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Guinea Pig Housing
Guinea
Pig Diet
Guinea
Pig Forum
Guinea pigs are social animals that thrive
in groups of two or more. Guinea pigs learn to
recognize and bond with other individual guinea
pigs, and can be kept in pairs or groups that
include both males(boars) and females(sows) Provided
that they have been spayed or neutered.
Often Guinea pig owners will keep same sex pigs,
in order to avoid the complications and expense
of spaying or neutering.
Whatever combination you keep, Guinea pigs will
be more accepting of their cage mate, if they
are put together at a young age; Older guinea
pigs often require in introductory period to get
to know and accept each other, and in some cases
especially older boars, they may not get along
at all.
Keeping only one Pig in the house is only recomended
to those who can give a great deal of attention
to their pet.
Guinea pigs require a good deal of space, and
the typical pet store cages do not provide an
atiquate amount of room for them to live.
Most pet stores sell very young pigs, and while
the cages that they sell seem to provide plenty
of space for these young pigs, they do not toake
into acount the fact that the pigs will grow to
be much larger then they start out.
Most guinea pig owners eventually discover that
their pigs are too large for a pet store cage,
and that most pet stores do not sell cages that
would accomidate a full size pig, let along two.
The answer to the problem is to build your own;
this fairly easy to do and it saves you a great
deal of money, especially if you have not already
bought a pet store cage.
See more on this.
Guinea Pigs can be fairly messy pets and require
lots of maintenance and cleaning. They are often
vocal and quickly learn the sound of refrigerator
door being opened and veggies being cut,to which
they often week in anticipation. The average lifespan
of is about 5 to 7 years.
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