I have Guinea pigs! I love the little guys.
We got our in March of this year. We went to the pet store and picked one out, a baby. We brought her home and put her in the cage she looked lonely, so we went back to the store to get the other Guinea pig, that was the same size as the first one we brought home.
When we got back to the store the owner was there and questionted us as to if we were in earlier and bought the other guinea pig that was the same size as the one in the pen? We told her yes, and explained that it looked lonely, and we wanted the other one. She said that they should not be taken from their mom yet. So, she sold us the mom and gave us the other baby for free, the babies were still nursing from their mom. So, we had three guinea pigs.
In May the momma pig gave birth to four babies
after some careful research the momma pig must have been pregnant when we bought her.
The day she gave birth to the babies, I had put her in a pen by herself. Than to try to avoid more babies I put the first sister in with the momma and the babies. And left the boy by himself.
One of DD's friends wanted two of the piggies, so she took the momma, and one of momma's new babies. I was just informed that Momma once again gave birth to four babies. How is this pig reproducing like this?
But, anyway we now have five piggies here at our home. They are:
Boy: Big boy or big brother
Body: Whitey
Girl: Big Girl or Big sister
Girl: Cracker
Girl: Patchie
I would like another pen to separate the boys, from each other or get them a bigger pen. The girls have a nice pen for them it has three levels.
Yes, guinea pigs are very smart, they know that DD#2 and myself are the ones that feed them, if they see us and are hungry they will squeak, but not if they see anyone else. And when youngest DD goes to their cage they run to the back.