Guinea Pigs

Although your pet rabbit would "accept" a guinea pig companion, the habit of the rabbit to jump playfully when happy could cause serious internal injury or even death of the guinea pig companion.

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http://www.petwebsite.com/rabbits/housing_rabbits.htm

If you want your rabbit to have a companion, the best choice is always another rabbit - however both rabbits MUST be neutered (or neutered and spayed if the companion is a female rabbit) to avoid fighting or breeding, along with saving you the other troubles that neutering can fix (some types of aggression in both genders, spraying in males and uterine cancer in females - unspayed females who are not bred from have an 80% chance of being diagnosed with uterine cancer by the age of five years).

Source:

http://www.fuzzy-rabbit.com/vet.htm

Also the rabbits should be introduced carefully (if possible take your first rabbit with you to a shelter to let him choose his own companion, as this would be much easier to deal with), first on neutral territory, and ONLY if the introduction goes well on the neutral territory, THEN socialize them in a place that your first rabbit considers his. If this doesn't go well put the rabbit companion in a separate cage, or if the cage is big enough, divide it so that each rabbit takes up half the cage and does not need to cross paths with the other rabbit.

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http://www.fuzzy-rabbit.com/bonding.htm

Once a guinea pig is pregnant it will take about 2 months till the birth of the babies. When guinea pigs are pregnant their teats don't start to enlarge until the last few days and labor, so you shouldn't have to worry about her being pregnant. It would have been careless for the pet store to keep males and females together as well. I will provide for you a list of the weekly signs of pregnancy. here are some signs that your guinea pig is pregnant!

Week 1 No signs

Week 2 Sow may start drinking more

Week 3 Sow will start gaining weight, there will be a tightening of the abdomen muscles.

Week 4 An experienced breeder will be able to feel small pups week 5 the sow will look some what larger than usual

Week 7 You will be able to feel 'quickening' this is when the babies kick

Week 9 It may become difficult for the sow to move around but she should still be active and eat and drink as normal. this depends on number of pups

The pelvic bones will separate sometime during this week

after two months, she will defecate and drink a lot of water .then the babies are born!

Best of luck with your guinea pig! if trouble should come, take her the the vet and they'll help

Try hand feeding it first. Be patient and continue this until he feels comfortable about you having your hand near him/her. Start rubbing him/her and when he/she feels comfortable about that start putting your hand on their belly but not picking them up. Do this for a while until they don't resist you. Then, when they feel comfortable about that pick them up but not out of the cage...eventually you can remove them from the cage and they will feel safe.

Well it really depends on its personality! Treat him/her to carrots, celery etc. and play with it often. Make sure it gets lots of excersice and eats just the right amount! Remember: They only want to be loved! So cuddle, feed and play with it often!

Hope this helps

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well, this may seem strange, but a pigs natural invironment is the ocean! it was only in the 1600's that humans introduced them to land. it was then that they formed proper lungs and hard feet.

of course they built it because they think the envierment around them is bad so they built it like another private little home for there baby. I hope I was a huge help ;)

They can smell bad , but not if you properly clean its cage once a week.

yes they sell them. they cost around $10 to $20. its been said that they are bad breeders. i 'm not exactly sure. but i found enough info about how they treat animals at PETLAND. Petland discount doesn't seem much different. go to thevoicefordogs.org/petland/petland2.shtml

the guinea pigs bite really bad because they arent treated well =(

You can do 1 of 2 things : You can take it to the vet and have them clip it. It might be better to have them show you the first time so you can do it yourself later. The other thing is that you can clip it yourself with nail clippers purchased in a grooming kit at the pet store.

Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus), also called the cavy, is the only animal on earth whose gonads (sexual glands) produce bio-enzal toxins, which are a defensive mechanism against parasites.

The father guinea pig doesn't eat the babies, and neither does the mother. But always separate the father BEFORE the mother gives birth as she can become pregnant immediately after giving birth. This would be bad for her health, as her body needs some time to recover.

It usually means it is scared or uncomfortable. My piggie does it whenever my dog is near. It seems to do it if it senses the presence of something big.

Most Guinea Pigs live in the South America because of the heat.Some people say that you can find them in India.But if you are travelling it is very different.Try South America if that matter is so!

Related adjectives are porcine or pork (meat products). The word pig is used as a noun adjunct, e.g. pig sty, pig ears.

To act like a pig would use the adjectives piggish or piggy.

You can buy pellets at your local pet store. That is a good source of food, but they get bored with that. Feed them everyday snacks, BUT NOT HUMAN ONES!! Stuff like Lettuce and carrots and apples are okay, but not the core in the apple. (They could choke) I suggest you get a book on guinea pigs for more info.

it depends what type of pepper you are talking about:

if it is a hot peper (bannana, halopino, etc.) than it probibly isn't best, of corse every pig is different.

if it is a red/green/yellow peper than absolutly there are very few types of nonspicy veggi they cant eat. but its always best to do some reserch first

Well, I don't know about kid's shampoo, but baby shampoo is great. It is very soft and does not harm their skin. If you are a new owner, I have some advice- only give them baths once a month, because they clean themselves.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! Guinea pigs get spooked very easily, and this would not be a good idea. BIG DOG: especially no!! if the dog is as big as a lab, don't try it. Your guinea pig will think you set him up and will start to dislike you. guinea pigs are very bright. SMALL DOGS: well, that's a little better. but still, guinea pigs are scared of anything bigger than them. a small dog is about the size of a cat, and believe me, you do not want to go there!

No, guinea pigs CANNOT eat fish, they are vegetarians and fish could make them sick and/or kill them

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fruits like apple cut up or vegitables such as carrots, fresh green beans are good to feed your guinea pig when you are out of food. you don't want to substitute this with the food you buy at a pet store though. the foods you buy have a well balance diet for your pet and is the healthiest way to go. you could also try some oat meal but not the flavored instant type.

No, they don't.

A female guinea pig gets a cycle every 17-25 days, for one day. On that day if she is with conntact with a male guinea pig it is almost certain she will get pregnate. So be aware that if you house oppiset genders together THEY WILL HAVE BABIES, which can be amazing but also hard to sell. When having what some may call sex the female guinea pig will have its bottum tilted slightly upwared. I the male is "sniffing" her bottum, EXPECT BABIES. My boy guinea pig got my friends guinea pig pregnate and were expecting babies in November hope this was helpful!