Thread of mega guinea pig love

The all-singin', all-dancin' Bing Cavy.

OK I have a really weird/sad guinea pig story but I don't know if I should tell you - you might cry.

Teenage football cavy:

http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/soccer_guinea_pig.jpg

Oh, you can share it ENBB.

http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/img/horny-guinea-pig.jpg

I sent this to a friend and he said, "Many men may wish to be like Sooty the guinea pig, but I do not admire a rapist, no matter what its species." lols

http://www.rspca-pix.com/image/Long-Haired-Guinea-Pigs_640233.jpg

Oh my gosh, comeone knitted their hairless guinea pig a sweater:

http://cavyshops.com/sweatersow.jpg

I love guinea pigs and their squeaks.

http://www.billionswithzeroknowledge.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/windowslivewriteristwitterthetribblesoftheinternet-3c0ftribbles22.jpg

http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/guineapigspectrum.jpg

Great little video that is kind of like a cavy ballet.

A couple years ago it was really cold and rainy out one night so I was smoking a cigarette out my bedroom window on the fourth floor. I was on the phone with my mom when I saw something strange scurrying in front of a house on the other side of the road. I kept staring at it and told my mom that there was a really strange looking animal outside that looked like a giant white guinea pig. She said that it was probably an opossum and not to worry but I kept staring and saying that possums were grey/silverish not white but then again why on Earth would there be a big guinea pig out on the street in the rain, right? Right. So I went in the other room and when I came back the "possum" was gone and I thought that was the end of it.

A couple days later I saw a sign posted near my bldg that said Piggy a pet guinea pig had gone missing and had a number to call if anyone had seen him. :-( I felt so sad that I hadn't helped the poor little guy. I called and told the people where I'd seen him but honestly there was no way he could have lived through that night - it was freezing. Poor Piggy. I could have saved him!

http://www.freewebs.com/palace-cavies/Cavy%20collage.JPG

That hairless gp in the sweater! Also, long haired guinea pigs are awesome. My friend has one named Oscar. He looks like such a rockstar.

Aww, ENBB, you didn't know any better. But I'm pretty sure these guys can't make it in the wild. They have all the brains of a potato.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/cavy-cool-crazy/2006%20Pig%20Photos/Jazroses.jpg

"Madam, I picked some flowers for you."

you gave him a sponge?

I know. :-( Honestly I was so sad when I saw the sign that I actually cried. Nobody believed me when I told them I thought I'd seen a guinea pig that night. I should have just gone out and checked but it seemed absurd.

http://ganderlandcavies.bravehost.com/myPictures/Acacia%20face.jpg

Gandalf the Guinea Pig

bnw that is the sponge I use to clean his cage (I labeled it so I wouldn't accidentally wash the dishes with it), and he found it before I'd started using it. nom nom nom

http://www.delvillecavies.co.uk/Pigture150.jpg

http://www.delvillecavies.co.uk/Pigture156.jpg

http://www.kristensraynedrops.com/cavy%20texel%20pair.JPG

gpigs with perms!

"Texels," above, can get fucking epic Lionel Richie curly hair.

lol awesome.

I want one and I want to name him Lionel Richie.

ah well sponges are notoriously bad for dogs, but I guess if he can't actually chew through it...

http://z.about.com/d/exoticpets/1/5/U/a/texeltigger.JPG

http://www.codysrabbitcave.com/CRCstwizzlermarshmallow.JPG

http://www.codysrabbitcave.com/CRCsstarburst.JPG

http://www.codysrabbitcave.com/gpblinkie2.gif

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

The brown and white one is fantastic.

Do they cuddle?

http://www.jpgpr.com/Image155.gif

I love their dumb, happy little faces!

Guinea pigs just love chillaxing in a lap and getting mad pettage.

DO GUINEA PIGS PURR?

They do when they are content, feel safe and happy. They will purr if a friendly guinea pig is grooming them, or sometimes when they are settling down ready to sleep.

http://alecswebpage.com/images/s0001974.jpg

I love when they groom themselves. They sit up on their haunches and rub their faces, looking like fat little Victorian bankers.

