04-27-2014, 04:53 PM
I am sure the all red trait is lovely, but it is not worth the price.
It is not just the inbreeding although that is bad enough. It is also the over breeding and early breeding of the females. That was a horrible outcome. Five pregnant females and in the end there were two dead and only two babies survived.
Ethyl and Annie have done very well to live 5 years and they hopefully have plenty more time. Of course that is because of the good care you give them. I am glad you can work with their teeth and keep them as healthy as possible. Of course Annie has been very cooperative or you wouldn't be able to help her. She is brave little girl.
Guinea pigs do not live all that long. They say 6 years is the average, but I wonder. Baby Lambert is now five. He looks good, but he also looks older. Miss Charlie died at three. The grand guineas have all gone and they were only four. If 6 is the average age, why do we have no 7 + 8 year olds?
It is not just the inbreeding although that is bad enough. It is also the over breeding and early breeding of the females. That was a horrible outcome. Five pregnant females and in the end there were two dead and only two babies survived.
Ethyl and Annie have done very well to live 5 years and they hopefully have plenty more time. Of course that is because of the good care you give them. I am glad you can work with their teeth and keep them as healthy as possible. Of course Annie has been very cooperative or you wouldn't be able to help her. She is brave little girl.
Guinea pigs do not live all that long. They say 6 years is the average, but I wonder. Baby Lambert is now five. He looks good, but he also looks older. Miss Charlie died at three. The grand guineas have all gone and they were only four. If 6 is the average age, why do we have no 7 + 8 year olds?
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Catherine
