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For my birthday, I got a guinea pig. I've never had any animals other than fish, and fish are very docile. You don't touch or interact with them as much, so they are very different. I did a lot of research. I went to the store and picked out my guinea pig; she's a girl! I named her Cookie, because of her coat color. After buying everything we needed, I took her home, and the rest is history.
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