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| Name: |
Peppy
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Age: |
Six years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
English Short-Hair Guinea Pig
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| Home: |
Illinois, USA
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This
is our guinea pig, Peppy. He has been a real JOY to our lives for
almost six years (we adopted him at one month old). Named after
"peppermint" because of his white fur and red eyes and because
of his active personality, he has kept us entertained with his endearing
antics daily! Weighing three pounds, four ounces, there is no doubt
Peppy loves food! He has had a nearly perfect life with the exception of
two weeks last year when he was diagnosed with a bladder stone and
needed emergency surgery. He is our first GP to survive the surgery,
only losing four ounces of weight during the whole ordeal and
recuperated so well, he began acting like a youngster again within a
week! Peppy is soooo smart! He understands almost everything we say to
him and even used to construct newspaper "houses" daily in his
aquarium/cage to shield his albino eyes from the bright (indirect)
sunlight coming in our living room during the day. (Now he has a wooden
house.) He still gets so excited when it's time for veggies and tries to
bite on his plastic water bottle as he impatiently fidgets! In fact, as
a baby, he bit a hole through his water bottle so we started using a
metal holder with a protective shield so he couldn't reach the bottle
and now he bites impatiently on the metal shield while he anticipates a
treat! Peppy still whistles loudly as his way of demanding a snack! One
of Peppy's photos won Third Place in "Critters USA" 2000
annual issue! Peppy is an important part of our family. Check out our
web site for fun & cute photos of our GPs at
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