Orson!

Mork calling Orson!  Mork calling Orson!

Before Christmas we got another guinea pig who we named Orson.  He doesn't live with the others thatI have written about but he needs serious taming so he fits the blog.

Orson came from Cardiff Market.  I went there looking for willow toys for my lot.  They demolish them in no time and i think they will help with grinding down their teeth so I buy them frequently.

Anyway the man that ran the stall knew nothing of willow toys.  Instead he had lotsw of caged birds and a few kittens.  he also had a cage with about 5 or 6 baby guineas in there.  They all looked pretty happy, they had a limited amount of hay and some were popcorning.  Next to that cage he had a cage with 2 rabbits in it and lo and behold a white guinea pig.  Blue(ish) eyes looking very very unhappy.  He had no place to hide, no hay, a bowl with nothing in and no water bottle that I saw.  I say he looked unhappy but he really did, I have never seen such an unhappy looking animal.  Whilst we looked in the cage one of the rabbits jumped on the guinea and attacked it.  The guinea started teeth chattering and backed into a corner but there was nowhere for it to hide.  My husband looked at me and said something along the lines of "we cant leave him".

I tried to leave him.  I had 9 guineas already and no desire for another.  Anyway I went and asked the owner of the stall / shop why  he was in with rabbits.  He said that this was a boy and the babies in the one cage were girls.  I asked him to put the boy in a cage aloe - he said he didn't have one.  I pointed out that the guinea was being attacked, he said the guinea was the bully - the small guinea against 2 big rabbits.  I uhmmed and ahhhed and then finally said how much for the guinea and he said that he would let him go cheaper as he was 3 months and hadn't been taken.  So we took him.


He put him in a regular box and poked holes in it with a pen!  I brought him home and made him a space in the C&C next to the 6 girls.


He's wild, very wild.  He had a ripped ear (well still ripped) and was impossible to catch and then he would bite!


I have had him for a month and half and he no longer bites.  His ear is broken but not scabby and he is still hard to catch but not impossible.  He sits nice on your lap and will eat on you too if you wait a while.  Today he had his first grass.


I had him neutered almost 2 weeks ago and in another 3 weeks he will go in with the girls.  In the meantime it's regular handling, lots of good food and love.


He's already decided he only likes Burgess guinea pig nuggets and will only eat Oxbow hay!  Fussy fussy man!!