Guinea Pig athletes take over the Olympics!
There are some wonderful action shots of athletic guinea pigs training for Beijing in the Daily Mail.
Our family’s three cavies (Cookie, Bella and Jenny) have never expressed any interest in these types of competitive sports. They prefer to work as a team, especially in the Lettuce & Carrot Speed Eating Competition. (“Go for the Gold!”)
When we place our piggies in the hallway for the 5-meter dash, they just sit there. Maybe it’s because we don’t play the Olympic theme song during training or competitions. We’ll have to try that next time.
The pictures are from the Guinea Pig Games 2009 wall calendar from Icarus Publishing. You can’t buy it from Icarus, but you can order the calendar from PopArtUK for £9.99.
Z Trek Copyright (c) Alan Zeichick
We played the Olympic song. The piggies didn’t seem to be very enthusiastic for distance running.
After extensive testing, however, we found an effective motivator: Lettuce.