Merry and Pippin

Merry and Pippin are the first guinea pigs of the herd. At this point they are about five months old. Pippin is the white-crested golden agouti and Merry is the American tortoise-shell-and-white (though he does not have any dark markings). Pippin is not a show quality pig because of the white spot on his nose. In order to be of show quality, white-cresteds can only have one white marking and it must be on their forehead crest. Pippin is the most curious pig of the herd and will go in the most unlikely of places in search of an adventure. One time he actually made it out into the garden in the middle of the night and got lost in the lavender bushes, but that is another story... He is the father of Kinsa's three babies, also on account of his being so mischievous. While nobody was looking he found an architectural weakness in the female hutch and broke in on a mission of love and passion. Merry, on the other hand, is very mellow. He spends his time just hanging out and if ever he's in trouble it is because he's followed Pippin there.