Sorry, just realised I put a 2-in-1 on you guys with the ANNOUNCEMENT + CARE
(announcement followed by care related question) earlier. Anyway, doing this
the proper way. 

My baby guinea pig hasn't been named yet. She's a Sheltie with dutch markings-
black eyes w/ black 'mask' of fur (and a white stripe comes down between her eyes down to her nose), her body = white hair blending into a satinny blonde rump. I just call 'Weekiee, how are you weekiee' when i come home from work, but I'm not sure if that's the name i'd want to be calling her 2 years from now (fingers crossed). I guess thats just the initial stumbling stages where unistudent meets guineapig for the first time in metro apartment unit. I was thinking of a long-term companion(s) to be there through the completion of my medical degree in Australia and then home to Malaysia in a piggy transport pen?  

Which reminds me - does anyone on this list live in the vicinity of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)? I have been trying to locate breeders near my place so that I can bring babypig to them and see if she bonds with any of their piggies. I am looking for a person-loving adult female who can teach babypig how to do cavy things (the petstore i bought her from had males and females caged together and she might be pregnant) and love humans. I absolutely adore the texel breeds with the himalayan markings. 
FINALLY - CAVY BEHAVIOUR AND SOUNDS
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My babypig has been making squeaky sounds walking around the apartment carpet, sniffing the eucalyptus oil i sprayed on earlier to get rid of mites and fleas; these sounds sounded 'neutral' - like a 'gee everything sounds ok, i wonder what that is, ha this stink what is this'. However when I pick her up, she will start to struggle and try to bite me, and chatter her teeth. I tried everything in soothing her - i played classical music, stroked her fur gently, hugged her against my chest so she would feel warm and secure, fed her baby spinach (this girl is getting spoilt, i buy gourmet leaves for her). but she still looks tense and bunched up, hair on end. and tries to scurry up my hair to hide. this time i got worried when babypig went missing and i finally found her under the bedside table (which incidentally is very low) - I tried coaxing her out of there with baby carrots - no luck. so I stuck my hand in, and heard the supposed 'laptalk' in an 'ANGRY' tone. Hurt, I tried t!
 o scoop her out from under, resulting in a few nasty bites on my finger & thumb.    
 
sigh. I know its all part of getting to know the animal but sometimes at the back of my mind i get worried that maybe this animal isn't the one for me. 


- li  


