Creme Puff had babies!
Creme Puff is a smaller pig than most… So generally, she only has two babies. But these guys are American and Abyssinian crosses, and they are a magnificent burgundy color […]
Category Archives: Guinea Pigs
Graphic Guinea Pigs
I spent the night last nigh resorting my guinea pigs. Since all of the females that I got from VA had their babies, it was time to rebreed. One of […]
Baby Piggies and a Miscarriage
Once again… The doctorate student falls off the face of the earth, as she is cranking out faculty applications, organizing a communications in science workshop, and trying to get ready […]
Three More Baby Piggies
So, lucky for me, one of my black sows was ready to pop! She had three cute little babies. A black and white Dutch colored baby, an orangish baby, and […]
And More Baby Guinea Pigs
Well, this doesn’t make up for the rabbit and quail losses, which I am still reeling about. But, it does help with the whole, “Life Goes On” thing… This lovely […]
Poor Fluffy
So, apparently Reba was actually Ron!!! Did I bother checking?!? No, I don’t know why I didn’t, but every other person on craigslist was correct on guinea pig sex… Anyways, […]
Charcoal has returned!
Well, I was out doing some agility work with my dogs, and I see a black Guinea pig hanging out on the other side of the fence, hanging out and […]
Missing Charcoal!
Sometime Wednesday, Charcoal went missing. Sneaked under the wooden side of the Guinea pig tractor through a hole. She was one of the only pigs that I had that carried […]
My Screw Up and New Babies!
So, last week, I had my doctoral oral prelims. So, I didn’t get a chance to blog about the twelve new guinea pig babies that I had in the last […]
Boars from VA
And, the final set of pigs I got from VA. The big boars. He is the reason that the babies are super creepy and albino. I really like this guys […]
Not Quite Grown Sows: Part 2
As promised, here is the second installment of the juvenile sows that I got from VA. I think this is all of the sows I got…
Not Quite Grown Sows: Part 1
In order to be ready to breed, a sow has to be 1.3 lbs. I got several of them that are coming up as replacement stock. I have 12 females […]
New Guinea Pig Sows
Guinea pigs, sows, new sows
Cinnamon & Twist
And, another few females off Craigslist. They are mostly white, with bits of tan and brown. Cinnamon has a tan butt and brown face. Both are a little over a […]
The loss of Oxy
Usually, when I lose a Guinea Pig, I understand why. Guinea Pig diagnostics are tough, they don’t show any sign of illness until they drop dead. Symptoms of upper respitory […]
Got Some Boy Piggies
Well, i finally managed to catch Pop!!! That only took 4 days. Had to buy a metal trap. She and the other two young females have been moved to another […]
The Exodus, and Four More Female Piggies
Monday, when i was at work, there was a guinea pig exodus. I placed the cage in the long grass, but was unaware of the hole that was perfectly aligned […]
New Digs and New Does!
After the unceremonious end to my last rabbitry (needed to liquidate stock after the landlord flipped out, even though we weren’t violating any city codes or laws). We officially have […]
Germinating Pumpkins!
Well… The awesome pictures that I got from the installation of PRS nutrient probes (more on these later) and nutrient sampling with my interns Karyn and Bella went into the […]
Baby Pictures and an Evil Preditor
Well, I woke up Saturaday morning, and all of my breeding female quails in growout were missing. All that was left was feathers, and a single wing. Whatever ate them […]
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