They sit up on their haunches and rub their faces, looking like fat little Victorian bankers.

This is a simile for the ages. :-D

http://blogs.discovery.com/dailycuddle/images/2007/09/06/0907scott_zajac.jpg

e, if it makes you feel any better - you probably couldn't have caught that guinea pig, and his family probably couldn't have got him, either. the one time ours got loose, it was sheer luck that my mother managed to get a hold of her. they're pretty speedy for lazy little blobs (and skittish). still, poor piggy!

Spme absolutely bonkers guinea pig comics by children.

i would love to have another one of these guys.

http://photos.imageevent.com/cavyspirit/frontpagephotos/small/frontpage3.jpg

http://www.acbaonline.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1448&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.acbaonline.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1481&g2_serialNumber=2

Fuzzy caterpillar cavy!

http://www.acbaonline.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1511&g2_serialNumber=2

He does the Cowsills at karaoke.

http://www.acbaonline.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1522&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.jaylene.com/cavies/wesnchanse.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/5752/1000240reduced7tu.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/exoticpets/1/0/H/B/nibblesgp170.jpg

"Pleased to meet you."

They're so round and cute!

Lee isn't sure about getting a pug yet cause we're not home often enough. Maybe I can has g pig?

http://www.thriftyfun.com/images/articles9/guineapig.jpg

I highly recommend g pig, ENBB. I've had my little guy two years and he's brought me so much joy.

They like to play in little puddles of water! So cuet.

http://exoticpets.about.com/library/photogallery/eddie32.jpg

And you don't need a garbage disposal bcz you can feed them most all of yr veg scraps.

The German word for them is 'Meerschweinchen,' which means 'little sea pig'!

Meerchweinchen!!!

How . . . random?

oops - Meerschweinchen.

The German for pug is Mops.

http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures/gallery/small-animals/other-small-animals/guinea-pigs

MOPS! Oh my gosh!

I like this guy's hair:

http://home.comcast.net/~hopkinsj6/PIGS/PGraphics/zander.jpg

!!!!

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/foodfull/ff19.jpg

Parsley fight!

Yeah pics of those long haired guinea pigs blow my mind! I want to know how they look walking around. I imagine them needing an entourage to carry their locks about.

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/foodfull/ff23.jpg

Salad mouth!

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/oppfull/opp1roberta.jpg

?!?!?!

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/oppfull/opp18maxemail.jpg

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/oppfull/opp24theboys.jpg

I love when they just sit around and chillax together.

Grooming!

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/oppfull/opp47pigglespigwig.jpg

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/oppfull/opp55lisaeddie.jpg

The males have hilarious disproportionately giant balls, too.

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp2full/opp116pigglespigwig.jpg

Yawning.

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp2full/opp103kirkbullybubs.jpg

They hang out in their food bowls.

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp2full/opp105loripgm.jpg

AWWWWS

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp2full/opp169waynelola.jpg

Best delivery ever!

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp2full/opp179peterjasper.jpg

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp2full/opp193louiseannabelle.jpg

"Zuh?"

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp3full/opp289elainebuster.jpg

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp4full/opp343tracypatrickarthurclive.jpg

They're totes happy to flatten themselves out on a lap while you compute, watch tv, etc.

http://www.treenspigs.com/group/opp5full/opp471spike.jpg

I feel absolutely certain you have started a guineapig thread before, Abbs.

Prrrroooobably.

More likely just hijacked lots of other threads and made them about guinea pigs.

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/07/21/lima04_gallery__562x400.jpg

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http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/07/21/lima09_gallery__592x400.jpg

Thx for ruining thread shithead.

http://i38.tinypic.com/adc3m1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/163836474_92e405c9b3.jpg

(source with enormous version http://flickr.com/photos/meffi/163836474/ )

One of these toys is fake:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/256020912_f26fb1d3e3.jpg

Luv these little fellers.

is this the new thing in guinea pig keeper land?

http://images.google.com/images?q=guinea+pig+hammock

http://www.poolster.edu.amsterdam.nl/werkstukken/Website%20Elisa/plaatjes/Cavia%20in%20hangmat.jpg

i hear guinea pigs preach teamwork

http://strongerteams.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/144082934_b633f79603.jpg

My guinea pig had a hammock that he mostly used for leaping off of. Seeing as how his cage is two feet tall, I worried he would incur some injuries with all his daredevil acts. No more hammock for Charlie "Marlon Brando" Pig.

i took a picture of a prize-winning guinea pig at a fair recently. i will uplooad it.

