On November 27th, we had a scheduled elk handling day. It also happened to be Rachel’s 16th birthday. We had no intentions of getting more cavies. 
It is just one of those things that happened. We had invited some Vetrenarian college Instructors out to the farm to help and teach us how to draw blood on an elk. One of the people that we invited (Pam) is the person that we got our first Cavy (Rolly) from. She showed up with a litter of cavies, two boys and a girl. She had plans of keeping the girl. When she heard that it was Rachel’s birthday, she offered to give Rachel the two boys. As long as we have boy cavies and are not breeding, we do not have to be licensed. 
Baby cavies are adorable. Rolly, our first cavy is one of our favorite pets. So, it was not a hard desision to make, when Pam offered us the cavies. The babies are 4 months old now. They will be getting fixed when they turn 6 months old. They will go into a compound with our wallaby and adult cavy. Our wallaby’s name is Tucker and our adult cavy’s name is Rolly. Tuck and Roll. We always said that if we ever got more animals for that compound that we would have to name them Stop and Drop. So now it will be Tuck and Roll and Stop and Drop. The new cavies are adorable. They stayed in the house for just over a month. We first brought Rolly into the house to meet the babies. They were very interested in him and followed him around. 
They would try to nurse when Rolly would stop, which got them a soft warning bite on their back. We then waited a few days and placed them in an outside compound where they can go nose to nose with Rolly and Tucker. They have a nice warm house with a heat lamp to keep them warm in their compound. Stop is a very sweet little cavy. He likes a lot of attention, begs for treats and follows you around. Drop on the other hand is much more researved. He is the follower. Where Stop goes, Drop follows. If Stop decides that he is interested in a person, then they must be ok. Drop is never the first to check out a new person. I really feel that cavies are one of this families favorite pets. 
