Steerpike

I just can't believe what I learn on BE

I think I'd be more inclined to go with the re-homing option, myself!


Funniest thing I've read all year! Thank you!

Pulaski

I think ours are battery powered, but I will need to check with little Miss P.
And steak dinners three times a week, and a V8 engine in their wheelie toy.
The airlines might allow them, but the problem is that the UK regs don't allow animals in the cabin flying into or out of the UK.

scrubbedexpat099

3 wheels?

On your wagon?

scrubbedexpat091

love the little noises GP's make.

Steerpike

When you sit on them?

I did have GP's when I was a kid and they were cute. Don't remember their noise, though!

I don't recall now; are they often varied in color / pattern, or are they somewhat uniform in color? If somewhat uniform, I would surreptitiously find a set of replacement GPs in the target location (using friends or agents in the new country), and construct an elaborate scheme to have the new GPs magically appear at the other end when we arrived, so as to fool the kids into thinking they were the same ones that we left with. Obviously a plan with plenty of opportunities for failure ... sounds like the plot of a bad movie ...

Pulaski

They make a bewildering array of noises - squeaks, snuffles, a whistle, as well as a distinclty grunting-like noise, perhaps where the "pigs" in their name came from.
They come in a variety of colours - white, black, brown, and an orangy-cinamon colour, and an infinite number of asymetric patterns that can be anything from one whole, even colour, to a mottled pattern of all four colours. Then they can be short-haired ("normal"), long-haired, or have rosettes (fur grows in rosette-like circles, rather than growing all leaning from nose to tail. ...... The chances of you finding matching, or even plausibly similar guinea pigs to ones you already have, not to mention finding them wowned by a willing seller, has to be astronomically small.

civilservant

There are even hairless ones. They're called 'skinny pigs' rather originally.

You missed the 'wheek' which is pretty much their signature sound.

Steerpike

I hear they are a culinary delicacy in Peru. Perhaps that idea could open up various options to pursue .... (anything from ... 'eat them' to 'see if Peru ships them worldwide and see if that leads to any insight')

https://www.eatperu.com/eating-cuy-g...vian-delicacy/

lizzyq

I think the Peruvian ones are bigger than the usual pet type of cavy.

scot47

In Peru they were traditionally kept as a source of edible protein. There is an idea/

lizzyq

Much the same as rabbits used to be in the UK.