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  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 sandemp

    Member since 21/10/2002

    Reviews written: 582

    5 Stars This Little Piggy Went “Wheek, Wheek, Wheek” Review with images 06/02/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Wonderful, gentle, loving pets

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    *This review is long, but it is a guide to choosing and looking after the most wonderful of pets and I’ve tried to be as comprehensive as I can.**I am not an expert, all the information and advice in here is based on my experience as an enthusiastic “Mummy” to a total of six piggies over the last decade.If you’re looking for a small pet to join your family then forget hamsters, pass the gerbils by and seriously look into the sweetest, friendliest, funniest members of the rodent family that go by the common name of Guinea Pigs. Right at the outset, I’m going to admit that I’m severely biased in ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Smiley_Scarly

    5 Stars Furry things that eat a lot! 22/11/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Sweet, never bite, lovely animals

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Constant feeding, cleaning etc.

    Guinea pigs. I'm sure we all know a bit about them. Furry, grow up to a foot long, sort of like a cross between a gerbil and a ferret. But, knowing what they look like etc isn't going to help much when you've got your first guinea pig from the pet shop and you haven't a clue what to to. So, I thought maybe I would help out. I bought my fifth guinea pig today. When I was about 9, my Dad bought Stumpy. A few years after Stumpy died, there was Nikki and Sally, sisters. When Sally died a few months ago, just before I moved out from home, we didn't want Nik to be lonely, so bought Minnie. Nik died ... more
  • 34 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    spiceyspice

    5 Stars squeak piggy squeak 16/03/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages sweet,very friendly,good for small children

    Disadvantages Disadvantages can be quite smelly

    For my daughters 7th birthday she requested a guinea pig I did some research and discovered that its better to have 2 or 3 rather than one as they are happier in groups and don’t make very good solitary pets, some people recommended keeping one with a rabbit and a good friend of mine (now) breeds them and wouldn’t recommend that option as rabbits can be quite aggressive, so two piggies it was. Grandad make her a hutch it is about 1ft wide by 3 ft long with water proof roofing material and an arch leading to bedding area. Both the bedding area and the main hutch are accessible by a ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    offy

    5 Stars Guinea pigs - an ideal pet for children 08/10/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cute, cuddly, easy to keep pets for children

    Disadvantages Disadvantages They sometimes wee on you!

    Guinea pigs are an ideal pet for children. They are cute, cuddly, cheap easy to look after and can be quite friendly if they are handled enough. If you are considering buying one, you will need a hutch (preferably wooden, but some plastic ones are fine). This can be either kept indoors or outdoors, but will need a covering to keep the rain out if it is kept outdoors. Line the bottom of the cage with newspaper and sawdust and/or hay (they will also eat some of the hay). They need cleaning out at least once a week and feeding every day with vegetables and fruits (as they cannot make their own ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    aquar1us

    5 Stars Ideal for kids 30/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great for kids

    Disadvantages Disadvantages need to look after well.

    Guinea pigs are very cute, cuddly animals, and they rarely bite. I remember my first guinea pigs- I was about 3 when we got them. I was always cudling and stroking them. Im 16 now, and I've got 4 guinea and I love them!. Housing and equipment: You will need to buy a hutch for you guinea pigs to live in. There are many different shapes and sizes. The hutch should be atleast 45cm square for one guinea pigs, 90cm long and 45cm high and wide for 2, and so on. The hutch should really be made out of would, and easy to open out for cleaning. A guinea pig can live inside or outside. If outside the ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    MadCat

    4 Stars Piggy Heaven 11/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Small, friendly, suitable for small children

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Must have at least two, need cleaning out a lot, eat loads

    This is for all parents out there whose children are currently asking you every five minutes for an animal of their own. My own daughter started when she was three, after visiting next-door's little girl whose parents love animals and had, at that time, four rabbits, five guinea pigs, two hamsters, three cats and a dog. My husband thought that it would be a nice idea for her to have a couple of guinea pigs for her upcoming fourth birthday, and so we started to look around two nice pigs to adopt. It turned out that, a few weeks beforehand, our neighbour's brother's guinea pig had had four ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Polkadot-pig

    5 Stars Piggy Wiggy Woo Review with images 19/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The most gorgeous, easy to handle pet

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Hi, I've had 4 generations of Guinea Pigs - Got the first 2 when I was 4 years old (Well they were really my older brother's, but I still gave a wee hand with the petting). And I've enjoyed having them so much that everytime one piggy died - we rushed out to find two more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ BRILLIANT PETS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After 14 years of owning these delightful wee animals, I can honestly say that they are THE best pet for almost all ages - maybe not very young children unless you want to do all the proper work etc. None of my family has ever been ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    angels

    5 Stars Pig by name but not by nature 25/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages a lovely calm pet

    Disadvantages Disadvantages cant think of any

    Guinea pigs are the sweetest childs pet, they very rarely bit or scratch like a bunnie or hamster, and will endure hours of grooming and loving. And they will eat just about all your fruit and veg scraps( no lettuce please.) ~~ They are by nature a social animal, and really are at there best in at least pairs of either sex.We have happily kept males together for years, that were not from the same litter, or even the same age. They really are a laid back animal. ~~ Guinea's cant store vit.C, and so need to have it every day, either in a dry food variety, or via fresh food, it really is the one ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 dobieg

    Member since 31/01/2003

    Reviews written: 224

    5 Stars Guinea pigs - a users guide Review with images 14/03/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages friendly, communicative

    Disadvantages Disadvantages a bit thick, but nice with it

    Stupid, smelly, noisy and incontinent are the largely unjustified reputations that Guinea pigs have within many households. Let me take this opportunity to dispel some of these. Guinea pigs are members of the cavy family within the rodent group of animals, originating in South America. They occupy a similar ecological niche as rabbits in Europe, however they cannot interbreed (although this is a subject I will touch upon later in the review). Guinea pigs share a metabolic similarity with humans, in that they cannot manufacture vitamin C within their own bodies, and require to be fed this ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jusophine

    4 Stars Addicted To Guinea Pigs 27/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great pets for kids, and they don't bite.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can cost quite a bit to initially buy a good size cage, and require regular cleaning out. be prepared for extra's like vet bills(can be from £25 a time!).

    I have kept Guinea Pigs(GP's)on and off over the years, and still find them utterly addictive. The Guinea Pig, whose latin name is Cavia Porcellus, makes an exceptional pet, and so interesting to keep. Our first Guinea pig, who my older brother imaginatively named 'Fluff', was an albino rossetted piggy(known as an Abyssinnian), she was shy and lacking in confidence, hardly helped by our childish over enthusiasm. We had only had her a couple of weeks when we noticed she was beginning to resemble a prototype of a new kind of Concord, for her white sides were beginning to stretch at an alarming ... more
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