Zebedee the guinea pig: The survivor
Back in the day, when the kids were younger and all at home, I used to write quite a lot about guinea pigs. We got…
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2023: That was the year that was January to June
On 2nd January, we took my son back to university after the Christmas holidays. We had a walk around the penguin sculpture trail in Birmingham…
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Guinea pig adoption: Settled in!
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how we were struggling with our guinea pig adoption. We’d had our rescue guinea pig, Zebedee, for nearly…
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Guinea pig adoption: Settling in
When you buy a baby guinea pig, an older guinea pig (even a male) will almost instantly start to ‘mother’ them. As the young guinea…
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Farewell Henry the guinea pig
Last week, I had to say goodbye to my lovely guinea pig, Henry. Henry was a silver rex (a grey fuzzy one) and he was…
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Henry the guinea pig and the new food
Now I don’t like to speak too soon or tempt fate, but Henry and Herbert the guinea pigs are now our longest standing pair of…
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The guinea pigs’ new life
Ever since we got our first guinea pigs, eight years ago, they’ve always lived on the patio right outside our patio door. I liked them…
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Happy, healthy guinea pigs
I get a bit nervous about the guinea pigs at this time of year. We lost Wilfred in October 2019 and my beautiful Cedric in…
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Henry and Herbert – reunited!
It was actually just before Christmas that I felt able to put Henry and Herbert the guinea pigs back in the same hutch together. But…
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Herbert and Henry – not going so well
We were so excited to get Herbert the baby guinea pig after six long weeks with only one guinea pig. Henry was definitely suffering for…
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Henry the lonely guinea pig
Losing a guinea pig is always hard. It’s hard for me, of course, but it’s also hard for the guinea pig who is left behind….
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Guinea pigs, grief and why I can’t have a dog
As a big fan of guinea pigs, they’re the only pets I’ve ever wanted. Until recently. I used to be quite frightened of dogs. But…
