Guinea Pigs Galore!

So, the guinea pig thing has been going really well.  Shockingly, there has been absolutely no smell! The girls adore Cookie and have been taking great care of him. Allyson loves having an animal to torture, er, love. 

Cookie taking a ride on Christmas

So, I read that guinea pigs are extremely social creatures and really need to have guinea pig companions. Evidently, our "Cookie" was once named "Robin" as in "Batman and Robin." Batman met an unfortunate demise when his then-owner accidentally left him out in the heat while taking a nap. Robin made it, though. Anyway, the owners planned to get another companion but ended up moving to where they could have no animals.

The dilemma, then. Do we get another?? We decided no for now. Until our friend offered us Monroe, another male guinea pig. Monroe's owner is going off to college and cannot take him with her. So, free is good. My biggest issue? Pink eyes. Ew. He's white with pink eyes. Waaay to rat-like for me. But, we accepted and offered Monroe a new home as Allyson's very own guinea pig.

I wish I had been recording (and thought I was) when Allyson first laid eyes on Monroe. But here is a little video of her shortly afterward. (The girls' friends, Darcy and Holland were visiting.)

She is in love.

Evidently, so is Monroe. But, uh, not with Allyson. Here he is being introduced to Cookie.

We put them in the cage together and things got a little intense/aggressive. So, we followed our friend's advice by putting them in the tub where they'd have more space. You can see they had no problem "using the restroom"in front of one another. 

Now, since this is a family blog, I cannot show any further video. Let's just say Cookie's in for a long first night. Our friend, Jamie, believes things will settle down. We are really (really!) hoping she's right. Sigh....