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vegantoo Started conversation Jun 22, 2003
There's great excitement going on here at the moment. We discovered 2 baby guinea pigs in our hutch this morning - a bit of a surprise seeing as all 4 of our guineas are girls! I suspect the latest addition - that we've had for 7 weeks - was pregnant when we got her (must check out guinea pig gestation times!) The babies are pretty big (about 4 inches long) - no wonder their mother has been looking fat over the past few days! 
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Jun 22, 2003
Are the babies girls too, or is it too early to tell?
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jun 23, 2003
Happy Dayaftertheirbirthday to them! 
Happy Dayaftertheirbirthday to them! Happy Dayaftertheirbirthday to th-em!
Happy Dayaftertheirbirthday to them! 
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Z Posted Jun 23, 2003
Awhhh small furry things, how cute,
That's teh level of my functioning a lot of the time.
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vegantoo Posted Jun 25, 2003
We think we have one of each type of little piggie. So the boy one is going to have to go. They become fertile at an amazingly young age - about 4 weeks!!! So he's going as soon as he's weaned (at about 3 weeks). They are already eating ordinary guinea pig food and grass but seem to feed a fair bit too. We'll take them to the vet soon to check out the sexes properly - just in case. (The pet shop obviously can't tell!)
(Just so you know, cl, and so you can sing Happy Birthday properly - they are called Pippa and Pepper - at the moment. Their mum is called Petal - so it's all a bit alliterative.)
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jun 26, 2003
Happy many days after their birthday to Petal!
Happy many days after their birthday to Pepper! Happy maaaany days after their birthday to Pip..pa!
Happy many days after their birth day to them!
And that is the *positively* last time I will do that! 
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vegantoo Posted Jun 27, 2003
You are totally nuts - you know that? 
I'll just go and relay your message to the guinea pigs - I'm sure they'll appreciate it.
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jun 27, 2003
As you well know, insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children. Mine are all home for the first time in years, so I suppose it reached critical mass...
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vegantoo Posted Jun 27, 2003
Comment from the guinea pigs:
"Never mind the belated birthday wishes - where's the cucumber?!"
(There should be a guinea pig smiley.)
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