[Gpdd] MISC - anyone know what a swiss guinea pig is like?

[Penny Charlesworth]

> I would expect him/her to understand the word parsley in German, French 
> and
> Italian.


Ha ha!! And Romansch too.

Penny.

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> Subject: [Gpdd] MISC - anyone know what a swiss guinea pig is like?
>
> Hello, I was looking on a local breeder's website last night and noticed 
> she
> is hoping to start breeding swiss guinea pigs.  I've tried to find a good
> description of them but can't find much information on them.  In a couple 
> of
> places I've seen them described as swiss teddies but the sites also say
> they're different from the normal teddy.  Has anyone ever seen one and if 
> so
> can you describe what they are like, i.e. are they long/short haired, 
> curly,
> tufty, etc.  There do seem to be a few new piggy breeds appearing (or at
> least ones I've not heard of before).  I was reading a few months ago 
> about
> a relatively new swedish breed called the lunkarya, apparently they're
> something like a texel but have very curly, thick and coarse coats. 
> They're
> another type I'd like to be able to see one day, although at the moment 
> here
> in the UK there are only a handful of breeders so I expect they'll be 
> pretty
> rare for a while yet.  It's amazing how many different coat types there 
> are
> when you!
>  really look into it.
>
>
>
>
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