I just overheard my co-worker talking about "ginn-nay-yah pigs"

I want to see your picture, slocki!

here is my guinea pig picture. the funny thing was his cage was at the end of the line of cages containing prize-winning chicken and his had a #1 ribbon on it making it seem like he had somehow been voted the #1 chicken!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2694188384_b012e1b918_o.jpg

Awwws!

as an aficionado, would you say he looks like a prize-winner?

Every prize-winning pig I've seen in books/magazines/internet has much more of a round/flat head, but his coloring is great. (I love them all, obviously.)

Was this 4-H or whatevs? Or a breeder contest?

i think it was 4H actually!

The important question is: did he get a buttermilk bath and did a spider alert us that he was "SOME PIG"?

4-H is totally chillaxed, and therefore actually fun.

When I was a little kid, my parents presented me with two Guinea Pigs and, as a lesson/challenge in personal responsibility, entrusted me with their upkeep. So I guess they were "Guinea Pigs" both literally and figuratively. I named them Stinky and Bananabrain.

my friend ellison and his wife have guinea pigs. they're pretty cute. skittish, but cute.

I just gave Charlie his annual bath. You know how when you have a big-looking pet and you bathe it, you realize it's just this pathetic scrawny thing with a lot of hair? Not Charlie. Bath proved he is just a lil' cavy with fatfuckitis.

The recent South Park with giant Guinea Pigs? So amazingly adorable and rad! Oh my gosh so cool. And I want that pan flute band cover of "Cars."

That is indeed a quality prize-winning guinea pig up there, it's clearly spent ages having its fur done though.

I felt like mega geek recognizing that the guinea pigs on South Park all had costumes from here: http://cuddlycavies.homestead.com/costumes.html

Teddy Roosevelt's sons had guinea pigs!

"Did I ever tell you about my second small boy's names for his Guinea pigs? They included Bishop Doane; Dr. Johnson, my Dutch Reformed pastor; Father G. Grady, the local priest with whom the children had scraped a speaking acquaintance; Fighting Bob Evans, and Admiral Dewey."

From his Nov. 22, 1900, letter to E. S. Martin regarding "fine names for guinea pigs."

So, we're moving away from New York, and we're trying to find a new home here for our two-year-old calico-colored pet guinea pig, Albert. So far, we haven't had any luck, which is sad. If you live here and you're interested in an excellent low-maintenance apartment pet, please email me and let me know. Thanks!

I wld adopt it if it were in the area. They are so great. Someone please accept this wonderful offer.

oh no, Albert!

i want a pig so bad, but i dunno about the smell & shavings.

maybe my nose is bad but guinea pigs don't smell that much/bad. Rabbits and dogs are definetely much much worse.

Yeah, they're not smelly as long as you keep the cage clean!

O,,O

My little guy just died. He had pneumonia and he passed really quickly and (I'm pretty sure) painlessly. He lived a healthy cavy lifespan and was happy until the end.

I'll miss him so much. He had such a proud, funny personality. He always loved being held and greeted me with nice squeaks whenever I entered the room.

RIP Charles.

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7671/charlieparsley.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/984/charliecarrot.jpg

<3 <3 <3

:(

ah so sad!

Aw, my condolences Abbott. Never used to be that interested in the guineas but the mister (and threads like this) totally won me round not that long ago. They are awesome dudes.

Sorry to hear of your loss, Abbott! Of Stinky and Bananabrain, Stinky also got pneumonia and died. I think it was b/c I let him run around outside in the rain (I was 7 at the time).

Guinea pigs were domesticated by the Inca people, along with llamas and alpacas! (Under the circumstances, it would be cruel to say what their motivations were.) May you find another gp as sweet as Charles, Abbott.

