Everything You Need To Know About Pocket Pets

Look how charming and photogenic these guinea pigs are! You will also want to have such a pet.

Five-month-old guinea pig Margo, who lives with her owner Jenna Wells, 22, in Somerset, has the same coat pattern as her Border Collie friends George, six, and Jenson, nine.

Here are our favourite Guinea Pig Memes that tell the story of having the best pets EVER. We'd love to see your favorites!

OUR CURRENT LADIES 'KOBE' - Born in 2012, Kobe is a very special girl - the most interactive, most relaxed pig ever! She is a gold and white rex-coated pet. ~ 'BUTTONS' - Born around May 2014, sweet little Buttons is a long-coated pet sow. ~ 'BETTY' - Betty was also born around May 2014. She is black and white with a hint of cream, and has a long curly-coat with rosettes. ~ 'ABBY' - Abby is a funky little tri-coloured pet sow born around April 2014. ~ 'ELOISE' - Born July 2014, Eloise is a gold and white long-coated pet sow. ~ 'LUCY' - Born In October 2014. A sweet little white, cream and agouti pet sow. ~ 'WALNUT' - Born late October 2014. ~ 'PECAN' - Born late October 2014. ~ 'BONNY' - Born mid November 2014. ~ 'CHERRY' - lilac, gold and white long-coated Sow. Adopted late Dec 2014. Apparently 10-12 months old at the time. ~ 'CURLY SUE', 'MIDGET' and 'QUINN' - born 28th Nov 2014. Long coated sows. 'CURLY SUE' ~ 'MIDGET" 'QUINN' (short for harlequin'). ~ 'HARRIET' - born 18th November 2014. __________________________________ OUR PAST LADIES *** Please note the pigs below are just some of our PAST sows. We no longer have a pedigree breeding program here at Sirocco. If you are local, and looking for a quality pedigree texel as a foundation boar for your own stud, you can contact Ohana Cavy Stud (based on the northside of Brisbane, Qld, AUSTRALIA) as they have taken ownership of a number of our pigs *** SIROCCO AMETHYST 'Amethyst' was born on the 10th June 2012 to Walters Sebastian Bear and 'Isla' (daughter of Lavender Vale Tex and Glenjolie Savannah). She is silver agouti and white, with suspected roaning through her coat. ___________________________________ SIROCCO AMORE This little lady is 'Sirocco Amore' - pedigree texel sow. She was born to Hazelron Romeo and Sirocco Opal on the 10th March 2013. She is lilac/gold argente (lilac base, gold tips), gold and white - and a really pretty colour mix. She's just a young lady, but growing nicely. She is the full sister to our Sirocco Amadeus' (who can be seen in our boys page). __________________________ SIROCCO ARABELLA Arabella was born on the 26th June 2012 to 'Glenjolie Liam' and 'Robyn's Nest Giselle'. She was a single bub and born HUGE! (photo below shows her newborn photo, followed by her coat-progress at just 3months of age!) __________________________ 'BAMBI' Bambi was born on the 15th August 2012 as part of our 'curly sheba' program. We were attempting to produce a true-breeding variety of guinea pig that had the Sheba Mini Yak rosettes and hair-length, but with a curl rather then straight hair. Bambi and her sister 'Blessing' were pretty close to what we were looking for, but in using the texel lines to introduce the curly gene, the coats would grow too soft and fine, and we'd loose the lift required in the sheba breed. It is still a program that would have some merrit if you can find some good breeding stock to work with that you KNOW the background of - and if you know your genetics and understand the recessive/dominant gene thing. It will be a project that you will need to commit at least 4-5yrs to though, as breeding in a new variety, and using a foundation breed with recessive traits like the texel will require many generations to bring the lines back to 'true breeding' (and to get the breed looking significantly different to the already established 'alpaca' standard). (Newborn) (4 months old - the coat still had awesome lift at this stage) (7-month coat. Beautiful, but starting to droop under the weight now) __________________________ SIROCCO BITTERSWEET This pretty little girl was born to Sirocco Strawberry x Sirocco Amadeus on the 13th September 2013. She was from a litter of 4 with 1 sister (Sirocco Blackberry) and 2 brothers (Sirocco Bearberry and Sirocco Blueberry). She is a gold agouti, gold and white sow, and this is her newborn photo followed by her 10wk update photo. _____________________________ SIROCCO BLACKBERRY This tiny little lady was born to Sirocco Strawberry x Sirocco Amadeus on the 13th September 2013. She was from a litter of 4 with 1 sister (Sirocco Bittersweet) and 2 brothers (Sirocco Bearberry and Sirocco Blueberry). She is a gold agouti, gold and white sow (just the tiniest hint of white on her toes though), and this is her newborn photo followed by her 6wk update photo. ____________________________ 'BLESSING' Blessing is the litter-sister to our 'Bambi', shown earlier. Also part of our 'curly-sheba' program. These photos show her as a newborn, then at 4months old, then at 7months old. She was chocolate and white with roaning through her coat. ______________________________ SIROCCO CHARLOTTE Little Charlotte was born on the 13th June 2012 to English Rose Violet and Saphira Blase. She can be seen with her brother as a newborn below, and then again at 4wks old before she left to meet her new family. (She was pedigree sheltie) _____________________________ SIROCCO GENOVEVA This little cutie patootie was born on the 20th June 2012 to 'Walters Sebastian Bear' and a PE white coronet called 'Leilani' from Hazelron stud. She got the same colouring as her mum, but the texel coat of her dad. The photos below show her as a newborn, again at 8wks and again at 3months. ______________________________ SIROCCO MARIELLA MAEVE This little stunner is 'Sirocco Mariella Maeve', born on the 16th April 2012 to Lavender Vale Tex and English Rose Jasmine. She is a lemon agouti pedigree texel. She is the mother to our 'Tiiva' and 'Tlalli'. Also the grandmother to our stunning satin boar 'Montezuma'. ___________________________ SIROCCO MISTY MORNING This gorgeous little sweet-heart is 'Misty Morning', born on the 24th September 2013 to Sirocco Amadeus and Sirocco Opal. The photos show her as a newborn and again at 1month old. ___________________________ SIROCCO MYRRHINI This ball of fluff is 'Sirocco Myrrhini', full sibling to our Sirocco Mercury and Sirocco Macbeth. She was born on the 1st of August 2013, born to our 'Indigo' and 'Hazelron Romeo'. She is lemon agouti. ___________________________ SIROCCO OPAL This little sweet heart is 'Sirocco Opal' - pedigree texel born to our 'Glenjolie Savannah' and our 'Lavender Vale Tex'. She was born on the 8th May 2012. (Coat in photos was trimmed) ______________________________________ SIROCCO SPUN-SUGAR This little lady is a texel sow born on the 14th July 2013 to 'Sirocco Opal' x 'Sirocco Sylvester'. We'll add update pics as she grows (first photo is her newborn pic, the second is at 4wks). ______________________________________ SIROCCO STRAWBERRY Born to our 'Sirocco Amethyst' x 'Glenjolie Liam' on the 5th Dec 2012. __________________________ SIROCCO TADITA Tiny Tadita was born to Sirocco Tiiva x Sirocco Amadeus on the 27th August 2013. She was from a litter of 4 with 2 sisters (Sirocco Tender and Sirocco Tuesday) and 1 brother (Sirocco Thaddeus). She is a tri-agouti. ______________________________ SIROCCO TENDER Sweet Tender was born to Sirocco Tiiva x Sirocco Amadeus on the 27th August 2013. She was from a litter of 4 with 2 sisters (Sirocco Tadita and Sirocco Tuesday) and 1 brother (Sirocco Thaddeus). She is a tri-agouti. __________________________ SIROCCO TIIVA Born to our 'Sirocco Mariella Maeve' x 'Glenjolie Liam'. A gorgeous pedigree texel sow born on the 2nd October 2012. She is also the mum of our stunning satin boar 'Montezuma'. ___________________________________ SIROCCO TLALLI Born to our 'Sirocco Mariella Maeve' x 'Glenjolie Liam'. A gorgeous pedigree texel sow born on the 2nd October 2012.

