Guinea Pigs Care
Guinea Pigs are a popular household pet that is mostly cared by children. The Guinea Pig originally came from South America and now is a loveable domesticated pet that has been introduced by Europeans. Guinea Pigs are small creatures and they are very easy to handle. If you want to become really good friends with your guinea pig you must be gentle and feed it regularly and keep its cage very clean.
Guinea Pig Foods: Good foods & Bad foods
Guinea Pigs are herbivores and needs a lot of vitamin C like tomatoes and hale. You can feed them all sorts of fruit and vegetables but you have to take out the seeds because they are toxic. Some foods are poisons to guinea pigs including:
. Avocadoes
· Sugars or junk food (e.g. Chocolate)
· Coffee or tea
· Nuts
· Mushrooms
· Onions
· Potato peels and the potato it self
· Raisins
· Rhubarb leaves
· Salt
· Tomato leafs and stem
· Cooked or processed foods
· Milk
· Broccoli
Guinea Pig Cage Cleaning
Guinea Pig cages have to be cleaned every once a week. You have to first clean the whole cage with pure water including the walls and the floor. After cleaning the cage with water you must disinfect with a spray bottle. You have to mix 90% water and 10% chlorine that are used for swimming pools. Spray the whole cage and leave for 1 hour to dry before bringing the guinea pigs inside. Repeat this minimum 2 times a week.
