Christmas piggies

Here are our new little guinea pigs. 

When our other guinea pigs passed away several months ago, we always knew we would get more some day.  Christmas seemed like a good time to just that. 

We decided to go with males this time since EVERY female animal we have gotten was already pregnant when we got them.  You can see how this might be a problem, can't you?  We have been fortunate to experience the wonder of animal births and babies 4 times in the last 6 years but I think we get it now, and we will no longer be needing this type of experience for a LONG while.

They are both around 3 months old.  They have been really shy so far but I know in time, they will come to appreciate the insanity that comes with living here.

So without further ado, I would like to introduce Gwin and Jinx.  The brownish one is Gwin, and the gray one is Jinx.  How did they get their names?  From the Inkheart Trilogy authored by Cornelia Funke, of course!. There are 2 martens in the book and now there are 2 guinea pigs named after them.  Martens are in the weasel family and look very similar to ferrets. 

Jinx in his new home.

This is Gwin sitting on a towel on the floor.  He is already contemplating his next move so he can escape.

They had never seen each other until yesterday so I am very glad they are getting along okay.  Knock on wood!

Here are links to my other post about Emily and Danny.  They were the sweetest little guinea pigs.  We use to call them the Gennies but I do not like that for male guinea pigs so we made up a new nickname for them, the Gimmies.