Spaghett the guinea pig startles his friends
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Mr. Spaghett strolls around the cage to see if any guinea pigs want to hang out. But all the pigs are so focused on eating grass that Spaghett starts a funny chain reaction of startled pigs. No one seems too upset though! After a little scratching Spaghett carries on with his pig business.
Some backstory on Mr. Spaghett! He was born and raised at Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue. His mother was one of the NorCal 700, a group of over 700 guinea pigs all rescued from one location. She arrived at the rescue already pregnant and gave birth to Spaghett there, who was named Preston at the time. He lived at the rescue over a year and was somehow never chosen to be adopted, so he was eventually neutered to help his adoption odds. That is how he ended up in the cage with the girls on the day we went to LA Guinea Pig Rescue to adopt our pigs. He had an obvious bold personality and we knew at first sight we would adopt him. It's sad he was passed up for so long but we're so happy he is with us now! The other day I stumbled onto this clip of Spaghett at the rescue a over a year ago when he was Preston. You can see he has the exact same personality back then. He's a very good pig!!!
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In June 2019 we adopted five pigs from our local guinea pig rescue. They are cute herbivorous pets with funny social interactions. We film all their behaviors, from cute guinea pig noises to eating sounds, playing with their food to sleeping with their eyes open, and occasional fighting.
MEET THE PIG FAMILY
Spaghett is the boar of the herd. The rest of the pigs are females, but he’s a neutered male so they won’t be breeding. Sorry, no pregnant or baby guinea pigs! Spaghett has orange-brown fur with a white crest on his head and cute red eyes. He goes on morning romps with entertaining popcorning and zoomies. He does a hilarious rumblestrutting dance for the ladies while purring. When other pigs argue he trots over to comfort them. He likes burrowing through hay and standing on his back feet like a goofy dinosaur. He’s a very good pig! Spaghett enjoys petting the most of the pigs, especially scratching behind the ears.
Acorn has white, black, and gold fur with a cute mousy face. She’s inquisitive, always wants food, and talks to herself while exploring hay piles. She’s always the last one eating while the others nap. Little Acorn’s special talent is jumping on houses to go on rooftop adventures.
Butternut appears either confused or deep in thought. She has white and gold fur. Her hobbies include sleeping and yawning while flopped over with her feet sprawled out. She continues wheeking, squeaking, and squealing at us after we have already given her food.
Pumpkin has black fur except for white back toes. She looks like a cow, a non-guinea pig, and a rabbit. She has noisy standoffs with little Acorn when Acorn gets feisty.
Zucchin is the oldest and grumpiest. She has white and gray fur with cute red eyes. At first Zucchin fought with Spaghett. There were teeth chattering, nose raising, and hair puffing battles. Now they get along, but Zucchin is still a grouch. Her main hobby is being an eel and lunging at anyone who comes near. She likes to chase other pigs out of their homes, then follow them to another home and chase them out of that one too. But she looks like a cute rat!
THEIR HOME
The pigs live in a custom 4 by 6 foot cage we made by merging 3 MidWest Guinea Habitat cages. We cut the seams of the cage bottoms and joined them into one large cage liner with duct tape and super glue. Now we have a MidWest cage of triple the size! The pigs first lived in the same 3 cages connected by ramps with DIY ramp covers we made by sewing blankets.
Their bedding is fleece blankets with towels underneath and newspaper on the bottom. Each day we change one third of the bedding and spot clean several times. Their cage is on cheap folding tables so we can easily clean and watch the pigs.
The pigs prefer free stuff to actual guinea pig toys. They love to hide under packing paper. A DIY guinea pig house made from a cardboard box is a favorite hidey. They are not interested in most chew toys.
THEIR DIET
Their favorite hay is 3rd cutting timothy hay from Small Pet Select. They also nibble timothy hay cubes. They gobble up guinea pig pellets.
Their water bottle is a 26 ounce Living World Eco+ glass bottle. They drink most of it in a day.
They eat nearly any vegetable. The only thing rejected so far was zucchini. Their favorites are parsley, kale, collard greens, kohlrabi, carrot tops and roots, beets, bell peppers, corn with the husk, and cucumbers. They go wild for homemade wheatgrass sprouts.