Guinea Pig Care
Tips for a healthy thriving Guinea pig
- Nourishing Diet – Provide a diet rich in nourishment that has a variety and proper balance, including a daily supply of fresh hay and water.
- Understanding that your guinea pig enjoys a calm and relaxed environment without sudden loud noises, loud voices or chaotic activity.
- Provide a safe environment. Guinea pig proof your home are they are curious creatures. Safe guard against poisons, hazards and unsafe objects and protection from other family pets and animals.
- Stress free environment. Guinea pigs can appear outwardly calm but can be extremely stressed on the inside. Avoid stress factors like loud noises, inappropriate cage mates, or exposure to unfamiliarity like other herds, too small of a cage without a hiding spot.
- Provide your guinea pig with opportunity for fitness, with out of the cage time in a safe interesting environment.
- Variety is the spice of your guinea pigs life. they are good students and enjoy a variety of playful activities and stimulate their curiosity and sense of adventure.
- Keep up grooming and checking on your guinea pigs health. Inspect their toenails and keep them trimmed and inspect their teeth as they are constantly growing. They require chew twigs to chew and different substrate to walk on to help ware down the length of the toenails.
- Avoid using Wheels and giant exercise balls and they are a heath hazard to your pet. They have been known to cause foot and ankle injuries, spinal injuries and can be life threatening to your pet.
- By weighting and watching for dramatic changes in your guinea pigs weight, can indicate a sign that something isn’t right with your guinea pig. Keeping an eye on your pet by Weighting a healthy guinea pig weekly, and if they are sick, best to weight them daily.
- Their weight will normally shift and fluctuate through out the day. Being aware of how much weight change is normal and what is not, is beneficial to your pet’s health.
- It is fairly normal for your pet to shift about one ounce in weight, but if you start noticing patterns, best to contact your Vet.
- If you discover a two ounce difference, this is a message of alert. Be extremely concerned If your pet has a three ounce difference in weight and get in Contact with your Vet if there is a four ounce difference in weight.
- When examining your guinea pig, be mindful and look for signs of illnesses.
You will find the benefits of your pet far outweigh the guinea pig care!
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