How to Care for a Pet Guinea Pig
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Guinea pigs often squeak with joy when their owners enter a room. How can you resist such welcoming pets?
Step 1: Do research
Before you actually bring your guinea pig home, do a little research online and in magazines and books. Guinea pigs need more care and attention than you might expect.
Step 2: Get company
Guinea pigs are social animals-they’d much rather live with another guinea pig or two than by themselves. If you want your little squeaker to be the happiest, get her a friend.
Step 3: Consider roommates
Female guinea pigs can usually live comfortably together. Male guinea pigs should be from the same litter to reduce grumpiness and fighting. And since guinea pig neutering isn’t widely available, don’t keep males and females in the same pen.
Step 4: Give them room
Guinea pigs need plenty of space to run around. One guinea pig needs at least four square feet of space-but the roomier, the better.
Step 5: Line the cage
Guinea pigs’ feet are delicate. Don’t keep them in wire-bottomed cages. Instead, use cages with solid bottoms, and line the cage or pen with newspaper topped with plenty of hay, shredded paper, or recycled pellet-type bedding.
Tip
A hard-sided children’s wading pool makes a good guinea pig pen.
Step 6: Provide lots of hay
A guinea pig’s main food source should be fresh, high-quality timothy hay. Feed your piggies as much hay as they’ll eat-they need the fiber, and munching on hay is the best way to keep their teeth from growing too long.
Step 7: Give them vitamin C
Guinea pigs depend on their owners to provide them with vitamin C. Commercial guinea pig pellets contain the necessary amount of C. Generally, one adult guinea pig needs a ¼ cup of pellets per day. Use fresh pellets, as vitamin C breaks down, and don’t substitute rabbit pellets, which aren’t the same thing.
Tip
Many guinea pigs think Vitamin C tablets are a treat. Give your piggies a quarter of a tablet once a week, or sprinkle a crushed tablet over their food.
Step 8: Give them greens
Guinea pigs should also have a handful of varied greens and vegetables each day. Provide those high in vitamin C like kale, dandelion greens, and strips of red pepper.
Step 9: Give them water
Guinea pigs drink tons of water. Make sure yours have clean, fresh water available at all times.
Step 10: Provide hiding places
Guinea pigs love having hiding places to play and sleep in. Try empty coffee cans, shoeboxes with holes cut in them, and overturned flowerpots. While guinea pigs like to play, they’re not particularly nimble-offer them balls and low ramps for exercise.
Step 11: Let them run free
Give your guinea pigs plenty of 'floor time' each day. Let them run around in a space that’s free of wires and other dangers-you don’t want them nibbling on your computer cords!
Step 12: Groom your piggies
Many guinea pigs love to be brushed. Longhaired guinea pigs should be brushed every day.
Step 13: Watch their health
Call a small-animal veterinarian if your guinea pigs are sneezing or coughing, have diarrhea, or seem lethargic. A happy, healthy guinea pig can live for up to 10 years, so with good care your little friend will be around for a nice long time.
Did You Know?
Excited guinea pigs sometimes jump up and down-a behavior called 'popcorning.'
Step 1: Do a little research..... WHY ELSE WOULD I BE HERE
Hahahahha
haha fair play
+piggs& pupps Yep true!
what im doing! (;
well they don't know how to care for them properly
2 males can be together, I got mine from different litters and they are best friends.
I had two males once. One ate the other.
@@oliviab4310 xd
Mine died october 2014 and i can not force myself to buy a new one
she lived a good 11 years (we had here for 10) im in tears righting this
robert Carter *writing*
+ejvelasco EDDIEL you're such and idiot
wow 11 years thats amazing
Clorox Bleach actually yes the can.
Robbie Carter I'm sorry for your loss she or he will always be in your heart you clearly took great care of her if she lives to 11yrs I'm not saying they can't live that long because they definitely can I'm saying you took very good care of them seems as most piggies live to 8-10 yrs
I'm so excited I got my mom to agree to let me have guinea pigs if I can pay for them so I have been working on app developing to help and I CANT WAIT!
