Wow Incs, thanks for the excellent advice, it's brilliant! I'll
definitely do what you suggested and hopefully they'll get along
great :-)
Nubbin already seems depressed at the loss of her sister, she looks
sad, people think I'm being silly when I say a guinea pig looks sad,
but she really does and I feel really sorry for her, I just want to
keep paying her constant attention to make up for her loneliness...
Not the easiest thing to do as she was the most timid out of the two
girls and doesn't relish attention (we hold her frequently, but she
always looks nervous), I'm hoping that she will come out of her shell
if she gets to be the dominant piggy (Wiggles was always the boss,
always first to food and loved attention).
I bought a new girl today, but the pet shop won't let her come home
until Friday as she's very young (they think around 5 weeks) and
wanted to wait a few more days. However, she looks in good health, so
should be okay to introduce them soon. Think we'll call her something
to rhyme with Wiggles, as "Wiggles and Nubbin" just seemed to roll off
the tongue for us, hehe... I'll ask the petstore if they're okay
taking the new girl back if they don't get along.
It's strange and sad how empty their cage seems now I don't have
Wiggles' little face nuzzling mine as I walk past (she always liked to
sniff my nose for some reason reason!). I just wish I knew what caused
her to be so ill and go downhill so quickly, I felt so sorry for the
poor little thing, she was SUCH a character! I know another piggy
won't take her place, but hopefully she will be a good mate for Nubbin
and us too.
Thanks again to everyone for the help :-)
Naomi
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