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I love the Cavies! It's great to read more about them. They don' waste time, do they? Little Cabiay all grown up, a widow already and now a mother of a Shayson. Jason should be quite touched.

I'm sure this is way more than Jason ever wanted to know about alien biological processes...

Oooooh how cute! A little Shayson! Way to go!

That's true! I could see him down there ready to catch the pup with a catcher's mitt. It's also interesting the pup was up and moving so fast. Survival instincts at its best.

Originally posted by Becky Rock That's true! I could see him down there ready to catch the pup with a catcher's mitt.

LOL, I'm sure this image will stay with me!

Originally posted by Becky Rock It's also interesting the pup was up and moving so fast. Survival instincts at its best.

That's one of the things I find amazing about guinea pigs -- they're moving around as soon as their mother has cleaned them up. Outside of relying on mother's milk and not being able to reproduce yet, a newborn looks and acts as though they're miniature adults. And, since the cavies look like five-foot-tall guinea pigs, I gave them some of the same traits.

My roommate in college had them. We found out the hard way they are sexually mature a few days after birth. One of the two females she got was pregnant. She had three babies. We couldn't figure out their sexes, so we didn't separate them. Not long after - I can't exactly remember how much later but it wasn't that long - the other older female had three babies. We took all eight to the local pet store to determine the sex so we could get rid of some of them before it happened again. No such luck. We found homes for the 6 younger ones, then the first female gifted us with 2 more. Gave away all of them after that.

Message received, EW! And, thanks to you, now I know what a cavy means! I really didn't know that it was another word for a guinea pig! So cute, even to see Jason helping out!