That's wonderful! It's great that you are working hard to get your own Guinea pigs ;)
wow
When I saw the girl get her flip phone I was like what year was this video made and then I looked at the year “10 years ago!” 😂
When it said look in maginizes for information, I knew this video was old lmaoooo
Ah, the time when Howcast videos are useful.
I've been raising guineas since I was 5. (50 years now) The only thing I don't recommend is the unsecured pool as a pen. It's good for a playpen if used when the piggy is supervised. The film also didn't mention how important it is to schnuggle and pay individual attention to each piggy every day. Love and hug your piggies, its as necessary as food.
Guinea pigs actually need 7.5 square feet MINIMUM not 4 square feet
Piggies Down Under how many inches is that? Just asking
Piggies Down Under she's a great youtuber
Piggies Down Under I know this cage is way to small
Phinesser Bit late, but 1080 square inches.
your write
In my experience, the vitamin c supplements aren't an optional thing. Guinea pigs are missing the enzyme that produces vitamin c so unless you want a short-lived Guinea pig they'd be mandatory in one form or another though most commercial foods for them already cover it to an extent.
I love howcast videos, they're really mellow and calming to watch
out of all the howcast videos i have ever watched this is the most correct one ive seen (its not perfect, but its better then alot of the other ones by them ive seen about pets)
What a cute and well cared for piggie!
Thank you howcast for helping us by telling how to take care of a guinea pig
these guinea pigs are so cute
Guinea pigs are so cute!
My guinea pig had a wierd life. He was at Petco and then got stolen by this girl who had a family of crackheads. She later gave the guinea pig to his crack addicted brother. He hated him, so he was planning on feeding it to his dog until my brother heard the story. Then he bought the guinea pig. We named him Pepe Durp cause he didn't have a name. Then he spent 2 and a half years with us til he turned 4, he passed away R.I.P Pepe
Liar
Uh no, not lying
r.i p rarest pepe
Lesly Benitez Thx
Guinea pigs live for about 10 years or more..
Sorry tho for that piggie..
I just got my guinea pig yesterday :) thank you this was very helpful!
I got a guinea pig yesterday and she popcorned when she found her hay :)
IM SO EXCITED IM GETTING ONE TODAY THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION!!
I have two nine week olds they are the cutest little sweethearts
Who's already got a guinea pig??
+Bich Nguyen Me! ;D
i have 2 >w
I have two guinea pigs that are brothers. Their names are Cheddar and Oreo.
+Bich Nguyen i have two unrelated boys. Pig is a crested and Coco is a coronet and they're best friends (i think... maybe they secretly hate each other haha!!) I'm getting a girl in a couple of weeks or maybe this weekend..
Bich Nguyen , Me
Thank you for making this video! My mom is letting me get 2 guinea pigs this weekend and I'm so excited! :)
Thank you so much I really needed this!!
Why do you get excited? Because you have emotion, allowing you to become excited. Guinea pigs have emotions as well. They will become happy/excited sometimes randomly, and other times if they're about to be fed.
Thank you so much!! This is such good advice! I am thinking about getting a guinea pig and I learned
so much about them! Again thank you! By the way that guinea pig was so cute!
This is probably the only video I found online that is correct on the proper care of a guinea pig! This was great. The only thing is, guinea's don't need vitamin c tablets if they are getting enough veggies. I enjoyed the video a lot. Thanks for actually doing the research on what they really need rather than following what pet stores say!
thank you for sharing this! I was thinking about buying one but not more
Thanks this video was very informative, and relaxing! Loved it this helps me out a ton! Thank you!
Im going to buy a set of Guinea Pigs next Friday with my check. Im so excited :)
aww get him/her to walk around the house more. everytime i would take my piggy out she always wanted to go back to her cage but after the first few minutes she loved running around a big space.
thanks helped me a lot !!
