The Poppycock Family Announces....

Yep, that is right....  Our Noah's Guinea Pigs had BABIES!!  We suspected maybe... maybe... Peanut was knockered up a few days ago, Dennis mentioned how she was definitely wider and heavier. 

All of a sudden - Noah's friend Elizabeth came yelling (AND SCREAMING) out of his room how "PEANUT HAD BABIES PEANUT HAD BABIES PEANUT HAD BABIES" ...

So you know what we thought...  Wow...  Peanut must have had babies!!!

So we go rushing in there (me with camera in tow) and I see these two little furry things, and I think WOW, they aren't bald naked rats are cute!! 

Later, Elizabeth pops out and says "Noah and I thought of their names" and I'm thinking they are going to be like "Buzz and Woody" or "Bell and Ariel" ...  "Scooby Doo and Daphne" ... who knows...  but no, she surprises me and says "Caramel and Chocolate" and I looked at Dennis and said "That fits in the Poppycock family very well" ...

See, we adopted Popcorn, upon reading about Guinea Pigs we learned that it was better to have them in pairs.  Him being a boy, we also learned that most likely, if we got another male, they would fight and that wouldn't be good.  So, we were left with getting a female friend for him, or leaving him by himself.  We felt he was depressed and that the best thing we could do was to get him a friend, so we hunted.  And I saw the dark & red colored Guineas and fell in loooooooove.  So, we managed to find Peanut .. our little dark & red headed furry ... 

When we brought her home and put her in the cage with him, the previously completely quite piggy started singing and shouting and acting all excited..... he started to drink and eat a lot better and we knew, for a fact now, he was depressed.  So getting him a friend WAS a great choice. 

We didn't know if the previous owner had gotten him fixed of not, but we assumed we would probably be in trouble sometime down the road... but we hoped the reproductive Gods would spare us...

A couple days ago, Dennis thought she felt a little wider, and heavier so...  I felt her, and swear I felt something moved, but..... was hoping for crazy ... just a little... 

Then today ... well, you already know what happened...

Caramel

Chocolate

As named by Noah and Elizabeth... 

Mama Peanut with the babies...

The proud namers ... 

They are so tiny they both fit in my hand....