Guinea Pig Info ASAP!!!!?

Question

Hi! I am thinking about getting a Guinea Pig and I would like to know all the information needed on owning one.

1. How much their supplies cost

2. How much they cost

3. What they eat

4. I really need pics of Guinea Pig cages that are an appropriate size.

5. How much excersize they need.

6. If they need regular vet care.

7. How to convince my parents.

Thank you very much to whoever answers!!!

Answer 1

supplies usually cost a lot. and no sorry but bedding and food do not cost 2 dollars a week like someone said. believe me! we spend a whole bunch more on our guineas...

cage 30-40.00 food 6.00 for a decent bag water bottle 4.00 there's a lot more that's nescessary to take care of your guinea pig. you just need to be prepared to pay the price.

the ones at the regular pet stores usually cost like 20.00 but if you get like a really fancy one it will cost a lot more.

they eat little guinea pig pellets. but make sure it says for guinea pigs, they can't eat rabbit food or anything. idk it's something like they don't make their own blood sugar or something weird so they have to put it in their food. they also eat lettuce carrots broccili spinach apples, pares, and oranges.

as long as it has enough room to run around in it will be a good cage.  http://www.pet-shop.net/assets/images/sp...

you should let them run around like once a day. what i do is take the top of the cage off and put that over them so that way you can leave them out there (just not in the sun) for a while without them escaping.

that's really up to your parents. just show them how responsable you are. and don't keep asking because you'll wind up with a definate no. well i hope that helped! :)

Answer 2

fist make sure you can take of it for at least 4 to 9 years

1-3. depending where you buy shaving( not cedar) water bottles,houses for them to hide it, hay, pellets, have to have free feed for them, salad(romaine) every other day, carrots, red pepers 2 times a week

4. goto http://www.guineapigcages.com/

5. harness and leash they can eat grass out side, leash is so if they run you can cetch them!

6. no but if be aware they can cost up to the same as a cat at the vets.

7. u are ready to be responsible to clean cage once a week, and have somethings life in your hands to care for.

Answer 3

Guinea pigs are social animals.

The guinea pig habitat can be a simple arrangement with walls 30 cm. high, open on top and having a minimum floor area of 3,000 square cm (approx. 2ft by 2ft.). More space is needed for a pair of guinea pigs. The bedding should be white wood shavings (not sawdust or cedar shavings). Guinea pigs cannot tolerate excessive heat. Guinea pigs require exercise and will happily run around in  a room for hours.

If your Guinea pig is being repetitive/listless,  it is bored and frustrated. Provide your guinea pig with a more stimulating environment by providing more items to chew on, a larger home, more out of cage exercise time or more time socializing with the family.

Provide twice daily an assortment of foods (4 or 5 types) such as carrots, peas, apples, green peppers, spinach, kale, pears, dandelion leaves, clover, plantain, cucumbers, corn, celery, melons, oranges, beet tops and parsley. Food preferences vary from guinea pig to guinea pig. Also, guinea pigs tend to become habituated to certain foods from a young age so provide a variety of foods and continue over time to reintroduce foods previously ignored. Do not feed lettuce, cabbage, beans, potatoes, rhubarb or chocolate

Your guinea pig's basic diet should also be supplemented with pellet  food. Fresh pellets are vital to guinea pigs as they are enriched with vitamin C which guinea pigs (like humans) cannot synthesize.  

If you see sores on the bottom pads of the feet, or skin irritations/itching  a vet would be of assistance.  I'm in Thunder Bay, and the average cost for a descent sized cage is 80 bucks,  You can make one though, foods around $10.  

Call up a reputable pet store and see what they charge for what you need.

Answer 4

1)  A cage is about $30-50.  Weekly food will be $2.  Weekly cage wood shavings will be about $2.  About $200 a year to keep.

2) Guinea Pigs are about $20.

3)  There is Guinea pig food.  Rabbit food will work.  They like table scraps of vegges (tops of tomatoes, celery, carrots, etc.)

4) I used a 30 gallon fish tank.  You can use a large wire cage too.  Put newspaper, and cedar shavings on the bottom to catch their messes.  Replace that at least once a week.

5)  They don't need much exercise.  They'll run around the cage from time to time.  Best thing is to keep them interested.  Keep safe things to nibble on in the cage.  And have plenty of water.  They drink alot.  You can take them out of the cage and hold them and feed them greens.  Mine liked to do that.

6)  They don't need vet care, unless there's a problem.  You shouldn't have them out to get exposed to diseases like a cat and dog might catch.

7)  Can't help you there.  The best thing to do is if you have a dog or cat, or have a neighbor with one, you take care of the animal all by yourself, without being told to do anything.  You do that for a month or two and that would be enough to show you're responsible to take care of something else.

