Violetta Christine meets her namesake!!

I took all the female guinea pigs and the babies to a party last night, primarily so that my friend could meet her namesake, Violetta Christine. The pigs were a huge hit and everybody wanted to cuddle with them. By the end of the night people had decided which pigs were their favorite and I'm sure each person secretly wished for their own guinea pig family... Here are Violetta Christine and Renata, the brindle Abyssinian, being held by my friends.

Baby Pictures

Kinsa's babies have grown so much in the past few days. They are proper guinea pigs now! They have been introduced to the rest of the pig herd and seem to be getting along just fine. I put Kinsa and the babies in with the females yesterday and after checking that there was no fighting I left. I came back a few hours later and found all the female guinea pigs lined up at Kinsa's side, waiting their turn for a drink of milk!! I made a mental note not to leave Kinsa in with other guinea pigs for too long...

Kinsa Cleaning Her Babies After Birth

Here are pictures of Kinsa cleaning her babies and eating the placenta. It's a little bloody, for those of you who are queasy, but so amazing!!

They have arrived!!!!!

I spoke too soon!!! At exactly 4:30pm, 45 minutes after I wrote the last post I heard some strange hiccupy squeals coming from Kinsa's box and... it was happening!!! Here are the babies! Two girls, Bianca and Violetta Christine, one boy (on the bottom), Emile.