Guinea pigs love to cuddle!

Please don't buy a guinea pig from a pet store! There are SO many homeless guinea pigs, just as many as cats and dogs! Please call local shelters that could possibly have guinea pigs. Most of the time shelters euthenize the guinea pigs right a way and only deal with cats and dogs.

If you get a guinea pig it is best to buy two or three, they like the company of other guinea pigs. If you need to find a cheap, easy way to build a cage for you piggies, try cavycages.com.

Ok, while I'm at it I'll throw in a lot of general care info that lots of petstores leave out....

Guinea pigs need to be taken out of their cage once a day (if you can't take them out atleast once a day than I think it would be best to get atleast 2). My piggy, Taffy, loves to cuddle. His 8th birthday will be in April (atleast I think!) Piggies need fresh vegetables and fruits every day. Taffy gets a huge salad every night, lettuce, spinnach, carrots, peppers, and whatever else we have in the house. They need alfalfa hay until they reach a year, and than swich them over to timothy hay since alfalfa has way too much calcium. Hay should always be available, same with pellets.

The cage needs to be cleaned atleast once a week or it will start to smell. Try spot cleaning it if you can, than it could last a little longer.

I have SO much more info that I can share if needed, if you want to know anything else just PM me or post on this board!