherhood has passed. When the boys were still around she never went upstairs, even though she could have if she wanted some time away from them. Now, she spends nearly all day up there lazing about on the cushions!
And Violet is just looking more and more 'cotton ball' like every day. The good thing about this shot is that you can't see her rear end... super soft, super long white curls do not mix well with an animal that is cms from the ground at all times! She's due for another trim soon, as she'll be hopefully having a rendezvous with a pedigree texel stud I'm bring in specifically for her. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan!
And here we have Alba caught 'popcorning' - usually a behaviour the babies do when they're excited and have too much energy: they pop around the cage like they're walking on hot coals. Very cute, and very funny. It's nice to see the adults do it occasionally as well. Alba has just come back from a visit with Liam. She is now past her window of opportunity to get pregnant, so if this visit didn't work there will be no babies for Miss Alba. As much as guinea pigs can breed quite profusely if allowed to co-mingle, sometimes they can be really difficult to get to pair up when you want them too!
And lastly - Miss Molly. Good golly Miss Molly. She's only 10 weeks old, and is already a super star! She leaves me speechless!
Awwww, Ripley is such a cutey! Look at Molly's AMAZING hair in the last picture! She is sooooo cute (doesn't look much alike my piggy Mika! :P) (Funny isn't it I named my pig that looks quite alike Molly Mika, one of Molly's brothers names! :P)
ReplyDeleteLol - I meant Rafia! :$
ReplyDeletehey i have to know how can i fill mine out, i rescued him about a week ago and you can fill all his bones except his ribs, the person i got him from had him in a bird cage with no bottom in it so his poo would just fall out. since i got him he now has a solid bottom cage and fresh food daily with carrots but he still seems to be not putting on weight,any help this is my first guinea, we named him yingyang because his face is swirled half white and brown.
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