Guinea Pig Pet Insurance

During the past century, the Guinea Pig has become a popular pet in the United States. Although we all know that animal common, there are many facts concerning which are not necessarily common knowledge. Please read along as we explore and discuss some interesting facts about this common house pet and lovable.

Pork Guinea has a very delicate frame. For this reason, the Guinea pig bones break easily. For this reason, Guinea pigs should be handled carefully and loosely. Do not shake or kiss a pig Guinea tightly. In addition, it must be very careful to ensure that Guinea pigs are not dropped from the excessive height or allowed to jump from high surfaces such as tables, chairs or sofas.

Guinea pigs have a total of 14 feet. Each foot has four toes and hind feet have each three fingers. When Guinea Pigs walk or run, they do so only on those toes. The entire foot rests on the ground that when the pigs are standing.

Unlike the squirrels, mice or other rodents from eating many, Guinea pigs do not sit on their heels and food caught between their paws. Their style is more like feeding a horse or dog - just standing on all fours and out of the pasture with a dish, bowl or soil.

In general, Guinea pigs are friendly, pleasant and peaceful animals. Two females can easily live with each other with little or no conflict. A male and a female almost always get along very well (even if one of them must obviously be sterilized to prevent a population explosion in the cage). Two men, if kept together also generally make a good pair. However, if a new male is introduced into the house another male, there will probably be hostile behavior - at least initially.

Two men in the presence of one or several women are a bad idea. They can become very aggressive and adversarial towards each other as they compete for females. In nature, Guinea pigs used to live in packs. The dominant male pack was the only man allowed to mate with females. This increased the chances of survival of offspring, because it ensured all children were the descendants of the strongest and most capable men available. Although Guinea pigs no longer exist in the wild, this efficiency problem can still be seen in our domestic pigs.

Guinea pigs have a very acute sense of hearing. Like dogs, they are able to hear the frequencies or tones over the range of human hearing. Humans can hear frequencies up to 20 kHz (20,000 vibrations per second), while guinea pigs can hear frequencies as high as 33 kHz.
The Guinea Pig is very dependent on its keen sense of smell. The sense of smell cavy is one of thousands of times more sensitive and more enlightened than that of a human being.

The Guinea pig is an animal that is very common to most of us in the Western world. And although it is well enough for us as a family pet and as a laboratory animal, there is much information about a small rodent that is not known. I hope the news is aware of this discussion will help you better understand the actions and behaviors of your own pet Guinea pigs as you interact with them on a daily basis.