What is a "Thread Drift"???

[RoadRaven]

OK... enough off topic nonsense... I have read and read and no-one has answered this question which was about page 3-4...

Are guinea pigs pigs, or are they fluffy rats??? Don't make me google this!

And... I had rice for tea, just rice and I desparately want toast but I am not eating bread at the moment

[KnottedYet]

They are flufffy rats.

And they were raised indoors (in Incan times in Peru) as a food staple. I saw a neat show on TV where the archaeologists were talking about how some parts of houses in Incan architecture were designed with guinea pigs in mind. (like with double doors so the piggies couldn't get out) The archaeologists also sampled the current methods of cooking guinea pig.... I'll never get the image out of my head of this one chickie in her fancy mountaineering clothes, munchin' on a guinea pig and exclaiming over how tasty it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig

[mimitabby]

OK... enough off topic nonsense... I have read and read and no-one has answered this question which was about page 3-4...

Are guinea pigs pigs, or are they fluffy rats??? Don't make me google this!

And... I had rice for tea, just rice and I desparately want toast but I am not eating bread at the moment

Guinea pigs are not much like rats. They are more like little goats. they bleat at you when they see you and when they are hungry. Their babies are born ready to run, with all their hair and quite large too. It seems to me they are pregnant for about 3 months; which is epic compared to a rat.
They are also fragile, you can't drop one and expect it to land well.
They are, however, rodents, they have the front teeth that grow all the time like other rodents.
They come in all sorts of colors, and have great hair, but I am not sure that they have much personality.

[Trekhawk]

Guinea pigs are not much like rats. They are more like little goats. they bleat at you when they see you and when they are hungry. Their babies are born ready to run, with all their hair and quite large too. It seems to me they are pregnant for about 3 months; which is epic compared to a rat.
They are also fragile, you can't drop one and expect it to land well.
They are, however, rodents, they have the front teeth that grow all the time like other rodents.
They come in all sorts of colors, and have great hair, but I am not sure that they have much personality.

My youngest boy is in Kindergarten and his teacher has Guinea pigs in the classroom for the kids. They are so cute and Mimi is right when they have babies they come out looking just like mum or dad but smaller.