Sunday, 15 November 2015

Guinea Pigs in Room 2

The children were absolutely enthralled this week when Troy invited his cousin Linda to come in and bring her guinea pigs to show everyone.  Linda came with a mummy guinea pig and 4 babies (3 boys and 1 girl).

We learnt a lot about them and had so much fun holding them and playing with them.  The babies were only 2 weeks old and weighed about 70-80grams.  When they were born they were fully furred and had their eyes open and were able to start eating grass straight away.  Babies spend 4 weeks with their mum then can live by themselves.  

They made wee squeaky noises which is their way of talking to each other, they are able to swim when they get older and a guinea pigs teeth never stop growing!  With these teeth they can also bite!  



These were some of the things we learnt from Linda about guinea pigs:

"They don't like you holding them upside down" Xaria
"Put your hands under when picking them up" Hunter
"They do tickle lots under their paws" Kaiya
"That they're really soft" Madi
"How to hold it and how fluffy this is than the others" Aiden
"You hold them underneath" Jett
"That they eat fruit" Kahu
"I thought they don't have fur but they do" Amber

We enjoyed having them in our class so much and our writing reflected this the next day - come in and check out our written pieces in our books.

We hope very much that Linda can bring in some more near the end of the term.

Thanks so much Linda and Troy - a highlight in everyones week!  

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