western australia

Can you see the guinea pigs?

@JudyEv (380475)

Rockingham, Australia

May 3, 2025 11:59pm CST

We are house-sitting for our niece and have two cats and six guinea pigs to look after. Four of the guinea pigs, the females, are in a separate enclosure from the two males. Can you see the guinea pigs in the photo? The white one is the tamest and easiest to see here but there is a darker one just poking her nose out of the hutch. The females are in this enclosure and they have lots of hidey holes. We give them pellets each day, some grass and any vegetable peelings that might be around. They also get hay which is put under the dome affairs. They like to snuggle in there and possibly eat some of that too.

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@DaddyEvil (174008)

• United States

4 May 25

I've only seen guinea pigs in pet shops here.

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@DaddyEvil (174008)

• United States

5 May 25

@JudyEv I've heard they're popular here, too. Pretty had two male rats when she came home after she graduated from college. I wasn't happy about having them in the house but they were hers and she took good care of them. She had them for several years before they passed away.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

My nephew has a lot as he has never separated the sexes. They are quite popular as pets.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

@DaddyEvil I think people have rats here too but I don't personally know of any. In the village, it's small dogs that are 'de rigeur' it seems and a couple of people have cats.

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@xFiacre (14717)

• Ireland

4 May 25

@judyev Just don’t let those boys in with the girls or you won’t be asked back to house sit again.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

One boy was found in with the girls but luckily before our watch. We're just hoping no babies, if any, will be born before the family return.

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@dfollin (27267)

• United States

4 May 25

When we were teenagers my sister had a guenia pig and I loved it.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

They're cute little things. These squeak at you for food. They love vegetable peelings and grass but their mian diet is pellets.

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@dfollin (27267)

• United States

6 May 25

@JudyEv I know, I love that squeaking sound!

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@allknowing (153560)

• India

5 May 25

Could not spot any. What are those containers doing there?

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@allknowing (153560)

• India

5 May 25

@JudyEv Do they get inside those tubs?

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

The green container has hay under it. The small containers are for their pellets. The white one is in front of the little hutch which is on the left.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

@allknowing They get under the green one and snuggle in the hay. Those that look to be upside down they can get under. They feel safer with lots of hidey-holes.

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@jobelbojel (36788)

• Philippines

4 May 25

I can see two guinea pigs in the photo. They are adorable.

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@jobelbojel (36788)

• Philippines

5 May 25

@JudyEv It wasn't easy for me. I did not notice the dark colored one until you mentioned that there is such.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 May 25

@jobelbojel I need to get better photos.

@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

They are easy to look after.

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@sallypup (69032)

• Centralia, Washington

4 May 25

I had a sweet calico guinea pig when I was in high school. Is it warm enough for the guinea pigs to stay outside, even at night?

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69032)

• Centralia, Washington

5 May 25

@JudyEv You do have a warmer climate for sure. My guinea pig would not have survived outside. There is wire overhead to keep hawks and such from diving down for dinner?

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 May 25

@sallypup This a quite a secluded area and very close to the house so it would be a brave hawk that came in so close. I guess it's possible but it hasn't happened yet. I don't know if they've thought about putting a wire there.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

On the left of the photo is their hutch which has wood shavings on the floor. They snuggle up together in there. And they burrow into the hay under the green dome thingy.

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@GardenGerty (169137)

• United States

4 May 25

I spotted the white one right away.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

Yes, the white one is easy to see wherever he is.

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@Juliaacv (55962)

• Canada

4 May 25

I can see them both. They have a nice location for their little home, it looks very pleasant.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

It's a natural environment which is nice and their little hutch is very snug.

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@LadyDuck (501074)

• Italy

4 May 25

Yes I can see the guinea pigs, they are cute. My grandmother had guinea pigs. I liked to keep them on my lap and I remember that one peed on me when I was a kid.

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@LadyDuck (501074)

• Italy

5 May 25

@JudyEv - I could handle those of my grandmother, she told me not to keep on my lap for too long.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

I don't think these have been handled much. You can't pick them up although the white one will come to you looking for food.

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@wolfgirl569 (134835)

• Marion, Ohio

4 May 25

I found both of them easily. They have lots of room

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

It's the ideal place for them. The boys have just as much room and the hutches are lovely and snug too.

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@RasmaSandra (97446)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 May 25

They are so adorable, Maybe my next pets should be guinea pigs just don't know how much company they can be,

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

They're probably not as good as cats as far as company goes but these squeak at you if they think you might have some food for them.

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@Ronrybs (21412)

• London, England

4 May 25

Spotted the white one, but the darker chap took a while longer

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

I need to get better photos of them. Maybe tomorrow.

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@nela13 (59305)

• Portugal

5 May 25

It is wise to keep females and males in separate spaces.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

It is indeed. They breed very quickly and often so it pays to split up the sexes. Did I tell you my niece the female enclosure the convent and the males the monastery?

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@nela13 (59305)

• Portugal

10 May 25

that is an example!

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@LindaOHio (221475)

• United States

4 May 25

Yes, I can see them. I never had a pet when I was young except for a white rabbit.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

A white rabbit would have been a good pet. Did it have a nam?

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 25

@LindaOHio I can understand that they don't interact much.

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@LindaOHio (221475)

• United States

7 May 25

@JudyEv Wiggles. He was kept outside under the porch. They don't do much.

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@BarBaraPrz (51803)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

4 May 25

Quite a deluxe environment for them. I'm sure they're happier than the poor things kept in a cage.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

They have plenty of room and the two boys have just as much so they're lucky little pigs.

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@rebelann (117107)

• El Paso, Texas

7 May 25

I saw the white one right off but didn't notice the nose until you mentioned it.

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@rebelann (117107)

• El Paso, Texas

8 May 25

I have that same problem with my pets unless they're sleeping and I don't wake them when I try to sneak up on them

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 May 25

@rebelann I sometimes think they sleep with one ear open and maybe one eye as well. lol

@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 25

I need to get better photos but they don't stay still for long.

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@jstory07 (148493)

• Roseburg, Oregon

4 May 25

Yes I can see that white guinea pig. My kids had a brown guinea pig.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

One is smooth-haired but the others have hair which goes every which way.

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@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

4 May 25

Yes, can see the guinea pigs. They are quite cute.

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@JudyEv (380475)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 May 25

They are nice little things and very easy to look after.

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