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Post by emseypop on Jul 25, 2007 18:06:06 GMT 1
 Just wanted to show you a pic of our new pets, side show Bob and Mr Burns, the female guinea pigs. The one my son is holding has her bum to the camera, just incase you were wondering! |
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Post by Sleepy on Jul 25, 2007 19:09:43 GMT 1
Just wanted to show you a pic of our new pets, side show Bob and Mr Burns, the female guinea pigs. The one my son is holding has her bum to the camera, just incase you were wondering! They're lovely Emsey. And what have they got in front of them on the cushions? |
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Post by emseypop on Jul 25, 2007 19:16:35 GMT 1
 How dare you <severejowlsshakingsmily>
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 25, 2007 20:29:21 GMT 1
They look like Gonks Emsey!  Can you get a close up? |
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Post by emseypop on Jul 25, 2007 21:10:22 GMT 1
I'll put one on tomorrow, the only close up I have at the mo, will give you nightmares, mr burns has red eye.....maybe i should have called them ratbagsand fatbum.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 25, 2007 21:13:06 GMT 1
 That would have been good!
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Post by karenwl on Jul 26, 2007 8:28:02 GMT 1
They are lovely emsey
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Post by emseypop on Jul 26, 2007 10:29:39 GMT 1
some close ups.  Mr burns, cant get rid of the red eye, sorry!  And side show bob in a plant pot. |
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Post by Sleepy on Jul 26, 2007 10:40:27 GMT 1
Didn't they star on an old episode of Star Trek?
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 26, 2007 12:40:35 GMT 1
Didn't they star on an old episode of Star Trek? NO Sleepy those were Tribbles (sp)  |
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Post by emseypop on Jul 26, 2007 14:35:51 GMT 1
I'm not a trekki, so thats (like many, many other things) has gone over my head, if you'd have said chewbaccer (?) or ewok I would have known what you meant. Anyway don't pick on poor Mr burnes, she's lovely, and a rare puruvian blue you know!
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Post by Sleepy on Jul 26, 2007 14:37:31 GMT 1
I'm not a trekki, so thats (like many, many other things) has gone over my head, if you'd have said chewbaccer (?) or ewok I would have known what you meant. Anyway don't pick on poor Mr burnes, she's lovely, and a rare puruvian blue you know! They're a bit small for wookies |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 26, 2007 14:37:32 GMT 1
Do you have to brush her all the time Emsey? She looks like she could get all tangled up in no time.
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Post by emseypop on Jul 26, 2007 14:52:27 GMT 1
So far I've just stroked her hair tidy, someone at the petshop had trimed bottom. I will get a brush for her, as I think she'd enjoy being groomed. They are quite happy (or scared stiff ) to sit quietly on your lap. I've been putting them on an old towel but there have been no accidents yet. I'm told you can litter train them, but i'd better do Louis first! They can also eat lots of lovely things from the lottie, but Debi told me lettuce can be bad for rabbits and guineas, has anyone else heard this?
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 26, 2007 14:54:35 GMT 1
Never........ but I have heard they can help you get rid of dandelions quite effectively |
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Post by emseypop on Jul 26, 2007 17:08:13 GMT 1
Do you know they are selling dandelion seeds on ebay!  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 26, 2007 17:12:06 GMT 1
Id like to know how much they are! I can undercut them by miles I reckon! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 27, 2007 6:50:32 GMT 1
I like the little black and white one - sweet. I have to admit I'm not too keen on the fluffy one - she looks like trouble to me! (sorry Emsey...) I DO like the noises GP's make though. My friend, Tim, used to have them roaming about his garden. There were loads of them. Very disconcerting when you're sitting there and a bush chirps at you....... |
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Post by emseypop on Jul 27, 2007 7:09:53 GMT 1
I'd be too worried to let mine roam, as lovely as it sounds. My last pair I left in the run one summers day and went to work, when I came home something had dug a hole under the side of the run and earwig and parsnip were gone. A fox or next doors dog.
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 27, 2007 7:18:46 GMT 1
Oh no! That must have been horrid. My friend lives in the middle of nowhere though and he let his GP's just get on with it. They bred like nobody's business but quite a few disappeared in winter.......I don't know whether that's fair or not. They lived a very natural life but quite a short one....... When I had rabbits as pets I had to make their runs like Colditz as creatures were always burrowing into them. In the end they all escaped....I still see the brown one occasionally. I like to think it's her anyway!
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Post by emseypop on Jul 27, 2007 7:23:29 GMT 1
I think a happy life is better than a long one cooped up. I've got a large run for my two and I'm at home alot so they'll be ok in there now. its not foxs or rats i'm worried about, its slugs blugh.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 27, 2007 9:18:16 GMT 1
In that case you dont need GP`s you need chickens! I still want a couple or three myself . OH isnt so keen. |
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Post by The witch on Jul 27, 2007 16:58:26 GMT 1
Lovely emsy - I bet your kids love them to bits. ;D  |
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Post by emseypop on Jul 27, 2007 19:19:57 GMT 1
They do The witch, the piggies are ideal pets too, easy to look after and they don't bite and are nice to handle. I'd love chickens too. Its not fair OH wont let me either. My brother in law had some and they lived in the tardis in his garden, if he can have them, why cant I? We are aloud to keep them at the lottie, but imagine what the locals would do to them.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 27, 2007 21:43:37 GMT 1
we arent allowed to have livestock at the lottie Emsey, sorry.
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