It´s cold here in Sweden, but the piggies decided it was time to go for a swim anyway…strange animals…
Some of the pics got blurry, sorry for that.

More swimming pics in Gissas album

More swimming pics in Gissas album

Taped Friday morning with my new Nokia N95. Unfortunately I see that youtube makes the picture quality a bit crappy.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAotm4xEpa0]

I should have posted this a few months ago, but I forgot.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oss73iM1-7c]

I just wanted to share a photo of Gucci sitting.
It isn´t a very normal position for a Guinea pig, but she did not seem to find it uncomfortable.
Note: No one was holding her. She managed to do this by herself.

Today it is Gissas birthday.
HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY LITTLE GIRL!!!

It’s not much of a start in life – you’re born in a zoo, your mother starts sitting on top of you and… you’ve got continual hiccups.
That’s exactly what has happened to one tiny colobus monkey. To add insult to injury, the little lady has been named Sokojoo, which means ‘hiccup’ in the Mandinka language [...]

A few days ago, we accidently filmed Gissa instead of taking a photo of her.
If anyone wants the video (4 seconds in mpg format), e-mail me.

A few days ago, we took this pic of Piggie and Jessica and I´d say it´s pure love from Piggie: Mommy, I love you!

Something unusual happened today.
As you know, Guinea pigs have lots of different sounds like most animals. One of these sounds is singing. It´s sound that more or less sounds like when a bird sings.
The thing about this sound is that it is extremely rare. Some people, like me, will get lucky and hear it, while [...]

I read this on Reuters
Two kittens picked the wrong place to relieve themselves when they urinated on a fax machine, sparking a fire that extensively damaged their Japanese owner’s house.
Investigators in the western city of Kobe have concluded that the fire in January was caused by a spark generated when the urine soaked the machine’s [...]