Strawberry

Strawberry belonged to a friend of mine. But not too long after she got Strawberry she developed an allergy to guinea pigs. This seems to be something that happens quite frequently and is very unfortunate when you have become attached to your pet.

I offered to take Strawberry, since guinea pigs do better in pairs and Tetris was alone. Not to mention I already knew Strawberry to be a very sweet cavy.

Strawberry started getting a bit chubby not long after I got her. I thought at first it was due to an abundance of food and maybe too many treats. My husband began to tease that maybe she was pregnant. But my argument was that was clearly impossible because both Tetris and Strawberry were girls!

I will admit to at the time not being an expert on sexing (identifying gender) guinea pigs. I had however, previously owned a male and female guinea pig when I was younger. That male left no doubt as to what gender he was and you knew without even picking him up! If you've ever seen a male rat he was similar in appearance to that. I did not realize that not all males are this obvious.

But as Strawberry's belly began to grow I began to question Tetris a little more.

Christmas morning 2012, we awoke to a beautiful snowy day. I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom when I heard the guinea pigs making an odd purring noise I hadn't heard before. My husband laughed and jokingly said "maybe she had babies!" I laughed it off but as I was coming back out of the bathroom I heard my husband say "Hey babe! She really did have babies!"

To be continued here...