Long-haired guinea pigs do need brushing and the occasional trim around the rear end. Short-haired guinea pigs require little grooming other than checking the length of their toe nails.
Some guinea pigs love eating bread crusts, but this doesn't mean that it's good for them. While it's okay to offer a small cube of wholemeal bread as an occasional...
Congratulations! By eating good quality hay your guinea pigs are eating a diet very close to what nature intended. Offer a small portion of gourmet diet alongside fresh fruit and...
Yes, indeed two males can live happily together. However, this depends on them either being brothers and lived together since they were born, or else introducing them in the correct...
Guinea pigs love company and absolutely, two guinea pigs can live together. Ideally, keep a pair of guinea pigs rather than a lone pig, just be careful to introduce them...
A single guinea pig is liable to get lonely as they are sociable creatures that love to chat and interact act with one another. A pair is ideal, or even...
Exercise wheels/balls are very dangerous for guinea pigs, and aren't suitable for them. Guinea pigs don't have flexible backs like hamsters or mice, so the ball would simply put strain...
Guinea pigs are more like people, in that their hair falls out as part of a natural cycle. Thus you will see some hair 'shed' but it shouldn't be excessive.