PLAY TIME!

Finally, here are some play time pics. I will hopefully have more soon, but these are some good ones!

Guinness playing with his new FIDDLESTICKS! These are so cool-- they come connected and you can bend them around. He prefers the little tunnel that he can crawl under, and climb on top :)

He loves to hide behind the laundry basket!

... And also behind the blinds

Crawling on the desk chair

Guinness the Escape Artist

Guinness has realized that there is much more in the world outside his cage. Even though we let him run around in the office every day, we don't want to let him roam free in the whole apartment just yet-- it's not 100% pig-proofed and there are lots of nooks and crannies for our baby guinea pig to hide.

Recently, he figured out how to climb out of the cage when the front door is open. Before he discovered this new talent, we used to leave the front door open while re-filling his food and water, and occasionally when we went to get treats. He never even tried to get out in the past! But to my great surprise, a few days ago when I went to grab some cucumbers for Guinness, I came back to find a pig-less cage. Luckily for us, he was hiding under the shelf where we keep his food-- and gnawing at the treat bag. What a smart pig!! He not only figured out how to escape on his own, he also found his treats in about 30 seconds. I was so proud of my piggy's intelligence, but also worried that he might try it again and manage to hide from us instead...

Now that he knows how to climb, he also loves to chew on the cage bars--- does anyone else have a guinea pig that does this? Not that he could really chew through and escape, but still.

All in all, the lesson of the day is: what a rascal!

Cuddle time

Although Guinness was pretty nervous when we first started to take him out, he has gotten much more cuddly. Once or twice a day we take him out and sit with him on the couch-- he usually runs up and sits on our shoulder, and waits for cucumber treats! We also take him out each evening and let him run around in the office. Here are some pictures of Guinness and Cole cuddling on the couch! More playtime pics to come.

Guinness getting cuddly with Cole

My boys :)

He loves those cucumbers!

Oh hello there

Guinness is going for it...

What a cute little piggy

The boys watching TV together 

Our little football star

Guinness also plays football. (I should qualify this statement by saying that he throws around his football chew toy... he doesn't catch or anything but its still super cute.) I love to watch him play, and Cole is SO proud that his son plays football!

Anyways, here are some pictures of Guinness throwing the football around.

Just playing around

Here are some pictures of Guinness hanging out in his cage. He loves to run around, popcorn, and act crazy. And we love to watch him!

Coming to see me when I open his cage door! (He knows it usually means treats)

Looking cute and rascally 

Trying to escape... he just learned how to climb out on his own!

Climbing on his pigloo

Just sniffing around in his straw "cave" that he loves to chew on and sleep in

Sneaking out of his igloo

Coming in for a nose rub :)

1 month...

Welcome! I'm starting this blog on the 1-month "anniversary" of Guinness' homecoming. That is to say, exactly 1 month ago, me and Cole brought our precious little guinea pig home. He brings us so much happiness and excitement every day, so I was prompted to start a blog about him-- not only to show everyone how cute he is, but also for myself to log and keep track of all his cute little moments.

In short, we are PROUD GUINEA PARENTS! We love our Guinness and hope you will too!