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Different Breeds of Guinea Pigs as Your PetsBY: Eve | Category: Animals | Post Date: 2010-01-18
The guinea pig is a popular pet across the world. It is always thought of as a friendly and cordial animal. It scarcely bites and it is highly trainable. A guinea pig is about 10 inches in length and weighs about 2-3 pounds. It has a plump and roundish body shape that hardly has a noticeable tail. It can live for about 5-7 years. You can have it placed in a cage with some basic necessities that it may need like some hay for its nest and sleeping place, water and food containers. You may also put in some wooden blocks, plastic balls or rutted paper pieces for it to play with. You may also provide a small hiding place for it by using a cardboard or a small plastic bucket or pot. You must remember not to place exercise balls or wheels into the cage because the guinea pig may hurt itself. Its body form is not appropriate for these things and possible injury may occur if the guinea pig plays with these things. There are varied breeds of the guinea pigs and some of the popular ones are: 1. The English Cavy or the Satin American Breed is the most popular. Its coat is short and shiny, very close and flat to its body shape. 2. The long-haired guinea pigs comprise of many kinds such as the Texel guinea pig which has an elongated body and a curly coat; the Coronet is long-haired but with a distinctive lone rosette in the center of its forehead. The rest of these long-haired types are the Merino which has a ridge on its head, the Alpaca which has its long hair grow way over its head, the Abyssinian guinea pig which has disheveled and multi layers of hair on its body form which also give out more symmetrical pattern of rosettes; the hair and coat is rough and bulky. The Peruvian guinea pig has velvety and glossy body hair and coat that grows over its head and eventually parts down on its back, and then the hair regally grows down longer its entire body form. This makes this guinea pig have higher maintenance costs due to more grooming and trimming is needed to have a clean look. Finally, there is the Silkie/Sheltie guinea pig that has its hair grow backwards from its head. Its hair is shiny and silky as well. Its hair does not part on its back to differentiate it from the Peruvian. 3. Then there are the hairless guinea pigs which are the ‘Skinny pig' with very small patches of hair on its body form and feet and the Baldwin which started as a young guinea pig with a good coat of hair on its body, then it totally becomes hairless as it matures. There are a lot more kinds of guinea pigs. As additional information about these pets, the guinea pigs were commonly used in laboratory experiments for research reasons some years ago. But due to modern times, changes in research methods and technology, these guinea pigs have evolved to become better pets for families who consider them as such. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org About Author / Additional Info: Additional Articles: * Stress Management - What is stress and the science behind it. * Traditions and Beliefs In Celebrating the Chinese New Year * Foods That Are Healthy For You * Women's Lipstick: Helpful Tips To Know the Right Shade for You * God of 22nd century Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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