#Guinea pigs

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[image 1: a facebook post from MaJa's and El Niño's - Quality Purebred Cavies, reading:

"💙 European Champion '24 MaJa's Optimus son of European Champion '23 MaJa's Prime".

below is a photo of a guinea pig with extremely long fur that completely obscures the shape of the animal underneath. It is half black, half white, and looks like a wig someone dropped on the ground.

image 2: photo of another longhaired guinea pig, this one also black and white but with more wavy fur. it has two ribbons next to it that say "EE 2024", one reads "Best B Long coated", and the other says "Best in Show".

image 3: photo of a third longhaired, black and white guinea pig. its fur has been combed out in a perfect circle shape, and a comb is sitting next to it.

image 4: photo of three guinea pigs against a gray backdrop. two are longhaired, one cream and white, and one black with two white streaks like side bangs. between them is a ruddy brown shorthaired guinea pig.]

oh okay

[guineapigposting]

be unstoppable, be fast, happy yule

[thegayneapigs]

Merry Christmas from our boys! 🎄🐾🌟❤️

(And shout-out to our wonderful piggie sitter Kerry for these pics!)

[purplegoannaart]

From my pigs to yours...we wheek you a Merry Pigmas, and a Cavy New Year <33

[the-hawks-rye]

[Image Description: a tweet reading, "can someone please ID this bug." Attached is a photo of a dark-furred guinea pig laying down with a felt bee costume draped over its back and a little antennae headband placed behind its ears. The guinea pig is laying on a blanket outside on the lawn. End Description]

[cheddar-baby]

Guinea Pigs Eating a Grass Field

[saritawolff]

Phew. This one took, uh… a bit longer than expected due to other projects both irl and art-wise, but it’s finally here. The long-awaited domestic animal infographic! Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough space to cover every single domestic animal (I’m so sorry, reindeer and koi, my beloveds) but I tried to include as many of the “major ones” as possible.

I made this chart in response to a lot of the misunderstandings I hear concerning domestic animals, so I hope it’s helpful!

Further information I didn’t have any room to add or expand on:

🐈 “Breed” and “species” are not synonyms! Breeds are specific to domesticated animals. A Bengal Tiger is a species of tiger. A Siamese is a breed of domestic cat.

🐀 Different colors are also not what makes a breed. A breed is determined by having genetics that are unique to that breed. So a “bluenose pitbull” is not a different breed from a “rednose pitbull”, but an American Pitbull Terrier is a different breed from an American Bully! Animals that have been domesticated for longer tend to have more seperate breeds as these differing genetics have had time to develop.

🐕 It takes hundreds of generations for an animal to become domesticated. While the “domesticated fox experiment” had interesting results, there were not enough generations involved for the foxes to become truly domesticated and their differences from wild foxes were more due to epigenetics (heritable traits that do not change the DNA sequence but rather activate or deactivate parts of it; owed to the specific circumstances of its parents’ behavior and environment.)

🐎 Wild animals that are raised in human care are not domesticated, but they can be considered “tamed.” This means that they still have all their wild instincts, but are less inclined to attack or be frightened of humans. A wild animal that lives in the wild but near human settlements and is less afraid of humans is considered “habituated.” Tamed and habituated animals are not any less dangerous than wild animals, and should still be treated with the same respect. Foxes, otters, raccoons, servals, caracals, bush babies, opossums, owls, monkeys, alligators, and other wild animals can be tamed or habituated, but they have not undergone hundreds of generations of domestication, so they are not domesticated animals.

🐄 Also, as seen above, these animals have all been domesticated for a reason, be it food, transport, pest control, or otherwise, at a time when less practical options existed. There is no benefit to domesticating other species in the modern day, so if you’ve got a hankering for keeping a wild animal as a pet, instead try to find the domestic equivalent of that wild animal! There are several dog breeds that look and behave like wolves or foxes, pigeons and chickens can make great pet birds and have hundreds of colorful fancy breeds, rats can be just as intelligent and social as a small monkey (and less expensive and dangerous to boot,) and ferrets are pretty darn close to minks and otters! There’s no need to keep a wolf in a house when our ancestors have already spent 20,000+ years to make them house-compatible.

🐖 This was stated in the infographic, but I feel like I must again reiterate that domestic animals do not belong in the wild, and often become invasive when feral. Their genetics have been specifically altered in such a way that they depend on humans for optimal health. We are their habitat. This is why you only really see feral pigeons in cities, and feral cats around settlements. They are specifically adapted to live with humans, so they stay even when unwanted. However, this does not mean they should live in a way that doesn’t put their health and comfort as a top priority! If we are their world, it is our duty to make it as good as possible. Please research any pet you get before bringing them home!

[babyanimalgifs]

This is the cutest thing ever

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[sarahwatchesthings]

My sister volunteers at the local animal shelter, which recently rescued an astounding fifty-one guinea pigs from a hoarder. Obviously, they're pretty overwhelmed with this, so my sister agreed to foster two of them. Now this animal shelter has a practice of giving its animals seemingly random names, like words they just pulled out of a hat or perhaps a box of magnet poetry. This particular batch of guinea pigs they decided to name after office supplies, and the result of all this is that we are now fostering two guinea pigs named Business Card and Filing Cabinet.

[b0tster]

guinea pug ❤️🐗🖤

[nodaybuttodaytodefygravity]

Excuse me, April and her little sweet face wanted to say hi everyone

[jaubaius]

Time to go home

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[guineapigposting]

Merry pigmas eve! Sweet Pea inspo meme cause she looks majestic

Now this is art, what a majestic animal

[girlboss-pussy-queen]

i would just like to take a minute to appreciate my guinea pig rosie:

what she lacked in braincells, she made up for in fluff.

she was truly the prettiest sentient cotton ball with googly eyes.

[thegayneapigs]

Happy Holidays to all of our wonderful friends, family, and followers! We hope you have a joyful holiday season and a happy new year! 🎄❄️❤️🌟

Love,

Kat, Sara, Leo & Io

The Gaynea Pigs

[classic-art-favourites]

Still Life with Guinea Pigs by Teodor Lubieniecki (1654-1718).