Ralphie, the Guinea Pig Therapy Pet
Exotic Pets (03-23-2015) #207: Nikki talks about her rare therapy pet Ralphie, an Abyssinian guinea pig with a natural Mohawk “hairdo”, who regularly does therapy visits at an adult forensic psychiatric facility — the Solomon Carter Fuller Psychiatric Center — where patients have been remanded by the courts of Massachusetts because they have psychiatric diagnoses in concert with their criminal issues. Nikki explains that one of the reasons Ralphie is so extraordinary is because of his positive effect on the population he is working with.
