my baby boy!

hello people! i'm back after taking a short break so rejuvenate so that i'll look prettier..not!

actually, the last couple of days have basically been tidying up bits and pieces of my room, putting stuff back in order again like all the mess i've made in the whole house, going to work (i need money!!!) and catching up with some friends :) oh and of course, spending time with my baby boy, Chester!

so lemme introduce Chester to you. he's my darling boy who is an Abyssinian breed of guinea pig. he was born on 20/9/2007 so he's only about 7 weeks old but acting totally like a teenager! throwing tantrums here and there and getting all shy when us girls (me and my sis) pays him a visit! LOL

anyway, i think he's been settling down well. he's getting more and more vocal (chatty) by the day. he talks to my mum when she's doing the laundry going mweeepmweeepmweeeeeep or wheeekwheeekwheeeeek which seems to be a way of him asking for food. i read up heaps about guinea pig sounds and what they mean and even made myself familiarise with all their sounds.

he also knows when someone's in the garage with him, coz that's when he'll start talking again and he knows this is how he gets my attention. i dont think he knows how to get to his drink bottle yet, so we use another bottle to feed him a few times during the day. he drinks heaps! just tonight, i taught him a new trick ;) when i shake his drink bottle, he'll know how to find it and then start drinking from it. and sometimes when he's drinking from his bottle, he'll play tug-o-war with it! ehehheeh~

i dont think he's very friendly coz he doesnt seem to like being picked up. we tried to pick him up several times on saturday but he just kept running away and made a noise which indicated that he's scared/ annoyed/ stressed so we left him alone for the night. he's getting better now though coz he lets me scratch the back of his ear and at the bottom of his mouth. he seems to enjoy these a lot coz he'll make his face look all cute by closing his eyes a little and opening it and closing it again! so cute!

my sis' friend came over on monday to teach us how to pick him up. she cuddled him for a while then handled him over to me. it was my first time ever holding a little piggy so i wasn't sure how to hold him properly. he ended up biting me not once, but twice! mind you, it wasn't a tiny nibble either. it was a full on bite :( and it bled for ages...

got a bit scared of him, but hey i dont blame him for biting me. if i was his size and there was a monster beast holding me in a way that i feel unsafe, i would start biting and hacking away too! the wound's pretty small but i think it's quite deep. it seems to be hurting more today when i try to get some work done but oh well, it's only a bite and i'll survive ;)

anyway, i think i'll go get some fresh veges for him tmr while i'm out. thinking of doing some solitary shopping so might as well go get him some. he's been living on apples and carrots and grapes and tomatoes for the last 1 week. i know, it's not all that bad but he doesnt fancy carrots very much. he really likes grapes but i read online that piggies shouldn't be fed too much grapes and apples. plus, they need more vitamin c and apparently green bell pepper is really good as vitamin c source and they love it.

we'll see how it goes tmr.

that's it about my baby boy for now. will post some pics up soon - got them on camera but havent transferred them yet.