I will introduce you to the guinea pig Hera and the two babies that she had ! I call her "other" because she is not a dog, so she and some other animals that we may or may not get, will be classified as "other".
Hera is a
- Guinea pig
- No idea how old
- Pregnant when she was brought to us
- Expected to have 4 babies
One of the Humane Society Volunteers brought her (and her massive cage) to us on March 3rd, 2013 and man, was she ever huge !
How did we get her:
Well, we got an email about a pregnant guinea pig and after discussing it, we though "why not". So we emailed them and told her we'd be available for foster if they needed us. First we weren't sure if we could foster her as they requested we had a room dedicated to the guinea pig(s) where Odette wont be in. We ended up putting them in the bedroom because that door is closed throughout the day and Odette is only in there at night in her little kennel.
The daily life:
She's a guinea pig? Not sure what to say about her.
The guinea pig:
Hera is an awesome guinea pig. She would come to the cage when you stick your finger in and she lets you pet her nose. After we got her, I started seeing the babies move inside her more and more. Like a bag of worms and man, she is huge. That is why she was expected to have 4 babies !
Then one evening (
March 5th), while I was working out and Sam was cooking dinner, she gave birth to her first baby. I went to the bedroom to change and I saw there was a baby in there. I said "oh my god she had a baby !"Sam thought I was joking because I pulled the prank on him a few times. But she had given birth to her first baby. A black and brown little one, with a tiny white dot between the shoulders - we named him Charly. The second one came rather quickly (guinea pig birth actually seems like fun) it's white and brown and we named it Squirmy. While Charly was really tired after birth, Squirmy immediately started getting up, walking around, making guinea pig sounds... I also wanted to name one Hercules, but since there are only two we couldn't and also we thought Hera and Hercules was just asking for trouble. Don't want to upset the gods !
Now that they are a few days old, they are running around and making noise so much. They also started eating vegetables today. It is crazy how self-sustainable guinea pig babies are ! They are so cute though - Squirmy especially looks like a hamster and they both are about the size of a fully grown hamster.
The end: The three little guys were picked on March 29th, 2013. After they got picked up I found out that Charly and Squirmy are actually two males !
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| Squirmy and Charly |
And now for some closure:
I know I wont miss these guys as much as I miss all of my foster dogs, but I am glad that the birthing process went over well, without the birthing of any dead babies - that would have broken my heart. Too bad there were only 2, I was looking forward to naming 4 little guys. I wish these 3 guinea pigs all the best, and I hope that they find a new forever home soon.
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| Charly! |
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| Hera |
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| Squirmy |
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| Charly and Squirmy |
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| Hera |
Hera is a
Well, we got an email about a pregnant guinea pig and after discussing it, we though "why not". So we emailed them and told her we'd be available for foster if they needed us. First we weren't sure if we could foster her as they requested we had a room dedicated to the guinea pig(s) where Odette wont be in. We ended up putting them in the bedroom because that door is closed throughout the day and Odette is only in there at night in her little kennel.
Then one evening (March 5th), while I was working out and Sam was cooking dinner, she gave birth to her first baby. I went to the bedroom to change and I saw there was a baby in there. I said "oh my god she had a baby !"Sam thought I was joking because I pulled the prank on him a few times. But she had given birth to her first baby. A black and brown little one, with a tiny white dot between the shoulders - we named him Charly. The second one came rather quickly (guinea pig birth actually seems like fun) it's white and brown and we named it Squirmy. While Charly was really tired after birth, Squirmy immediately started getting up, walking around, making guinea pig sounds... I also wanted to name one Hercules, but since there are only two we couldn't and also we thought Hera and Hercules was just asking for trouble. Don't want to upset the gods !
