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The guinea pigs are on the warpath. It’s like dealing with battling adolescents.
I am in danger of becoming obsessed with guinea pigs. When we got our guinea pigs I foolishly believed that the girls would look after them and that they were "low maintenance". This is relatively true in that they don’t actually do much. Except poo. They produce pile upon pile of poo. Every day. The guinea pig book says you should clear the poo each day so religiously I get up early and clean them out, give them food and clear up the debris they have caused on the floor since I brought them inside for the winter. I would feel so responsible to go out one morning and find two stiff little bodies and have to bear the bad tidings to sobbing children.
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