Guinea Pigs –

Guinea Pigs are popular pets that can live up to 6 years, they need daily contact with their owner and some require regular grooming. A good healthy diet is also required, Hay for foraging on, vegetables and fruit and a good quality dry food that must have added vitamin C, guinea pigs cannot produce their own vitamin C. Rabbit food is no good as it doesn’t have vitamin C.

We prefer to re-home Guinea Pigs in same sex pairs however one common reason for re-homing Guinea’s is fighting between male boars, usually once this has happened they have to be re-homed on their own. We do not re-home guinea pigs to go with Rabbits, contrary to popular belief they do not make ideal cage mates as they have different requirements. A guinea pig requires daily exercise so we prefer that they have access to an out door run/enclosure where they have protection from the weather and other animals, their cage/hutch should be large enough for a pair of Guinea’s to live comfortably in where they have space to get away from each other if they feel the need. Indoor guinea pigs will need regular toe nail clipping, we can show you how to do this or your own vet could show you how.

We suggest a donation of £10 when adopting a Guinea Pig be made to the RSPCA.

There are lots of websites that give information about small furry animals, my main knowledge is about Guinea’s however I might be able to help with other animals.

Allan.