Here are our favourite Guinea Pig Memes that tell the story of having the best pets EVER. We'd love to see your favorites!

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Here are our favourite Guinea Pig Memes that tell the story of having the best pets EVER. We'd love to see your favorites!

Please note these are a pre-order item, please allow 8-12 weeks for your order to enter production 💓Do you have two guinea pigs in mind that you'd love to see made out of glass as a sweet keepsake to cherish forever? Well now you can do that! Your new favourite pair of earrings featuring your own guinea pigs or the piggies belonging to someone you love! Lovingly designed together with Katie from pictures you provide, and handcrafted completely in-house in our glass studio from start to finish.  Each individual guinea pig bead takes up to 25 minutes to delicately form by hand in the flame, reaching temperatures of up to 800 degrees celsius, before then heading to the kiln to soak for around 6 hours in the warmth to ensure strength and longevity. The beads are then washed by hand to release them from the mandrel, cleaned, reamed and polished, before finding their way to our beading mat to be made into something dreamy for you to wear. Due to the delicate handcrafted nature of this product this means that each guinea pig will be completely unique and no two will ever be identical, please keep this in mind when purchasing.  Wearable glass jewellery. 15mm 14k gold-filled or sterling silver hoop.Please read all notices below prior to ordering. The Guinea pig/s we make will be in our signature style and although we endeavor to match your Guinea's colour/markings as closely as possible the practical properties of glass/the colour range we have access to may vary slightly. After placing an order please email any reference photos to: [email protected] including your full name and order number!  Please note: These are a made to order and custom item, please allow 8-12 weeks for your order to enter production 💓

These hilariously cute pictures, compiled by Bored Panda, show cats, dogs (and even guinea pigs) straight after their baths - and they really don't look happy about getting clean.