New addition to our family!

First things first: Why my blog has been photo-less for so long:

In March, my sis and I went for a spring break trip in NYC, where silly me left my camera with her.

She came over to Indy to visit in May, so I finally got my camera back!

But then my family, who also came to visit in May, accidentally brought back the camera charger back to SG, leaving me with a useless battery-deficient shell of a camera...

So, I waited by my mailbox for my charger to be sent back to me... and it finally reached me last week!

And this was when I started snapping pictures of the newest addition to our family: Maisy!

Maisy!

Piggie vital statistics

Species: Long-haired guinea pig (As opposed to Kopi, who is Abyssinian, and Dot Dot, who is smooth haired)
Gender: Female
Weight: 950g
Age: Approximately 2 years old

You know when you go to a pet shop, and you see some really cute baby guinea pigs for sale? They are usually from breeders who breed guinea pigs. And Maisy was one of those pigs who was used for breeding. It is easy to understand why. She looks so cute with her long hair and her panda-like eyes, it is most certain that her babies will be just as adorable and can turn in an easy profit for the breeders.

So she was pregnant many times. Until she started shedding her hair. Dr Becker took her in and found out she had a hormonal problem, which was resolved upon spaying her. Her hair gradually grew back, and that was when we adopted Maisy.

We can still see some of the characteristics of a pet-shop-guinea-pig in Maisy. She is not really into fresh vegetables, and sticks to her pellets and hay. She can be quite a princess too, wanting us to hold the carrot right in front of her to feed her. If we drop it on the ground, she won't eat it and she will just walk back to her pellets.

The Dynamic Duo

When we first brought Maisy home, we were uncertain how Kopi will react... We were taught to place the two piggies on neutral territory and let them "work things out". Initially, Kopi was just sniffing Maisy's butt the whole time, and Maisy was wheeking a lot (sounded like complaining)... At times there was a bit of head-butting and quarrelling. But after two or three times of these get-to-know-each-other session, they started to get along. So we placed them in the same cage and they have been living together ever since.

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On a separate note, we found out that Dot Dot was actually NOT pregnant (oops!). But the good news is that she has found a new home with a really nice family! Hooray!