To Chloe's Hutch.

Hi everyone, my name is Chloe. If you haven't guessed it I am an abyssinian guinea pig.  I was born on December 4th 1999. I was sold from a breeder to a pet store with my mother and siblings when we were one month old. I was there for a little over a month when mom came in with Cynthia and they both fell in love with me. Mom had had three guinea pigs, at different times in her life, before me.  Two girls and a boy. I am her third girl. When mom first went to the pet store it was by luck that she saw me. She doesn't usually buy from just any pet store. Only two, and they are an hour away from where she lives, or breeders when she can find a good one. But she was returning a mouse for her little cousin because the pet store gave her a male and a female. the girls mother did not want a tone of babies so mom said she would take the male back for a second girl.       Cynthia spotted me first and came over to my cage. Mom came over to tell Cynthia what I was since Cynthia had never seen a cavy before. I was so cute but when mom picked me up to show Cynthia (who fell in love with me and asked to take me home) she was discusted. My feet were so covered in clumping cat litter that you could not see them and I was unable to move them. My toes were all stuck together. Mom told the store owner that he should never use a clumping litter for small animals and he said that he did not know it was clumping. So mom held her tongue and took me home. She left me in my cage for a few hours and them took me out for my bath. I hated it!! It took a while to get all that litter off my feet. Mom only washed my feet and belly cuz that was all that needed to be washed and she didn't want to tramatize me any more than I was. When it was done I was so relieved, I COULD MOVE MY CLAWS AGAIN!!  This was great. It felt so good. Mom wrapped me up in a nice warm towel and gave me lots of huggs, then she gave me to Cynthia who also gave me lots of huggs and kisses too. I new I was going to like it here. As long as they don't try to give me another bath. *LOL*.      The next day mom went back to the store to find out my birthdate and she found out that my mother (guinea pig) had passed away a few hours after she took me home. The cage I was in was now cleaned of the clumping litter and my sibling was in it alone. Mother guinea pig was in her own cage when she passed on. Mom was very sad to hear this.      When I first came home I was put in a medium sized aquarium because it was all that mom had. She wasn't planning on buying me, but since she already knew about guinea pigs and I was a lot worse off than my sibling, and Cynthia had fallen in love with me, she couldn't resist. As soon as she could she ordered me a nice big rabbit cage (wireless bottom) from Hegan. Now I have lots of room to run around. I also have my very own wooden house and a plastic iglue, too. You can check it out in my gallery pages. Don't worry about my water looking a little yellow, it's only vitamin C, we piggies need lots of that.      I was very sceptical when I first saw Koojhoe, my new found friend, up close and personal. He was big and mom kept telling him "easy" so I was a little worried. But after he sniffed me a couple times he plopped right down beside me like he had known me for ages. Of course I was in the house for a while before mom attemped to introduce us this closely and this is not the case with all dogs. Koojhoe is very friendly with most animals, even cats. Mom laughed cuz Koojhoe looked over and sniffed my nose as I sniffed his making it a great photo opt. Now we get along just great but mom is always around to keep an eye on us and never leaves us alone. She wont let me close to the rest of the gang though, says they are too small and she's afraid I'd hurt them.      I see them from a far though cuz we are all kept in the same room as it is such a small appartment that we live in.        Well, I hope you enjoyed listening to my story and hope you come back again soon. Don't forget to check out my galleries. Have a pet-rific day!                                                                       Sincerely; Chloe.

Chloe's Likes. 1. Timothy hay. 2. Snuggles. 3. Sitting on shoulders. 4. Eating. 5. Huggs and kisses. 6. Playing with Cynthia. 7. Sleeping in my house. 8. Communicating. 9. Apples. 10. Greens. 11. Popcorning

Chloe's Dislikes. 1. Baths. 2. Kisses from Koojhoe. 3. Loud noises. 4. Getting my bottom touch. 5. High places. 6. Not getting all the attention. 7. Not getting treats every day. 8. If I don't get out every day. 9. Not getting all the food I want. 10. Not being able to play with the other pets.