We've had piggies since I was 7 and my sister 9. My sister's teacher had a guinea pig that she let the class help look after, and my sister adored him (Spitfire). We were due to move from Birmingham to Dorset, and the teacher knew my sister would be more gutted at leaving the guinea pig than anyone/anything else, so she let her have him.
So we moved down with four of us in the car, plus the dog (Coco) and Spitfire the piggy
He lived to be about 8, and he was soon joined by Jet and Skippy.....and many more piggies followed down the years