RIP Charles!:( Always sad to see another guinea pig go. I've had ones named Eggplant and Peanut Butter that wound up getting dehydrated after a couple years, though; they don't have very long life spans.

We did find a good new home for Albert, though! He is now with a family in Rockland County, who I hope are keeping him happy with lots of baby carrot and broccoli bites. And keeping his water bottle full.

Thanks guys.

(Also xhuxk you may (not) be interested to note I often called him Chuck. And Marlon Brando.)

Aw. Bye, Charlie.

I got two new guinea pigs (photos to come), little brothers who will hopefully not get too territorial. Charlie's empty cage was just too heartbreaking + a house just needs guinea pigs.

Sorry 'bout your pig. RIP:(

New pig just died, inexplicably. He was eating & drinking & all fine...I look in his cage 2 hours after playing w/him and he is totally dead.

no :(

I have bad luck sometimes.

He is in the freezer so I can take him for a refund tomorrow. I feel like Gob.

um

Sorry to hear :(

So guess what's the number one movie.

I was really up for that until I realised they were CGI guinea pigs and not real ones.

Was it the talking that gave it away?

wot G-force, lol, guinea pigs are the most Zen, peaceful creatures ever. this movie is NOT REALISTIC.

xpost

I thought it might be like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z3SBnt5Ssc

I mean, those guys could ACT.

Woah, that's better acting than Keanu has ever managed.

Holy shit can I get that show on DVD? I like how the guinea pig is the smart one -- so not true in reality.

Okay, apparently there's a movie from 2008 featuring Stephen Fry and Steve Coogan on voices but I assume that will be lol ironic and not up to the Johnny Morris version I posted. According to IMDB Further Tales of the Riverbank is from 1992 but I'm sure the version I remember from the early 70s was in colour. The original series seems to be black and white and made in the 60s, so my memory could be playing tricks. It looks like the older series are only available on VHS :( There's a lot of eps up on Youtube tho I think.

Guinea pigs are easily baffled and corralled by 4" (10 cm) high walls, so I enjoy the idea of GPs that are spies with behaviors copped from Mountain Dew ads.

Aw, sweet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m904SQBfCBI

The grey one on the left has co-opted an entire melon for himself. "heh heh heh.."

He's no fool!

Aw.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-10/49747089.jpg

From a story about this fine place.

My friend makes guinea pigs. They are cute.
http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.89744429.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/mila18/Marsvin/jordbaersvin_k.jpg

I hate photos of humans who are messy eaters, but that shit there ^^^ is just adorable.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4346985862_cb46622b13.jpg

Andy Warhol!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4354358768_dc33cb643f.jpg

hahaha Ned. That GP was actually trying to look like Truman Capote.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4480383327_0703b9cfe7.jpg

"Unhand me! Oh the indignity."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0T-0gV_Xno

If they tour, I'm *so* going to the show.

Aw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45PsArjlANw

http://z.about.com/d/exoticpets/1/5/U/a/texeltigger.JPG

aaaaaahahahahaha

Just looked through this whole thread and DIED at that one.

I was just thinking the other day how much I miss old Chuck. Never another GP like him.

Awwwww.

Via BoingBoing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/06/5690166979_8a31be285b_o.jpg

Related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWyw7kJkoE

Oh my god! Synchronized cuteness!
I wonder how many GPs of the past three years have been named "Zhu Zhu."

Likely most of them.

more like chunk and scooter, rmde

http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/funny-gifs-record-guinea-pig-jump.gif

awesome

Courtesy xhuxk on FB -- protect your guinea pig!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/466013d675929dc3930bdfb6f4ed36f4/tumblr_mok1b8GyqU1qar3r2o1_500.jpg

i worry that my guinea pig is lonely. when i got him from the rescue they said not to put him with other pigs, though - not because of aggression issues, but because he is a pushover. i don't know, i feel like he needs a friend that isn't 100x his size.

First portrait of pet guinea pig?

<3 that picture. I had a guinea pig named Chip growing up and he was really great. Suspicious of everyone except me, which made me feel important as a little kid.

