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 …
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Lupin-Buckmore
Lupin-Buckmore was one of the most famous piggies that ever belonged to Auntie Doris and Uncle Bob, except possibly for the legendary Blackbird. He was a pig with attitude, although he was also rumoured to be a bit... well, stupid. He'd do odd things, and act like he didn't know what was going on. He …
Kevin and Kira
Here I am!! I'm Kevin! This is my "I'm just sitting quietly waiting for my breakfast" look. I'm a crested short-haired golden and white mis-marked Dutch guinea pig. Although I am English. I'm about four and a half years old and I come from Jersey. I came with my friend Colman to live here three years …
Jasmine, Jemima and Jersey – and Jupiter
Mostly we've been talking about real guinea pigs that Kevin and I know, or know about through family history or our underground network. A lot of the time they are also characters in our Mummy's books. She's Jemima Pett, and the books are the Princelings of the East series. And, surprisingly since there are so many …
Isle of Mull
I couldn't think of any of our friends and acquaintances with names beginning with I, so I asked Mummy and she said to post something else beginning with I. But not I as in me, although that is a fascinating subject that I'm sure you'd like more of. There are pictures of Fred, George, Victor …
Hugo, Humphrey and Hector
What a lot of Hs we have. Or did have. I only knew Humphrey and Hector. Hugo died not long after George. But he was Victor's friend and Victor was our Uncle piggy and looked after Dougall and me when we were tiny. So Victor told us about him. He was cheeky and wise and …