Thus, I didn't really feel like a neglectful owner when I discovered this. However, Jung must be a very, very healthy and attractive young lady, because she really wasn't showing at all for a very, very long time -- right up until about a week ago, in fact.

That said, say hello to Buster Machines 1 and 2.

(These are, I hope you all understand, 'project names.' One's being given away to a friend and I'm keeping the other, but I also haven't sexed them yet because ... pigs are some of the hardest to identify and require an expert ... although clearly not anyone at PetCo, who told me Jung and Kazumi were both female. If we look at time, though, looks like she must've gotten pregnant in the store. Sigh.)

These things are tiny. I mean tiny. Here's a rather glary shot of Buster Machine 2 in my hand (this is the spazzy and clumsy one, and it seems to be having trouble sitting in a hand twice as big as it is). They look much more like their mum than they do their dad.

And yes, you're seeing right. They are fully developed. I'd read that this was the case, but said I'd believe it when I saw it. Well, I saw it. They had been born while I was at work -- probably mid-afternoon -- and there they are with all their fur, their eyes open, actually walking around (rather clumsily, mind), and yep, teeth. This actually makes them look even smaller, since they aren't squealing helpless pink thingg, but more like fun-size guinea pigs you'd get dropped in your little plastic pumpkin at Hallowe'en.

Even with these new little things to play with, check out the comic. Even unbearable cuteness cannot keep me from duty.

If you have been, d'aww.