Morven Crumlish not a fan http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/22/guinea-pig-elizabethan-pet

Would it be inappropriate of me to post a picture of myself eating a guinea pig in Ecuador?

do what you have to do

yeah people always try to shock me with pictures of fried guinea pigs or w/e and it's like....i eat animals, too

I have eaten more guinea pigs than I care to remember when I was in Peru... I mean, we were hanging with poor farmers and when they cook them for you it's a big deal, you can't say no. But It was not the easiest thing I have ever done. They call them "cuy", pronounced "kwee", cuz of the noise they make.

cuy is a cute word

cuz of the noise they make.

When you cook them?

It's like some kind of inverted amalgam of kawaii/twee.

my guinea pig died early summer! he was close to 8 years old :c

http://i.imgur.com/12xIwlk.gif?1

Morven needs to get laid, or laid off at least. blasphemous piece :P

aw RIP

Are guinea pigs as destrictuive as rabbits?

i've never had a rabbit so i can't compare, but my guinea pig isn't destructive at all. i've heard some will chew cables if you let them run around, but mine doesn't.

Train them for a race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9RRAFr4D28

I used to live with a rabbit that chewed EVERYTHING.

mine only chews what he's supposed to, but i think he might be unusual in that regard. i bought him a little edible shelter that was supposed to only a couple weeks, and he has had it for well over a year.

only *last* a couple, etc

Does he have something else to chew on?

he eats a lot of timothy hay. i guess that satisfies the desire to chew. i know it helps keep their "cheek teeth" short.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av6MFJqZFeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av6MFJqZFeo

on thurs nights i usually get Hastings out and let him hang in the living room with Bernard and me while we watch movies, etc. i usually put some fleece and some of his toys and hay out on the coffee table, but sometimes i put them on the floor and just let him roam. we are doing that tonight. he went over and got into my purse and was chewing on my money! this has never happened before.

"hastings, don't eat money! it's valuable!!!"

yo rox where can we see pics of your pig

he's not as high profile as bernard. haw. i can upload some

also i have 2 now. i got a rescue pig who came with the name jimmy buffett. PLEASE suggest a replacement name

http://i.imgur.com/Xen3XxM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fG7TDDN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3XXpBQs.png

^hastings

jimmy tuffet

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1521745_10151776441990633_1841208826_n.jpg

both. lol

my suggestion: king diamond

they're pretty much the cutest guineapigs I've ever seen

i always wanted them when I was a kid & mum told me NO they are just big hairy mice
jerk

here's something

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1146930_10151592902690633_1940114613_o.jpg

From Mr. Ewing, founder of this parish: the new baby guinea pig at his place:

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1798152_10152252321875452_1219636936_n.jpg

A couple years ago it was really cold and rainy out one night so I was smoking a cigarette out my bedroom window on the fourth floor. I was on the phone with my mom when I saw something strange scurrying in front of a house on the other side of the road. I kept staring at it and told my mom that there was a really strange looking animal outside that looked like a giant white guinea pig. She said that it was probably an opossum and not to worry but I kept staring and saying that possums were grey/silverish not white but then again why on Earth would there be a big guinea pig out on the street in the rain, right? Right. So I went in the other room and when I came back the "possum" was gone and I thought that was the end of it.

A couple days later I saw a sign posted near my bldg that said Piggy a pet guinea pig had gone missing and had a number to call if anyone had seen him. :-( I felt so sad that I hadn't helped the poor little guy. I called and told the people where I'd seen him but honestly there was no way he could have lived through that night - it was freezing. Poor Piggy. I could have saved him!

― ENBB, Friday, June 13, 2008 2:28 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I still think about that damn guinea pig every now and then and it makes me very sad.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-medium/snihwsut3nfocquqqin7.jpg

lol!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2BPdi5CcAEZUAi.jpg:large

Twitter caption being "punk's not dead"

war pigs

from a really informative powerpoint

http://image.slidesharecdn.com/guineapigbusinessplanfromspencerandgabriele82012-120820153940-phpapp02/95/guinea-pig-business-plan-from-spencer-and-gabriele-8-20-12-12-728.jpg?cb=1345495239

true of so many things beyond guinea pigs

Dear me!

https://wapo.st/47Z84Hd

(The guinea pig survived.)