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Monday, 19 December 2011

Guinea Pig Babies: Cycle of Life

So on Wednesday, our Chloe finally gave birth to 3 babies. Mom did great and we had a great lesson on understanding more about the wonders of birth (as part of our health curriculum).


This video was shot the day of the guinea pigs being born.  If you look closely enough, you can even see the placentas.

Unfortunally today, the smallest one, died.  On Friday we noticed that he was no longer latching on and so I started bottle feeding him.  He took to it until 6 am this morning, and then he seemed to give up.  Homer passed on around 1:45 p.m.  

The students have chosen to have a proper funeral tomorrow followed by their version of a feast in the afternoon.  Here are some pictures to share with you all of the babies:


The baby you see on the left is the one we lost :(


Mom Chloe


Chloe and Homer (now deceased)


Chloe and babies