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| Name: |
Clyde
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Age: |
Three years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Gold Abbysinnian
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| Home: |
Somerset, England, Great Britain
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Clyde
is my first guinea pig, I bought him when I was 20. He is named
after a Scottish radio station. This creature is very special. When I
went to buy my guinea pig there were two Abbysinnian brothers in the
pet shop, one was dark brown, and this golden brown with the most
beautiful big brown eyes waiting at the front of the cage as if he
knew I was going to buy him. I fell in love with him on the spot, and
paid the deposit on him, and collected him the following day.
I knew there was something special about Clyde. Over the weeks he
took to my mother, who is now his "favorite person." He will run
straight over to her, or do what it takes; using teeth, jumping or
nose butting, then he will settle on Mum's left shoulder where he
will stay for ages totally relaxed and gurgles away in her ear. He
totally defies books written about guinea pigs - he loves loud
noises, and he isn't afraid of dogs, the only place he comes across
them is at the vets.
It became apparent that Clyde is psychic. He knows when my mother is
coming home, and waits for her. When she was in hospital for a couple
of days, he cried all night (at the time he was living outside). He
came indoors for his cuddle, and started watching the telephone, he
made a percolating sound, then seconds later the phone rang, Clyde
was all excited - he knew it was his "favorite person" on the other
end.
We thought we lost him last year when he broke his teeth. We thought
he had broken them at the roots and it was touch and go as he was
anesthetized for his xray. We left him at the vets, and came home and
cried, even Heathcliff, our house rabbit at the time sat underneath
the glass cabinet, worried about his guinea pig friend (Heathcliff
died last year). Fortunately, he had just broken his teeth, and
needed to be clipped. He had to stay in overnight at the vets in an
incubator to keep him warm. Clyde recovered from his ordeal, and
thanks to a complete guinea pig food with vitamin C his teeth are ok.
I am sure he hung on for us, because he knew that we were upset. We
don't know how he managed to break his teeth, we thought he did it on
his water bottle. We found out the food he was having did not have
any vitamin C in, so we changed to a complete food with vitamins and
minerals in. He's always had his veggies and occasional piece of
fruit though. His teeth are fine now (and sharp!).
We have five guinea pigs in total, they are all special in their way,
but they will never match Clyde. (Two of them are related to him as
nephews several generations removed.)
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