Julia and Charlotte joined our family that Christmas, but got left behind when we made the cross-Atlantic move from England to the United States. They followed on a couple of months later when they flew United Cargo to the USA in fine style. They were a little bit cold when they arrived, even though that had a six hour layover at JFK, but were happy to be reunited with the family.
This trip made them about the most expensive guinea pigs ever, but the smile they put on the kids' faces when they came home was well worth it. Now they're living the spoiled life, with a whole loft to themselves and a solid diet of kale, spinach, basil, peppers and their favorite - coriander. Of course with hay and nuggets always available.
The personalities in these guineas was quite surprising. Who would have thought that these little rodents could demonstrate so much personality. Julia is the trouble-making dominant guinea of the twosome and doesn't like to cuddle much - always wanting to be on the go, but Charlotte like to curl up in my daughter's lap and get stroked on the head.
As my daughter says, guinea pigs are very under-rated pets. Pretty low maintenance and highly entertaining. These guineas have travelled the world, so we'll follow some of their spoiled life.
This is the cage (left) the guineas lived in in the United Kingdom, with the travel box located to the side of it - ready to transport these two to the United States.
The picture on the right is the travel box ready to make that transatlantic trip and bring the guineas to their new home.
The trip was a long one, about 18 hours in total, followed by a two hour car ride, but these guineas have lived nothing but the good life since.
More adventures to follow.
Below: A happy daughter with the guineas.
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