We decided to go out for ice cream last night around 7ish. Surprisingly Emilie complained that she didn't want to go, she wanted to stay home but we ignored her and anyway we all went. Of course once she had her ice cream she was happy as a clam and so was JoAnne!
We returned home around 8ish just in time to see the first of four baby guinea pig being born! The births were an amazing event, which we all got to witness. I was also amazed at the natural instinct that the mother (Riley) had. She just new what to do and wasted no time in cleaning the after birth (there's a visual for yeah) off each piglet as soon as it arrived. They were born approximately 5 minutes apart, with the whole process taking about 30 minutes.
The timing was good too because I was able to remove the two males from this cage so Riley could be left alone to give birth and then tend to the young'ns.
This first picture shows the four babies shortly after being born. As you can see they're still wet.
This second picture was taken the following morning (today). They're with their mum, all dry and ready to rock and roll.
It's funny how things work sometimes - had we given in to Emilie and not gone for ice cream we would have missed this experience completely.
Guinea Pigs for sale - make me an offer for the entire lot of them, all 7. No reasonable offer refused!
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