Can you please tell me about the animal what sex was it everthing you can remeber.Also ,How many did you keep? Was it fun can you train them to do certain things?What is better a boy or girl please tell me as much as you know!!
2006-09-05 13:22:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Are they really fun??
2006-09-05 13:26:45 · update #1
my family actually bred guinea pigs when i was little. we had several litters. we kept two girls and two boys out of all of them(in seperate cages). they were so much fun. we'd let them run around the house. my favorite one "binky" used to just sit on my chest and i'd pet her and feed her for hours. we had a pen in the backyard for them and they would run around and eat the grass. we didn't teach them tricks, im not sure what their learning capacity is. but they were smart. they could recognize the sound the drawer with the lettuce in the fridge made when we opened it and they would start "talking."they were just fun to have around and were part of the family. our dog was mesmorized by them.
2006-09-05 13:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by airie53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two little girls named Tulip and Lily. They are a little over a year old now and Tulip is a tricolored American and Lily is a black and white Teddy. Guinea pigs actually need more space than most people give them credit for. The best cages are called Cavy Cages and the site is http://www.guineapigcages.com
The best medical and care site is http://www.guinealynx.com. I don't have a preference for boys or girls but I have found that boys usually (not always) have a few more health problems than girls. If you are planing on getting one I would suggest you read both sites back to front. Guinea pigs really take more care than you might expect.
2006-09-05 21:56:19 · answer #2 · answered by GPcrazy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guinea pigs make great pets - you can even show them in shows like people show dogs. I used to raise and breed guinea pigs for 4H. They are really simple to take care of. They don't stink unless YOU don't clean the cage. The come in about 10+breeds. This is where you need to go http://www.acbaonline.com/ GOOD LUCK
2006-09-05 21:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Rori M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a black one, he isn't to friendly, but he doesn't bite me. I believe when he was smaller he wasn't around or held by people much, if at all. He knows when it's time to be feed. I give my pig parsley, hay, and other green veggies. He will make sounds when he hears a plastic bag, he will run around in his cage, knowing it's time for food. Be carefully not to feed the pig to often though, to much isn't good. Be careful not to get a male and female pig and put them together. I was upset to learn that when I got my black pig they told me it was female, so I bought another female pig to put in the cage with my black one. I found out a month later after rushing my pig to the vet that she was pregnant and thus found out my black pig was a male. I was upset needless to say. She was a very friendly pig, she went poo in one corner and even let me pet her. They can be very fun if you start handling them early on. Good luck if you get one.
2006-09-05 20:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by shan29 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We used to have one. She was a female named Nibbles. She was great fun for my boys when they were younger, and they still talk about her. (one of my sons is in college now). They used to make Lego mazes for her. She would squeak and chatter whenever anyone went upstairs by the room she stayed in. On summer nights, we used to take her out to our deck where she would run laps and play until she rested under our grill and ate her daily baby carrot.
She lived with us for 7 years. She was a great pet.
2006-09-05 20:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by sncmom2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had several as a child. None ever bit me. But you can't play with them as you can a dog or cat. If they get loose into the bushes they are hard to catch. I would stick to dogs and cats.
2006-09-05 20:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by Bill 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm rather new to guinea pigs and I adore them to pieces! They're not as intelligent as rats and are easily spooked but they're a hoot to watch and tease. They're very vocal, too, and like a dog, they'll beg if they know if you have food. Heck, even opening the birds' food container, which is beside the piggies' food container, gets my three stinkers squealing like I've starved them >.<. They can learn simple tricks although they're not as agile as rats or mice. It's suggested that they not be let out on a leash but I do it anyways. I'm careful as to how I handle them when they're on it. Harnesses are not good for their backs, but as long as you don't pick them up by the harness and make sure you use both hands when lifting them, you should be okay.
I currently have three pigs - two females and a male. I find no difference in temperament between the sexes. Some people say males are more likely to fight though most pig owners I know say it's a myth. As long as you introduce males slowly and don't rush the experience you should have no problems. I only have one male and he gets along with my girls beautifully. Mind you he's un-neutered so he's in a cage by himself. He can sniff my girls through the cage bars and the two cages are beside each other. That seems to curb my Male's need for social sniffing, etc. I plan on neutering him so I can keep him with my girls one day.
It definitely matters if your pigs are handled often. Mine don't get handled every day so they're very very jumpy and I have to chase them around their cage three or four times before I can grab them. Once they're in my hands and being cuddled, they're happy to sit where they are! They love their veggies and fruit. Vitamin C is a necessity for them. I get around this by feeding children's chewable Vitamin C tablets (not the multi vitamins!) cut into quarters. They also get fresh pellets and veggies. Vitamin C loses its potency after 3 months so make sure your pellets and tablets are freshly packaged! Timothy hay is another requirement. They need it every day to help keep their intestines in good working order. If they don't get it often, they can suffer from severe blockages of the gut.
Guinea Pigs get stinky if you don't clean up after them regularly (about once or twice a week) but their turds aren't rancid smelling like rat or even cat turds. It almost smells like you're in a barn with the hay and their piggy pellets. I clean their cages with a spray bottle and paper towels. The bottle mixture is 1/2 water and 1/2 white vinegar. The vinegar controls the smell of ammonia and is a natural antibiotic. I take an old metal pancake flipper to scrape any cemented on stuff in the cage. Spray it with vinegar, let it soak for a minute and scrape it off. I can clean four cages (includes the two rat community cages) in under an hour when using the scraper tool. I don't know what I did without it!
Guinea Pigs are sloppy drinkers so the cage bedding gets wet faster than it would with other animals. I can control some of the spillage by placing a bird food cup under the water bottle. I empty it out when I change the water in the water bottle. The pigs love to toss hay into it, making the goop in the cup pretty gross. That's why I change is whenever the water bottles need to get refilled.
The only real downside to Guinea Pigs is that they get respiratory infections very fast and their cages take up a lot of room. They're worth it, though. I don't remember what life was like without those cute wiggling noses and desperate hungry piggy squeals. I'd certainly get another! Guinea Pigs are great for folks who don't like rats but would like the same kind of social interation. Like rats, Guinea pigs will beg and can learn tricks. What I especially like about them is that they won't climb into the walls if they escape and they're easier to find if they do escape.
Good luck with your research! I love my rodents!
2006-09-06 01:36:46 · answer #7 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
5 piggies. they are all over 6 years old though
Bo, Star-females
Oreo Jr, Cuddles, Rudy- males
A boy or a girl either one is very loving.
2006-09-05 22:04:38 · answer #8 · answered by Who am I? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to have two. One a boy, one a girl... both shorthair. We got rid of them because they were boring... pretty much can't do anything with them.
Watch them run around a bit.
2006-09-05 20:30:45 · answer #9 · answered by x_soccerxfreak08_x 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no but my sister neighbor has a black big pig in his backyard
2006-09-05 20:24:11 · answer #10 · answered by juanitaspn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