Hi Jaime, It does sound like the guinea pigs described in this article, the colour matches as well... http://www.guineapigtoday.com/2012/06/28/californias-giant-guinea-pigs-cuys-criollos-mejorados/ -- "Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room" Mary Schmich, 1997 (Source: http://256.com/gray/quotes/schmich.html)