Your life needs Fuzzberta the guinea pig

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Step aside, cats and dogs -- the guinea pigs are cornering Instagram's cuteness market.

Take for example, Fuzzberta P. Jones, or just Fuzzberta for short. She's a 2-year-old guinea pig from Pacifica, California and the human behind her account, Monica Wu, is a graphic designer.

"The P stands for Pikachu," Wu tells Mashable. "It used to stand for 'pee' because every time we took her out of the cage, she'd pee herself and often on me."

A photo posted by Fuzzberta & Friends (@fuzzberta) on Jul 1, 2015 at 3:32pm PDT

Wu says that she loved the idea of creating "tiny handmade analog worlds within the confines of a rectangular photograph."

"My take on it is usually super reductivist, mainly boiling down to how I can get an idea across using a single prop," she said. "It also turns out I'm really good at making tiny hats."

A photo posted by Fuzzberta & Friends (@fuzzberta) on Jun 12, 2015 at 3:14pm PDT

A photo posted by Fuzzberta & Friends (@fuzzberta) on May 24, 2015 at 6:38pm PDT

Wu began sharing pictures of Fuzzberta -- who she says is "so cute she doesn't look real" -- on Facebook. After a positive response on Facebook, she expanded the guinea pig's social presence to Instagram.

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A photo posted by Fuzzberta & Friends (@fuzzberta) on Jun 25, 2015 at 3:18pm PDT

Check out more photos from Fuzzberta and Friends on Instagram and Facebook.

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