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When Chris was in pharmacology school he brought home a couple of guinea pigs that were controls, Nibble and Munch, who turned out to be male and female. We discovered that when Munch had babies, which we were not anticipating. I saw these three black and white and bloody lumps in the bottom of the cage and was horrified, until I realized they were newborn baby guinea pigs. One of them didn't live, and one of the others was actually black, white and red, so she was Neapolitan and the other was Fudge Ripple, aka Fudgie. We kept that litter, but after that we started selling them to pet stores, which I fear sold them to snake owners, but I didn't take them to the pet stores, and I didn't really want to know. Chris built them a three-story high-rise cage with ramps, and they all lived to a ripe old age. Whenever we came home they would squeak with excitement, because it meant fresh cabbage. It is a pleasureable experience to be greeted with happy squeaks and jumps, even just as a meal provider. |
