Uncles are very important in a guinea pig's life. I expect lady pigs need aunties, but boars need uncles. It's so that we don't go and make babies by mistake, so I'm told. Anyway, when I was very young (3 weeks) I left my birth mother (dam) and came to live with an older pig …
Author: Dylan
Saku
Saku was a sweet, gentle pig and an absolute trooper. That's what Mummy says, anyway. He was Auntie Dawn's first piggie and he went to the Rainbow Bridge very suddenly in 2013, just after doing an appeal for Auntie Dawn's charity fundraising event. He was a Sheltie, like Humphrey, but white, with some dark markings. He …
Q is for – Quiz questions
We couldn't find a guinea pig whose name begins with Q, so I had a long think, and Kevin had a long think, and we asked Mummy, and she asked her friends.... and then she suggested we had a quiz instead. With Prizes! I asked her whether my book would be a prize, and she …
Oscar
Oscar sits in the cage next door to me and Dougall and sticks his nose into our business. He spends nearly all his time looking into my cage and irritating me. He's not very old, about nine months now, and he's been with us since he was four months. He came with Midge, and they …
Norman and Nimrod
Norman and Nimrod both belonged to Auntie Doris and Uncle Bob. Norman was a funny looking chap - he didn't have any hair! They called him a 'skinny pig' and apparently it's quite normal, he wasn't ill or anything. Mummy says there are lots of animals that normally have hair that now have strains that …
Mariusz – and Midge
What is there to say about Mariusz that hasn't been written in loads of Mummy's books, and on the blog when he died, and in Auntie Dawn's blog too? Mariusz was an American black and white crested Guinea Pig With Attitude. He was the Attitude-most pig in the world until I came along, but I …