Answer 5

1) The supplies will vary..depends on where you go...on average......

-cage- $30-$40

-food-$10-$20

-toys/chews-$10-$20(depends on hoe many you get and how good it is)

-bowls-$2-$5

2)Guinea pigs are herbivores, meaning they eat only grasses, vegetables and fruit. Provide twice daily an assortment of foods (4 or 5 types) such as carrots, peas, apples, green peppers, spinach, kale, pears, dandelion leaves, clover, plantain, cucumbers, corn, celery, melons, oranges, beet tops and parsley. Food preferences vary from guinea pig to guinea pig. Also, guinea pigs tend to become habituated to certain foods from a young age so provide a variety of foods and continue over time to reintroduce foods previously ignored. Do not feed lettuce, cabbage, beans, potatoes, rhubarb or chocolate to guinea pigs (or rabbits), the latter three can be toxic.

Your guinea pig's basic diet should also be supplemented with pelleted commercial feed. Fresh pellets are vital to guinea pigs as they are enriched with vitamin C which guinea pigs (like humans) cannot synthesize. Purchase fresh pellets in small quantities, never keeping pellets on hand for more than a month. Place the food in heavy plastic or ceramic bowls that won't easily tip, one bowl for pellets and one for fresh food.

Plastic sipper bottles are best for water. Be sure the nipple is low enough for the smallest guinea pig to reach. Change water daily, and weekly clean and disinfect water bottle and food dishes.

Hay is also important for your guinea pig, adding fibre to the diet. Hay should be fed daily and in abundance. Compressed bales of hay can be purchased at pet stores or purchased directly from farmers or from country feed stores.

If your guinea pig is not fed enough fruits or vegetables or if the pellets are not fresh, he or she may become deficient in Vitamin C. Vitamin C may be added to your guinea pig’s diet through the water. Dissolve 200 mg of Vitamin C per litre of drinking water in your pet's bottle (this should not be necessary if you are feeding plenty of fresh foods).

4)http://www.guineapigcages.com/

   http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/

   ttp://exoticpets.about.com/od/guineapigs...

5) Guinea Pigs like all living animals need plenty of exercise. When you let them run around on the floor you will see how much they really enjoy a good run. Guinea Pigs when happy "Pop Corn". When running or standing still, all of a sudden your Piggy will leap in to the air with joy. When I first saw this Kornage was on the sofa with me, running up and down. Then all of a sudden he started doing it, at first I thought he was having a convulsion. I now know this to be pop corning. When your piggie's are in a group, if one starts to do it you will notice most of the time the others will too. It's really very cute to watch. Kornage pop corns the most when he is on the floor with the girls. We have nick named him Bucking Bull because that's what we liken it too.

If you let your Guinea Pigs run around freely in doors you MUST make sure you block off all cables. Millie Nawty Moozer has chomped her way through lots of my cables. A long story so I will keep it short, even when you block off all places your Piggie's can get to that have wires there, your friends unblock them unknowing to you by accident! I had to replace 3 network cables, one scanner cable, speaker cable and the sky cable! you get my point here ?

If you do put your Guinea Pig on the floor and they have had newspaper in their cage, try putting some down on the floor. I found my piggie's liked to use this to go to the loo on.

You can also get small animal litter trays. They are not like cat litter trays, they are made in a triangle shape with one corner higher. Some Guinea Pigs like to back up in to something when they go to loo but this is not the case with all, as only Nutmeg shows this behavior.

I keep my Cavies in the living room and they run on the floor, I have found they actually go back in to their cage to pee. They will leave pellets on the floor sometimes though but they definitely like to use the cage to urinate. This is something they started to do after a while with me. I think they are now used to their surroundings and know where to find their cage.

I have read online that Guinea Pigs do not climb or jump. This is true to 3 of my pigs but Millie can jump up four courses of brickwork. I have a small wall in my garden and she can easily get on top of it. She also uses things to climb up on to. So just be careful when you let your Guinea Pigs get exercise.

I have found when the Guinea Pigs are in the run on the grass they do not run around as much as they do when I have them on the patio.

They get their most exercise in doors on carpet. Out of options this seems to be their most favorite.

6)I wouldn't say REGULAR vet care like dogs and cats but I would recommend once every year or two. Just make sure that you RUSH to the vet if ANYTHING is wrong....

7) Say.........all the things you know about them....and make sure you read these below websites....they give TONS of info on little piggies :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig

http://www.cavyspirit.com

http://www.guineapigcages.com/index.htm

http://www.guinealynx.info/

http://www.guineapigsclub.com/gp_site/in...

http://www.aracnet.com/~seagull/Guineas/

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/rabbit...

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/guineapig...

http://www.2ndchance.info/guineapigcare....

HOPE THIS HELPS,

-Amanda