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Published October 23, 2026 3:51pm | Updated October 23, 2026 4:14pm

Big Mommas is waiting for you.

As are Tic and Tac, Pickles and Blueberry, Coffee and Cappichino, and Momo, Mimi and Eggo, presumably named after the waffle.

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Halloween is nigh, and this year the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak region has enough guinea pigs to pass out like Butterfingers to trick-or-treaters.

It’s Friday afternoon, and 3-year-old appropriately named Big Mommas, holds court in a large enclosure facing the animal shelter’s main hallway, chewing hay with unmatched vigor while eyeballing visitors. A staff-made Halloween castle stands nearby, clearly guinea-pig-approved by the looks of the chew marks. And under a floor covering lurks one hidden pig, a moving lump trying to find his way out, while another pig makes excited wheeking sounds from another cage.

Josh Clutter, an animal care technician at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak region, transfers an owner-surrendered guinea pig into a cage.…