A Growing Family

Remember Chocolate, Sam’s guinea pig?  We got her in January.  She was little at the time,  but recently I had noticed how much plumper she had gotten.  Turns out it was more than baby fat.  Chocolate is now Momma Chocolate to two babies who have (at least for the moment) been named Vanilla and Mint.  They just were there in her cage this morning after breakfast.  And Chocolate, by the way, is a lot skinnier.This kids are thrilled.  It’s kind of fun.  We’ll figure out what to do with the unexpected arrivals after they’re older.  Here they are:  They really are only a day old.  GPs are born furry with eyes and ears open and teeth.  They do nurse from mom, but they have already been sampling the hay and carrots.