Small Cuddly Animal

**Tonya** · 01-10-2004, 08:48 PM

My chinchillas were cuddly.

**luckies4me** · 01-10-2004, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by cali

umm blue merle guinea pig? my mom said thats not possable, she studied piggie genetics very closly for a long time because of poppy who appeared to have a, lilec patch AND a chocolat patch with is not geneticly possable either. do you have any pictures? I think I know whent it could be I just cant remeber the name for it.

Well if she knows anything about genetics she will know that mutations occur quite often, and yes it was a blue patched (with darker patches) guinea pig.............and I said it was a fluke, meaning extremely rare. The reason this was probably brought out was because the lady who bred them does so in mass demand to supply a petshop and inbreeding is done fairly often. However, this hasn't happened again, so it may not ever happen, but yes it was exactly what I said. Maybe they would call it a calico or something else, but I know what I saw lol.

No I do not have pics as I saw this piggie at a petshop. He was snatched up ASAP from a lady who wanted the pig as a present for her daughters birthday. If however I see another, it will surely be coming home with me!

**luckies4me** · 01-10-2004, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by cali

umm blue merle guinea pig? my mom said thats not possable, she studied piggie gentics very closly for a long time because of poppy who appeared to have a, lilec patch AND a chocolat patch with is not geneticly possable either. do you have any pictures? I think I know whent it could be I just cant remeber the name for it.

Well if she knows anything about genetics she will know that mutations occur quite often, and yes it was a blue patched (with darker patches) guinea pig.............and I said it was a fluke, meaning extremely rare. The reason this was probably brought out was because the lady who bred them does so in mass demand to supply a petshop and inbreeding is done fairly often. However, this hasn't happened again, so it may not ever happen, but yes it was exactly what I said. Maybe they would call it a calico or something else, but I know what I saw lol.

No I do not have pics as I saw this piggie at a petshop. He was snatched up ASAP from a lady who wanted the pig as a present for her daughters birthday. If however I see another, it will surely be coming home with me!

**apcrs5122** · 01-10-2004, 10:42 PM

My guinea pigs are very cuddley

They love to be scratched and held. I did lots of research on them before I adopted Rolo, and a lot of places said that they are lovable, and make great childrens pets. But if the piggie was naturally skiddish, or mishandled they would tend to be less cudley, but you have to work with them to trust you

I love both of my piggies to death

**cali** · 01-11-2004, 09:02 AM

luckys, it just occured to me as I took some pics of my piggies, is this what the colouring looked like on your blue merle? the colouring is called roan and is quit common, friskit has a patch on his back that in dog clours would be described as red merle, and checkers has a patch like spuds on half of her butt

**luckies4me** · 01-11-2004, 12:14 PM

Yes! LOL

I new it was called something else but I couldn't remember! The one I saw was almost just like that, except he had an almost blue body with the black and the white patches, and then one tan patch on his behind. Thanks!

Maybe I can find a good breeder who has some available.

**cali** · 01-11-2004, 12:21 PM

no problem lol I had remeberd your description when I was with the pigs this morning when I brought spud out it occured to me that his roan patches do look like blue merle.

**luckies4me** · 01-11-2004, 12:37 PM

He's cute!

**cali** · 01-11-2004, 12:45 PM

naw lol he is evil! when he was born he was so tiny that he could not get enugh milk from missy so we had to bottle feed him 6 times a day until he was weaned. but my dad got a conection with him, because he was born shortly after my brother left home, and spud is a lot like my brother personality wise, so my dad named him spud(what my dad calls my brother) and he insisted on doing all the feeding and handling himself, but now he bites everyone but my dad who no longer lives here

he is getting better but its still a pain

**RubyMutt** · 01-11-2004, 07:18 PM

If I were ever going to get another small *cuddley* animal it would be a guinea pig. I had two when I was younger and they were the sweetest things! I even named one of them Cuddles because he was so cuddley

They're still one of my favorite animals, they are wonderful pets

**rachnjam27** · 01-11-2004, 07:36 PM

By nature, chinchillas are extremely curious and hyperactive animals. It's rare that you'll find one that is "cuddly". All of my chinchillas are completely hand tame and will sit on my shoulder, but when given the chance, they will run.

If you want an animal that will sit in your lap for hours, I suggest a hedgehog. Not really cuddly, but they sleep anywhere and everywhere lol.

**luckies4me** · 01-11-2004, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by rachnjam27

If you want an animal that will sit in your lap for hours, I suggest a hedgehog. Not really cuddly, but they sleep anywhere and everywhere lol.

Jamie, that is sooo true, so true, so true lol. Speedy is so lazy lol, I swear he could fall asleep just about anywhere!