Hi,
I volunteered to help a family take care of a herd they bought for their 7 year old son. They were abandoned and then this family adopted them, so the guinea pigs' ages are unknown. The store says they're girls. These are their first pets.
Now for the questions:
1) They keep fighting with each other and biting each other. Could this be because the cage is too small?
2) What's a good sized cage for 3 guinea pigs?
3) What's good beddings for guinea pigs?
4) I know it's not good to use hay as a bedding, but when I told the mom this she wanted to know why?
5) The mom said that she started by only putting the hay in a corner of the cage, but the guinea pigs kept fighting over it. If a hay rack is used, how do we prevent this?
6) The cage is outside. Is this bad?
7) What good toys are there? Can you provide links?
8) What types of chew toys do guinea pigs need?
9) Do guinea pigs get territorial? How do you prevent this?
10) How to prevent them from biting each other?
11) How to prevent them from fighting each other?
12) Differences between owning 2 and owning 3?
13) How to prevent them from being nervous around the kids?
14) how to tame them?
15) how to clean wood cages?
16) Do guinea pigs need litter boxes? Can you potty train them?
17) Do they need food bowls? What are the options regarding ways of feeding them?
18) What are safe/unsafe fruits and veggies?
19) Do guinea pigs need pellets? What vitamins do they need? What's a good diet to feed them?
20) How often should you give them baths? How?
As you can tell, I dont know a lot about guinea pigs, so would really appreciate if you could answer all my questions.
Thanks in advance!
I volunteered to help a family take care of a herd they bought for their 7 year old son. They were abandoned and then this family adopted them, so the guinea pigs' ages are unknown. The store says they're girls. These are their first pets.
Now for the questions:
1) They keep fighting with each other and biting each other. Could this be because the cage is too small?
2) What's a good sized cage for 3 guinea pigs?
3) What's good beddings for guinea pigs?
4) I know it's not good to use hay as a bedding, but when I told the mom this she wanted to know why?
5) The mom said that she started by only putting the hay in a corner of the cage, but the guinea pigs kept fighting over it. If a hay rack is used, how do we prevent this?
6) The cage is outside. Is this bad?
7) What good toys are there? Can you provide links?
8) What types of chew toys do guinea pigs need?
9) Do guinea pigs get territorial? How do you prevent this?
10) How to prevent them from biting each other?
11) How to prevent them from fighting each other?
12) Differences between owning 2 and owning 3?
13) How to prevent them from being nervous around the kids?
14) how to tame them?
15) how to clean wood cages?
16) Do guinea pigs need litter boxes? Can you potty train them?
17) Do they need food bowls? What are the options regarding ways of feeding them?
18) What are safe/unsafe fruits and veggies?
19) Do guinea pigs need pellets? What vitamins do they need? What's a good diet to feed them?
20) How often should you give them baths? How?
As you can tell, I dont know a lot about guinea pigs, so would really appreciate if you could answer all my questions.
Thanks in advance!