guinea pigs are no way extinct not even close so there is a lot of guinea pigs on the planet
Guinea pigs
Unfriendable. Now.
I used to have 2 guinea pigs now I have 1.My uncle cooked one and ate it. It was gorgeous.
There are six guinea pigs in the cage now, including the mother and her five babies.
Please do because adult male guinea pigs can attack, injure or even try and eat baby guinea pigs even though guinea pigs are vegetarians.
Guinea pigs are originally from South America, in what is now Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru.
I would say that the Teddy Bear guinea pig is a good and easy pet. They do need attention and care though. This pet would be good for a family with kids. Teddy Bear guinea pigs need Timothy Hay and other products that they need that a hamster or rat would not. Guinea pigs should have there own cage and should be watched on when ever your home. If you have done your research you probably have found that guinea pigs don't like to be left alone and need some friends to make them happy. Sometimes you might me finding yourself buying tons and tons of guinea pigs! With Teddy Bear guinea pigs, they would be happy with just one friend. If you are home a lot durning the day and durning the night, just one Teddy Bear guinea pig is fine. If you have work durining the day or if you work all night, you might want to consider getting one more guinea pig for your other one. If you do have one of these kinds of jobs where you might not be home for a while consider this: you need to know the different genders. Now you know a little bit more about the Teddy Bear guinea pig. This is basically about ALL different kinds of guinea pigs.
Hobbly.com the site gives free guinea pigs and cute don't forget cute because if people have a over stock of cute guinea pig babies they give them away... for free!!!!!!!!!! You may thank me later... I mean now thank me! lol sorry Hope you get a cute little guinea pig! I Love Guinea Pigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes guinea pigs can have asthma and if you think that she/he has it then you should go to the vet right away and tell the vet that you thunk she has asthma and have them do stays. It might be costly though and if you can't afford it right now then you might want to research about it and what you need to do. Hope this helps
I do not now if those are good names, (it depends on you) but you might want to name the guinea pigs a name relating to their color. My Guinea pig has a black face with a white stripe so I named her Blaze.
The etymology of guinea pig is unknown and confusing.Despite its name, guinea pigs are not from Guinea nor are in the pig family. They are native to the Andes Mountains in South America. They are believed to have been called pigs because their structure is similar to that of a pig's body. The guinea part of the name is even more confusing. There are three theories: one is that the guinea pigs were brought across the Atlantic Ocean to the island of Guinea then to Europe, another is that guinea was used because it is a word in the English language that means "far away land", and a third is that it was a variation of the word "Guiana", a region in South America (composed of Dutch Guiana [now Suriname], British Guiana [now Guyana], and French Guiana [still present]).No one really knows how they got the 'guinea' part but they are called pigs because they make sounds like pigs.