My guinea pig’s name is Wink.  He lives in a cage with his friend Spike; Spike is a guinea pig, too.  Wink is a bit chilled out, but, he loves to play when no one is watching.  His color is rusty-brown with white markings  on his face.  Our dog Bella thinks the pigs are her babies; she even eats their food and, as gross as it sounds, their poop!  If you hold Wink for too long, he will pee on you.  Wink loves to eat; once he even ate a rubber band!  Sometimes I wonder what his sounds mean…is he sad, is he happy, is he hungry, is he afraid?  Wink likes to nibble on fingers…everybody thinks it hurts…but not me!  He sometimes runs away if I try to catch him.  I think Wink likes it best when he is snuggled in my lap watching TV with me…it’s my favorite place for him to be.

Wink had a respiratory infection a few weeks ago; he had to stay at PetSmart for awhile…but he’s all better now.  We don’t know exactly how old he is; I think he’s about three months old.  When we were trying to choose which guinea pigs to get I didn’t think I would get Wink; but now that I did, I love him!