Three Little Pigs

Foster guinea pig Laylla had her babies! Rob stopped at my office door to say Laylla was making odd noises.  I got over there to find her cleaning off baby number 1.  I was in the middle of an upgrade at work that was (luckily) taking forever - so I spent 40 minutes running back and forth between the computer and the big event.  I was trying to take photos, email Dakin and texting my sister all at once.

Then bloop!  There was baby two.  I need to upload the video - but that piggy complained loudly as mama cleaned them up.  At this point I was sure there had to be at least a third, and voila! suddenly pup three appeared.  That one looked like it was struggling the most, but seems to have sprung back the fastest.

It was wild - Laylla talked to her babies during the entire delivery.  Burble-burble.

This is the trio - babies one and two in front, and baby three in the back.

A better picture of baby three (click on any of them to enlarge):

Mama and babies are all doing well.  Pups all are running around and wheeking.  We ended up having a pig party last night.  My sister was dying to see the baby pigs, and I told her I'd need to clean the cage and weigh the pups and make a first attempt at determining their sex (no results yet).  So she came over with Mom and a friend and oohed and ahhed over the ridiculous amount of cute.  (And for some reason Laylla spent her floor time trying to explore everywhere she hadn't gone before.)

Ah - a clean cage and some peace and quiet.  Laylla looks so much more comfortable.  Her entire attitude has changed.

There will be more pictures... and I just need some time to splice together those videos.  And I hope to have names and sexes soon.  Maybe at least one girl to keep Laylla company?