Pippin!
Aug. 10, 2002
We've had a guinea pig named Pippin for a little over a week now. To forestall questions about his coloring, I'll point out our gallery.
If a skunk and an oreo could get together to have a baby - well, and if that baby for some reason turned out to be a guinea pig - it'd be him.
So we named this cute thing after Peregrin Took, because he was curious, cheerful, and affectionate and because Matt really wanted to give him "a hobbity name". He loves to sit on people's laps, and he always squeaks defiantly when we put him back in his cage. Yesterday Matt was in the bedroom packing and suddenly Pippin started running around and around the cage. We watched him for a minute or two before we could decide whether he was happy or scared, but since he would popcorn once on every loop around, we decided he was just having a grand ol' time. He sat there running in circles for about 5 minutes while we laughed at him, and then we took him out and let him run around the bedroom and explore the boxes all over. He is a truly silly pig. More updates to come, I'm sure.