What did we get ourselves into?…… and a contest below!
Keep reading for details on the contest…
We did something a little crazy last night. For the last month we have been in the process of adopting a pair of guinea pigs. After our bunny died last summer we have had his big cage sitting empty and I used to have many guinea pigs when I was younger and thought it would be fun to adopt a couple from a rescue organization. We got in touch with this one called Small Animal Rescue Society of BC - we filled out an application, had a home visit and everything. So last night we got to go visit some guinea pigs at the foster home they were at. There were 4 males there and they were all so cute!! We held each of them but we couldn’t decide which two we wanted to bring home. So…. we did what any animal loving crazy person would do… we brought ALL four home!!! I know, just what are we thinking??? The lady who was fostering them even gave us another huge cage and she said that if it doesn’t work out she will gladly take them back. She also said we can keep them all or just keep 2 and “foster” the other two.
So our family has just about doubled in size in the matter of a few minutes. We brought them home and let them all run around the kitchen together while we sat with them trying to get them used to us. Then we brought the cat in to meet them and then the dogs one at a time. Soon we ALL were in the kitchen and everyone was getting along. Amazing. Guinea pigs were running underneath of the dogs, sniffing nose to nose with the cat, munching on orange slices and lettuce. CHAOS. Lol, but it was fun.
So the dilemma….. (besides the fact that we now have FOUR guinea pigs!!!) - is that we don’t like the names that came with them and we are having trouble finding names that suit them.
They came with these names: Cousin It (the really big long haired one), Sam I Am (the one that looks like he has an Afro), Copernicus (the fuzzy white and peach one) and Cornelius (the black fuzzy one).
So…. here’s the contest - Help us name the piggies!!!! If we choose a name that you suggest to us, I will send you a little package of goodies 
Here are their pictures - they sure are cute
Pig 1 (formally known as Copernicus)
Pig 2 (formally known as Cousin It)
Pig 2 again
Pig 3(the one with the afro - formally known as Sam I Am)
Pig 4 - (Formally known as Cornelius)
Okay Jess, here are some names we came up with:
Pig 1 - Timbit or Herman
Pig 2 - Ralphie
Pig 3 - Nibblez or Charlie
Pig 4 - Gus or Duffle
Oh, jess there so sweet, me love’s them too!!!!
ok, mikey choose,
1-Bubble
2-Squeek
3-Cabbage
4-Carrot
Gary choose,
1-Eenie
2-Meenie
3-Minnie
4-Mo
Corey-Max choose,
1-Fred
2-Daphnie (even though they are male’s)
3-Velma
4-Shaggy
I choose,
1-George
2-Micheal
3-Paul
4-Dennis
OMF I am so not good at naming animals but They are SOOOOO cute. What a great thing you did taking all 4… Enjoy them
They are sooooo cute!!!!
1. Larry
2. Harry
3. Curly
4. Moe
~Dionne
How about these names?
Apache, Cobol, Linux, Unix or Java
I know they are computer language names, but they kind of fit!
They are such cuties! How about Scooby (for Copernicus) Shaggy (for Cousin It), Rocky (for Sam I Am), and Bullwinkle (for Cornelius).
Hey
Nathan and I picked these names out..
Pig #1 Caramel
Pig #2 Mickey Mouse or Mickey for short
Pig #3 Cosmo
Pig #4 Brownie
Oh My… my 6 yr old is so JEALOUS! She wants a guinea pig bad!! So I had her come see and she just “ooo’d and ahhh’d”!!
Here are the names suggested;
Pig 1. Lenny (my 3 yr old picked Lenny because he looks like Lenny off WonderPets )
Pig 2. Shaggy (hands down!)
Pig 3. Rufus (Ru for short)
Pig 4. Dewey
My son Nathan and I chose:
1.Butterscotch-his face looks like the color of yummy butterscotch
2.Oreo-he’s the color of an oreo cookie!
3.Oscar (as in “the Grouch”, Nathan said he looked “scruffy”like he just climbed out of a garbage can)
4.Gramps-because he looked old and wise like a grandfather
Okay, I just made the mistake of showing Sarah these - now she’s begging for one. I don’t have any names to suggest but I really liked the ones Dionne sugggested.
OMGOSH your piggies are SO CUTE, lol! These are awesome photos of them!
Oh my they are TOO cute! I have wanted a couple of them for a long time.
Hmmmm….
1. Cinnamon
2. Scruffy (this one my dd chose)
3. Fuzzy (dd’s choice) Bear (my choice)
4. Spike
OMG Can’t wait to meet them!!
Here are my thoughts:
1.)Gus Gus (he reminds me of the mouse on Cinderella.)
2.)Lenny (Kravitz due to the “do̶
3.)Kramer (Seinfeld)
4.)Rolo (he looks like chocolate and carmel)