Woman quits job after her guinea pigs become online hit

  • Animals
Laura with her two-year-old Alpaca guinea pig Gizmo. Credit: SWNS

An account manager has quit her job to become a professional vlogger - after videos of her guinea pigs attracted a staggering 10 million hits on YouTube.

Laura Mellors, 29, started making short films chronicling the daily antics of her pets in 2010 as a hobby.

But she now has a global following with 54,000 subscribers to her own YouTube channel, Piggiepigpigs.

Laura Mellor first started making videos of her guinea pigs in 2010. Credit: SWNS

Her and her pets even receive fan mail from animal lovers all over the world.

The former E.ON worker, from Nottingham, said: "I was just bored one day so I made a film about my guinea pigs Gus and Hercules.

"I'd bought a new cage which gives them different compartments and levels to climb on and I was intrigued to see how they would react to it.

"I uploaded the video to YouTube and within a few days I was getting really positive feedback and requests for more videos and it just snowballed."

Laura feeding her American short hair guinea pigs Bobby and Billy. Credit: SWNS

Laura and husband James, 30, a project engineer, now share their home with seven guinea pigs; Billy, Bobby, Fozzy Bear, Brian, Bo, Alfie and Gizmo.

She earns around £2,000-a-month from her YouTube videos as well as selling guinea pig goods through her online shop.

Laura said: "If I don't post regular updates I get messages from people asking if the guinea pigs are okay.

"People seem to love the videos. It's a joy to do something for a living which is also a passion."

And Laura has now adopted a hamster called Minnie. See her in action below: