The stork came to our house….and no, they’re not mine
Posted by amelie522 | Posted in All posts, because I don't have enough to categorize yet | Posted on 06-25-2010
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These are the newest addition to the Miller household. Not like we NEED any additional animals at this zoo, but hey, the more the merrier! Two dogs, five adult guinea pigs (and now 6 babies), frogs, a goldfish from the fair that is now about to takeover the Gulf Coast of Florida with his gigantic size, and….oh, I guess that’s it. It just seems like we have more animals in this house because our home is the size of a shoebox. So you can imagine how it seems like we’re running a pet store out of the living room.
But this was such a cool experience for the Little Man. He was so excited to see those babies this morning. When Papa woke up for work, he discovered that Mama Pig had given birth (you could not even tell that a birth had taken place; so not the case with us, huh?). Little Man wanted to check on them all day long, and of course, we did. I was just as excited as he was, and couldn’t wait to hold one.
Let me take you back a few weeks:
We were worried she was pregnant with 8987987 babies. And let me tell ya, we thought she was going to spontaneously combust. Mama Pig was SO BIG that her back feet were barely touching the ground. She was pear-shaped in a way that had to be unnatural. I almost took her to the vet: in researching pregnant guinea pigs, I found that if a female pig gets pregnant after 8 months of age, her hip bones could be fused together, making a vaginal delivery impossible. I was starting to think that maybe she was too old, and that these babies were going to literally explode out of her abdomen! But she didn’t explode, and Mama Pig and the babies are doing excellent.
I had no clue guinea pig breeding was such a dangerous business, but it is. And it is NOT recommended. I learned that after the fact, too.
So anyway, this is what we’re doing at our house today. Pretty exciting day. A very happy little boy, witnessing the miracle of life. Although I think he may believe that babies magically appear, some weirdo Santa-like man delivers them, under the cover of night.
That may warrant some explaining….
What kind of backyard breeders ARE YOU!?!?!
Unlike me…ahem…I happen to be very careful with my rodents…except for the fact that I can’t tell which are boys and which are girls and before I know it EVERYONE is having babies…but still. That’s beside the point.
They’re so cute!!
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amelie522 Reply:
June 25th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Can I tell you how freakin’ excited I am to see that you commented on here??? I heart you big time! And I am so glad you didn’t forget about me…
As for my backyard breeding…yes, that’s exactly what we are. And no, I’m not going to tell you how we bought 4 males before we got a female. I’m also not going to divulge the fact that we mated her by throwing her in with the males and letting them attack her.
I’m just glad to know I’m in good company, Mama Kat!!!
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1-800-Rodent Control!!
Seems like there’s something in the water in your hood! Will you name them? Just wonderin?
Congrats all around!
~Chris Ann and Kristin
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Baby guinea pigs come out that hairy?
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amelie522 Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Yes…it’s kinda weird. And they walk strange, because their back legs are smaller than the rest of their body. Makes for an awkwardly cute and hairy baby.
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Chinchilla babies are born furred too, it’s totally weird but so cute!! Joey wants a Guinea Pig but since the fire I haven’t had to clean a single cage and I don’t miss it so I keep telling him no!
Congrats on the babies sorry for my late comment I am WAY behind on my reader!!
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amelie522 Reply:
July 16th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I’m just glad you’re here! And the furry babies are so strange…but we just love them
And I say, keep cages out of the house for as long as humanly possible.
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