The Guinea Pig Arcade

About Me

Above: this site was inspired by the many guinea pigs I've loved over the years - a favorite picture of some of the herd, Penelope, Samantha, Charlotte, and Hazel. We hope you enjoy it!

The Current Crew

Dinah

Arrived with sister Georgina, aunt to Demelza, Sebastian, and Finian, carries weight in hips, body positive image activist, sounds all alarms with loud whistling

Most Likely to: Chatter her teeth at you if you don't bring the right treat

Dyna-mite, "Dinah the Fierce"

Demelza

Sister to Finian and Sebastian who annoy her endlessly

Most Likely to: Greet you and drink upside down

"The Nice Pig"

Georgina

Teen mom; smallest of the pigs due to pregnancy and raising three piglets as a single mother, shredded ear from bad pigs

Most Likely to: Run away from the food she just begged for

Nitro, "Georgina the Timid"

Finian

Former runt of the litter, has achieved over 2 lbs of mass leading to top pig status

Most Likely to: Agitate his relatives with the "I'm not touching you ..." ploy

Slim, "The Other Bad Pig," "Ring Around the Collar Pig"

Sebastian

Largest of the litter, had attained largest weight class until a broken tooth caused a drop in overall ounces

Most Likely to be: Hiding in a bag

Preacher, "Bad Pig"

My tech crew helping me with editing and posting - note their four-footed touch-typing technique!

All My Pigs

I acquired my first guinea pig from my elementary school in 5th grade, and named her "Dolly." She was a brown and white Abyssinian. I earned her by working for a grand total of 350 "tokens" for performing various classroom tasks (including cleaning the cages of the guinea pigs) and and for other scholastic achievements throughout the school year.

Totally enamored with the class guinea pig herd and my new piggy, I worked hard the following year and picked up her sister, "Ginny" (as in "Ginny Pig") for a companion.

I will always remember Mrs. Wilma Lea at Schallenberger School for providing painting lessons, a wonderful learning environment for her students, story time after lunch recess, and guinea pigs!

Over the next decades I kept a succession of guinea pigs, all with distinctive personalities and special talents, and except for rescued pigs who arrived already named (or those pigs pre-emptively named by the all boy committee in my family), have managed to indulge my passion for beautiful feminine names.

My pigs have been named: Dolly, Ginny, Lady, Spock, Checkov, Willy, Captain Cook, Tasmania, Leia, Amidala, Daisy, Sally, Sundae, Dexter, Spock II, Hazel, Jasmine, Lucinda, Charlotte, Samantha, Penelope, Dinah, and Georgina, Demelza, Finian, and Sebastian.

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Guinea Pigs in Historical Art Museum