Lettuce feeding frenzy with the guinea pig family
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It's interesting how all the guinea pigs have distinctive personalities (actually, it was even apparent for the babies from the first couple of days).
Suzy is the dominant personality among the piggies, but is fairly skittish and shy around humans. Still, once she feels safe, she actually loves to be petted.
Nellie is sweet overall and submissive to Suzy. She's also a patient mother, though she has lost her temper about twice when they bugged her too much. She's more comfortable and confident around humans, but she doesn't seem to enjoy being petted that much. She gets restless and just wants to eat. She seems more innocent and simple-minded.
"Brownie" (temporary names for the babies until we know their gender) is very adventurous and daring...to the point where he'll accidentally jump down the ramp from above or launch prematurely from our hands. Brownie used to tag along with Suzy a lot, but Suzy would get annoyed and tell it to back off. Brownie seems a bit feisty/nervous around humans and doesn't like to stay still in our hands.
"Bbanz" (Korean slang for underwear cuz it looks like it's wearing briefs lol) is the scaredy cat of the bunch. Bbanz is known for nervous and scared wheeking, but is actually quite easy to pick up. Bbanz won't really run away full flight, but takes a bit of time to calm down and feel secure.
"Blackie" is a character, just kind of in its own little world. It seems to lack some of the fear instinct and is content to just sit there, deep in its thoughts (or in the food bowl). Sometimes, the whole family will be upstairs eating hay or snacking, and we'll see Blackie downstairs by itself, just sitting in the middle of nowhere nibbling on something or staring at the wall.