Are These Guinea Pigs FOR REAL?!

Pai · 11-07-2009, 12:53 AM

So I looked up 'guinea pig breeders' just out of curiosity...

DID YOU KNOW THEY MAKE GUINEA PIGS LIKE THIS??

This one is called a 'White Crested'! =D

I am AMAZED. These are the coolest little guys! More galleries of purebred piggies are here.

Blizzard · 11-07-2009, 01:52 AM

Haha, they are so cute and funny! The third one looks like a shih-tzu

ShadowSky · 11-07-2009, 01:58 AM

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This one is called a 'White Crested'! =D

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Our Guinea Pig Bailey looks JUST like this! Except everything but his crest is reddish brown! I like the second one, he's all cowlicky... I'd have to call him Scruffles or something

Max's Mom · 11-07-2009, 02:08 AM

My guinea pigs looked like picture #2, longer cowlicked hair.

pugmom · 11-07-2009, 06:44 AM

LOL I just watched a sow on AP about guinea pigs.....all about a girl who has show pigs...the looked just like pic 3...they kinda looked like little wigs running around.

MafiaPrincess · 11-07-2009, 09:59 AM

I know someone who just got a 'wiggy piggy' he's hilarious to look at.. Not sure I want to deal with brushing one though

FilleBelle · 11-07-2009, 11:31 AM

That third one is like a real life Tribble!

Sadly, the first one has hair rather like mine when I first wake up in the morning...

luv2byte · 11-07-2009, 11:37 AM

We had 2 like the 2nd one with the swirls, just different color. I've seen them, in person, look like all of those except the first one that is curly.

Puppy_love_122 · 11-07-2009, 11:58 AM

Yeah, they're for real. Most people that have them as pets though, keep their hair trimmed shorter than that. The 1st one is a Texel, the 2nd an Aby (like my Chewie <3 ...he's part Aby) and the 3rd... I'm pretty sure is a Coronet.

My boys are both mixes...I'd love to have a Teddy one day though, they are my favorite, they remind me of a fuzzy caterpillar, Peruvians are cute too, I'm not sold on the grooming though, Chewie gives me enough of a hassle already.

Spirit_of_Cotons · 11-08-2009, 02:47 PM

The first one I had no idea, but I can believe the others. In your second picture, we just got a GP where I work that looks exactly like that but he's brown. We've begun to call him Chaos.

Keechak · 11-08-2009, 04:18 PM

OMG! is it bad that I want it cause of it's looks? lol

it's like a walking wig! That would definatly be a conversation starter lol.

Pai · 11-08-2009, 04:21 PM

I have an overwhelming urge to french braid that guy...

canteloupe · 11-08-2009, 04:42 PM

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it's like a walking wig! That would definatly be a conversation starter lol.

Ha ha! Totally! I was imagining the third one in the OP on top of a lady's head.
It would be so hilarious to see one scurrying across the floor.

Katzyn · 11-08-2009, 05:05 PM

Yup. =P

The second pig is called an abyssinian, the third is a peruvian, the fourth is an English...I'm assuming the first is a type of peruvian. Hadn't SEEN a curly peruvian like that, but I'm not surprised. =3

Show guinea pigs!

The peruvians (long hair) need a lot of grooming work, of course. >_<

Pai · 11-08-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by canteloupe

Ha ha! Totally! I was imagining the third one in the OP on top of a lady's head.
It would be so hilarious to see one scurrying across the floor.

They remind me very much like the old Star Trek 'Tribble' episode.

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The peruvians (long hair) need a lot of grooming work, of course. >_<

...can you french braid them?

Katzyn · 11-08-2009, 05:13 PM

You probably could, but...I wouldn't. =P I mean, how would you know if the braid was too tight and pulling on the skin, or what if they got their braids caught on stuff? I would just trim the hair, as most people do, if I ever had one.

Ahahaha, tribbles. =3

wolfsnaps · 11-10-2009, 03:58 PM

I bred my guinea pigs twice (for a local pet store) And I had nappy, tight curled ones. They came out black and gold so I sold them as steeler pigs. I had another litter that had punk spiked hair that stood straight up. I SHOULD have taken pics. The customers that bought them said they were the BEST pigs. Probably because I bottle fed them (hee hee) and handled them all the time. They were sweet. I should have started my own buisness. Oh well. I got rid of them all.

And that long hair....expect to brush them and occassionally bathe them to get that hair looking great. They are an easy to care for pet, but they take time just like anything else and thats why I got rid of the lot.

canteloupe · 11-11-2009, 05:12 PM

There are some crazy looking show bunnies out there, too.

There's also rabbit show jumping! I wish I'd known about this when I was little, because I did it with my rabbits, and had no idea it was a real thing that I could compete in.

canteloupe · 11-11-2009, 05:13 PM

Here's a massive bun. I think these guys are bred as a food source, which makes me sad. I'd love to have one to hang out with.

Imagine trying to pull one of these out of a hat.

Dog_Shrink · 11-11-2009, 05:36 PM

My olderr son and I breed show bunnies... french lops, flemish giants and netherland dwarfs. We go to shows and actually have grand champion pedigree'd rabbits.

Here's a pic of my 13 year old with our GC Flemish giant chachi (not quite as huge as the continental giant in the other pic but still the largest variety recognised in the US)

and one with out my son

BTW that turtle pool behind him is about 6 feet long by 4 feet wide if that gives you any size idea. He weighs about 17 pounds!

and my french lop Marilyn with her Best of Breed trophie

This is one of our new breed we're trying to develop called a velveteen netherland... a cross of a mini rex (which has velvet fur) and a netherland dwarf. Both have AWESOME docile temperaments and are the perfect pet for any age.