When I was younger I wanted guinea pigs...they are sooo sweet and they talk and are just super interactive with you (more so than hamsters I think LOL)...Anyways I had 1 guinea pig, but she died at an early age (she was 2 I think), and I LOVED her...when we went out to try and find another guinea pig I came across these pair of guinea pigs...I loved the 1 and we took him home and I named him Chip bc he was a spectacled color. Anyways when we got him home he just looked sad and depressed, so my mom called the pet store and come to find out the piggie he was with was his bonded brother that they had been together since birth (they were about a year old). I was so ticked off! Why wouldn't they tell us that at the store! Anyways back to the store we went to adopt his brother and we named him Dale, lol...Chip and Dale were so happy to see each other again when we got them both in the cage there was a lot of talking and happy squeals that day, lol...I was so happy for them!