Posted on 05/30/2007 8:55:27 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Das was eine gute Mahlzeit. Die rechnung, bitte!
That would be animal cruelty. Even if they do like dark, confined spaces.
Sick
Not true. Guinea pigs are rodents.
From wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pigs
Guinea pigs are large for rodents, weighing between 1 and 2.5 pounds (700–1200 g), and measuring 8–10 inches (20–25 cm) long.[24] They typically live an average of four to five years, and occasionally as long as eight years.[25] According to the 2006 Guinness Book of Records the longest living guinea pig survived 14 years, 10.5 months.[26]
In the 1990s, a minority scientific opinion emerged proposing that caviomorphs, such as guinea pigs, chinchillas and degus, are not actually rodents and should be reclassified as a separate order of mammals (similar to lagomorphs).[27][28] Subsequent research using wider sampling has restored consensus among mammalian biologists that the current classification of rodents as monophyletic is justified.[29]
They squeal and whistle quite loudly really, hence the "pig" part of their name. However they are diurnal, so one ought to be sleeping at night.
Next time get a Lab. I have two and they don't make me sneeze.
I have a Jack Russell Terrier and three cats. It was sneezing, it was skin reactions.
It WASN’T sneezing. Bah!
They look like rats to me so I wouldn't eat one with any sort of vegetable or wine. But that is just me.
This story confirms the wisdom of her preference.
Gee, they used to be so pretty when they were children! But that’s true of most of us, I suppose.
You been into the corn liquor tonight?
Jealosy, murder, cannibalism.
Skin reaction. Got it. Allergys usually involve sneezing. I'll know better next time.
Sounds like she didn’t mind the guinea pig noise and he hated it. So he got revenge on her before splitting up (what? you think he expected her to stick with him after that). What a hate filled jerk. I could, on the other hand, understand an April Fool prank where he temporarily put the animal in another cage out in the garage and served her a stewed hare.
I don't know if they are afraid of the dark or not, but they seem to make a lot of noise at night. Perhaps the bricklayer should have tried a nightlight.
It probably banged around in its cage a lot.
In the wild, they would be stupid to scream, they’d become the prey of owls and such. Maybe the problem was too much light, the reflections of auto headlights and such, rather than too little.
Most of the small caged pets rustle around a bit at night, something you get used to after a short while of owning them. Not sure if guinea pigs are one of the nocturnal types tho.
They are also one of the more vocal small pets...they have a very distinctive, hmm how to explain this, almost whistling squeal. It’s not loud but it’s a very unusual sound and seems to have about the same variation and uses as a cat’s meows.
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