Cute, cute, cute.....

[poliphilo]

I didn't mention this before, what with everything else that was going on, but we acquired a rabbit and a guinea pig last week. Joe had been talking about getting a snake or a rottweiler and I figured we should head him off at the pass.

I was thinking small animals would be low maintenance. I was wrong.

The rabbit is Toshiro Mifunny the Bunny (aka Fluffbucket) and the guineapig is Mulan

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We've just bought her a companion- whom we hope is another doe. It's apparently very hard to tell.

Still, the pet shop has said it will take any babies off our hands if the need arises.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is! My sister and I had guinea-pigs as kids, and one of ours turned out to be male.

The babies are very cute though, as guinea-pigs have an unusually long gestation period for rodents, so they're born fully-furred, with eyes open, and ready to run around and even eat solid food on their first day. So if your new one turns out to be male, you might be glad.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Oooh, baby guinea pigs- they sound adorable!

Of course there's a chance that Mulan may not be a female. We only had the shopman's word to go on and he wasn't offering any guarantees.