Guinea Pigs Research Paper

There are many fun pets to have out there. Puppies, kittens, fish, but there's one that out ranks them all, the guinea pig. Not only are they lovable and caring, they are quite easy to care for. The only problem is they’re kind of spendy. A normal guinea pig can cost up to thirty dollars, not including all the supplies you need to care for them.

When choosing a piggie companion keep in mind which one will be perfect for you. There are up to eleven different breeds of guinea pigs. The American, Abyssinian, Peruvian, Silkie, Teddy, Texel, White-Crested, Rex, Himalayan,Cuy, and The Skinny Pig. Each one of these breeds have their own trait or quality, for example, the cuy is bred to be food, while the Abyssinian is a small breed with fluffy

fur.
It is important to keep your Cavy in a large cage with plenty room to jump and flop around, and play.

Also let them roam around the room, but keep a close eye on them, just incase they decide to chew on cords, or find something they aren't supposed to get into. Guinea pigs will get depressed if they are confined in a small environment, or if they are alone. Make sure to buy guinea pigs two at a time. If You buy different guinea pigs and put them in the same cage, they’ll either mate, then kill each other, or just flat out eat one another. . It is also wise to clean the cage once or twice a week to keep the cage from smelling.

If you keep a male guinea pig with a female one, they will be most likley to mate around summer, you will need to take the male out after your piggies mate, if not the male will try and mate with her after about a month. A female guinea pig can give up to four guinea pig pups each birth, and after five days they will be able to survive on their own, even though it isn’t reccomended.

A guinea pig on average will poop every 10 to 15 minutes. It would explain why they always eat. When feeding a guinea pig make sure to add new veggies gradually, to avoid giving your cavy diarrhea. You want to give them about an 1/8th of a cup of piggie pellets, an unlimited supply of hay and fruits and veggies once a day.

All guinea pigs (if taken care of properly) make noises to squeaking to chirping, each noise means something else, a chirp could mean a very happy

piggie, where as teeth chattering can be to stay away.
Guinea pigs make the perfect pet, and best friend. They’re always looking for some time out of their cage, to cuddle, and play. It is also a fact that guinea pigs have all different personalities, they can be shy, or even outgoing. plus they purr just like cats, and if they get happy enough they will twitch, jump, and flail, while making a noise called, “popcorn.” the noise will sound like a small clicking.
Be sure to keep other family and pets in mind, like you should do with any animal. If you happen to get a guinea pig, and have other pets, make sure you introduce them through the pig's cage, where they cannot hurt one another. It is possible that they will like one another, but it isn’t very likely.
The guinea pig has been domesticated for a long time now, first ones being in Peru and Bolivia in South America. They were originally bred for food, it was rare that they were kept as pets. In some parts of the world, guinea pigs are still used for food, and can be considered a delicacy, though the majority of them are now known as common house pets,no longer being found in the wild. Nobody knows where the name “guinea pig” came from because it’s no from guinea,and its not actually a pig. Some people do believe that the reason they are called guinea pigs due to the noises they make, some of them sounding like squeals coming from a piglet.Other cultures tend to repeat the same pattern in calling them pigs, such as Germany they are called Little Sea Pigs, and in France they are called Barbary Rabbits which is the closest name to what they really are, rodents.
Despite their small cute mouths that only look like they only have four large teeth, they actually have twenty. Guinea pigs are always chewing on objects or food to keep them from growing to big.
One term that has been common is the term guinea pigs. The name doesn’t alway mean a rodent, it could also mean a test subject, the reason for this is because, in the 1800s Guinea pigs have been used as “lab rats” in science experiments, not all of them too terribly bad, like nutrition study, for example. Although there are some scientists who used guinea pigs for harm as well, like for the study of certain chemicals and their effects on the body if injected into your body. They’ve also played a part in causes of complications in pregnancy, and scurvey.
In my past experience I’ve had two guinea pigs.

The first one I ever got was a small female who hadn’t been more that six months old, she was light brown with a gray heart on her back and the entire right side of her face was gray as well. I had named her Echo. She was the nicest thing alive, never bit me, loved playing outside of her cage, and was very curious. i had her for about five months before she passed due to a heat stroke, from the horrible summer. She was my best friend, and it was a really hard time coming home and my family telling me she was gone. My second guinea pig's name was Alice, she was white with a brown spot on her face, and a blonde butt. she was much bigger and older than echo, but she was still sweet, once you got to know her. She was scared when we first brought her home. She always bit me or ran away when someone got close to her, you can tell she was abused by her previous owner, due to the way she reacted when you go to pet her, and scars on her body. After I had Brandon, I had less and less time for her, eventually, I had to get rid of her, which killed me. I had her almost two years when took her back to

Petco.