A year ago today, we welcomed two new members into the family. The girls got a pair of guinea pigs for Christmas of 2008. We were fortunate to find two girl guinea pigs listed on craigslist who needed a new home. Our cute, furry little family members were lovingly name Sweet Pea and Cookie. It has been a wonderful year with them.
Yesterday we met some friends at the park for a picnic and they brought their boy guinea pig, Cinnamon with them so I could clip his nails. As I was clipping I noticed that Cinnamon didn't look all that different from Sweet Pea and Cookie in the "privates" department. So I asked my friend how she KNEW he was a boy since the difference seemed to be so subtle. She gave me a brief guinea pig "sexing" 101 lecture at which point I began to question the "girlness" of our girl guinea pigs.
Yesterday we met some friends at the park for a picnic and they brought their boy guinea pig, Cinnamon with them so I could clip his nails. As I was clipping I noticed that Cinnamon didn't look all that different from Sweet Pea and Cookie in the "privates" department. So I asked my friend how she KNEW he was a boy since the difference seemed to be so subtle. She gave me a brief guinea pig "sexing" 101 lecture at which point I began to question the "girlness" of our girl guinea pigs.
As soon as I got home I checked out the situation. However, I still couldn't tell so I decided to consult the Internet. Upon getting very informed via pictures and articles on how to determine the sex of adult guinea pigs it became extremely obvious that Sweet Pea and Cookie are actually Sweet Pete and Cookie Monster!
so you should be expecting little cookie monsters soon????:)
ReplyDeleteI guess I wasn't clear because Sweet PETE and Cookie MONSTER are both boys. Thank goodness! :0)
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