Guinea Pig Love (standard:non fiction, 1200 words)
Author: Jeannette Gardner	Added: Mar 13 2012	Views/Reads: 2892/1893	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A story I've written about owning guinea pigs for the first time. A heart warming pet story for all ages!

©Copyright by Jeannette Gardner (March, 2012) 

I never really knew how smart guinea pigs are, and that they can
actually have you wrapped around their little finger by their cute 
demands. 

We adopted two guinea pigs, mother and daughter of 1 and 3 years old in
October of 2011.  After buying a house, we wanted to get a pet, and 
decided against getting a dog for now. Instead, we are proud parents of 
two loveable guinea pigs, Harmony and Melody.  Hey, you don't have to 
walk them at all hours of the day or evening! 

Our two adorable piggies have out smarted us in a lot of funny but very
cute ways.  They know our schedules for eating, and by this what amazes 
me is that they know of the exact “timing” of different hours for our 
meals, and for them to get their pellets and their treats.  I'm 
normally the first one up, get the coffee on and check up on our guinea 
pigs.  It's really funny to watch them at that time as they are both 
standing up on their little front legs on their empty bowl looking at 
me, and squealing for me to give them their pellets.  After eating 
their pellets, they will have a nap for a while as they somehow know my 
Husband will be up shortly.  Our piggies know what they will get from 
him; their treat of different fruits. Each morning, my Husband cuts up 
fruit for his breakfast, and they actually know that it's him in the 
kitchen preparing this, and not me.  While he's cutting up fruit, our 
piggies will be watching him and squealing and running around like 
crazy. When I go into the kitchen getting my breakfast, they don't even 
make a sound!  They even hear me opening the fridge door where their 
fruit is kept, but they are silent.  When I'm preparing my breakfast, 
our guinea pigs know that I'm not preparing fruit for myself.  They 
know I'm the one to give them their pellets in the morning.  It's so 
amazing how they know each of our meal schedules and they know who they 
are getting their fruit and pellets from. 

My Husband and I are night hawks, and we do our own thing with our music
in our studios after our late dinner.  After dinner, I will make our 
little piggies their salad plate.  They know what I'm preparing in the 
kitchen for them while they are watching me, as I am also watching them 
for their reactions.  But they are silent again, just watching what I'm 
preparing to give them at a later time.  It's amazing that our piggies 
know they will not be getting their salad plate at this time, but 
instead later in the evening. Even though they watch what I'm making 
for them, they don't make any of their squealing sound affects. 

My Husband and I normally meet in the TV room around 1:00 a.m. and we
get comfortable on the couch to watch TV.  Wouldn't you know it, our 
piggies are looking at us from their cage waiting patiently, and we 
know what they are waiting for.  They will look away from us on and off 
while nibbling on their hay for a while.  Then a short time later, 
their high pitch squealing begins with the amazing sounds of opera 
singing, or what almost sounds like an electric guitar playing.  We 
just love these incredible loud sound effects from them.  They run 
around in their cage like crazy, as they know it is almost “time” for 
their salad plate.  Each time this happens, we glance at the clock, and 
their timing is normally the same time of around 1:30 a.m. every night; 
the time that they demand their salad plate which is truly amazing.  As 
soon as I get up to go into the kitchen, our piggies go crazy, 
squealing again in their high pitch sound as they know I'm getting 
their prepared salad plate for them to eat.  I will walk towards their 
cage, and by this time they are running around in their cage with 
excitement, standing up on their little hind legs begging and waiting 
for me to put their salad plate down in their cage.  They are very 
happy at this time while guzzling down their salad. 

This unusual knack of them knowing the exact time they will get their
final treat of the night before my Husband and I go to bed is 
incredible. It boggles our minds on how they know of this unusual 
timing thing that they have developed with us.  There have been times 
though when we both messed up and got off schedule.  They knew we 
messed up by showing us their anger, which is expressed by them pushing 
their little beds up to their empty bowl, letting us know it is empty 
and time to fill with pellets.  They both really know they are the boss 
of the house! 

When it's time to pick them up, they will run and hide from us which is


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