This was very helpful, thank you! 😁
I have got two Guinea pigs called bill and Ted they like eating the grass in the garden and I take them to the vet and I help my mum to clean out their cage every Thursday night
This helped a lot. I'm getting my guinea pigs on the 22nd
You should try curly parsley or red bell pepper for there vitamin "C." My piggy loveeeeesssss curly parsley! :D
They are so cute awww
Very helpful! Thanks
This really will help when I get one
Good info. Thanks! I like the idea about the wading pool
My piggie died on the 11th. Best little man the ever was. Had him for 5 years. RIP ily
This video helped a lot thanks :)
This helped alot,. Thaanks
I love Guinea Pigs!
this video really helped my guinea pig thank you so much..☺☺☺
This was very helpful.I am getting a piggie soon
so cute
I used to watch this CZcams video every day before school before I got my guinea pigs.
gorgeous gunea pig.
Thanks this was very useful 💞💜
i love this video, its a c&c cage! every other guineapig care video like this has a tiny shop bought cage
Thanks now I might get my own guinea pig
Kidwithcamera: the guinea pig is an Abyssinian guinea pig
What a great video!
they are a lot of work! i never knew they were this much work lol
I'm sat here now with my baby guinea pig lol I got him today xx
you could watch videos like MsCavyQueen Piggiepigpigs or channels like that I was shocked about this video though. Even though there were a few errors, they were close to accurate. It made me happy to see that they didn't have pet store cages.
I watched this video 5 years ago and 5 years later I FINALLY got 2 piggies
i'm getting my GUINEA pig soon yay
really helpful
that was really funny when the guinea pig and the girl went running into the hut
they are so cute:))
Guinea Pigs, totally. And yes they can live together. :) I live in an apartment and have had three females live together in the same cage. They are so sweet and social. And to your other question, that cage would be pretty small. A proper size cage for two piggies or more would be preferably 7.5 sq feet at the minimum. And hay is the best thing for them, along with pellets without the colorful things in them. They will pick out their favorite things and ignore the pellets if you get that kind.
wow thanks sooo much your awesome btw i had a pet guinea pig that died idk how but i brought a new one after watching this awesome vid so thanks!!!! :))
Great tips, thanks. I really need more hiding places.
Very helpful thanks
no it's very bad advice!! check out skinnypigs1 her videos are very good!!
This gives me so much info
When I was little we used to have Guinea Pigs, The store always told us they were both girls but not too long after we bought them we found babies. My mom wouldn't let us keep all 4 so we had to give the mom and dad back to the store and we kept the babies. It happened 2-3 times and there were always just 2 and one was always "sleek" and the other had a mohawk.
Yes, I do
That shall be useful for my New Guinea pig late thx
thank you
@Dovefeather88 Guinea pigs can not have too much hay. They need unlimited amounts of it, a small amount of pellets (not muesli mix) and 1 cup of fresh veggies per day.
And now i adopt my own guinea pig! :)
thankyou!
the fact that this was uploaded in 2010 and im watching it in 2021
Oh darn i want one so badly
This really helps!
it's horrible advice.... skinnypigs1 is so much more informative!!
Male guinea pigs don’t have to be litter mates, you just have to introduce them properly.
so CUTE :)
I suggest to use fleece, or care fresh bedding :)
I use CareFresh
I already got my guinea pigs 10 day s ago so thank you
Thank you I just got a new guinea pig
Thanks.
LOL! Love the C&C Cage!!!!!!
Thanks :)
I'm geting one soon
when you mentioned your brothers poured poison into your fish tank it made me think of my sisters fish
gamixyaj made me cry im so sorry god bless your guniea pig and you
@13souljagirl the vitamin c TABLETS are optional, not vitamin c. you can give them vitamin c by giving the fresh fruits/veggies. plus, the dry bag food you're supposed to feed them has vitamin c in it too.
haha up and down called popcorning
awwww.......I want one
when i leave home i am following these instructions
it is so cute
So cute maby my mom would let me have one just because of how good this video was next video u should tell parents how good ginea pigs are and how easy they are to take care of but u need to take care of them a lot that would make the best video :D
I love it
great vid
I was eating popcorn when watching this.... Also very cute :D
very good video :)
Very good vid
I once ate a guinea pig in Peru. They taste nice