slide 1: An Overview About Guinea Pig
Breeders
Information on guinea pig breeders and reproduction is amazingly hard to discover on the
internet. If you have been planning on purchasing a guinea pig from a pet breeder you
might think why this is. Most of the popular guinea pig sites and boards are totally “anti-
breeding.” Breeding animals are very unpopular with a lot of creature fans such as those
who run great sites for realistic and moral reasons. These same people regularly run
guinea pig save companies and every day they battle to take on animals from
entrepreneurs who are no longer able to care for them – especially unskilled breeders.
Too Many Babies
Typically whenever Guinea pig breeders decide they want to start reproduction guinea pigs
they do so with the idea that there will only be a couple children. The reality is that the
average litter size can be from three to eight babies. Having more guinea pigs than one
designed leads to a cascade of problems. First all opposite-sex animals must be divided as
baby males can actually impregnate the mom at 3 weeks of age. This means an extra
crate and maybe more will be needed along with the present set up as the children are
young and insecure.
Finding excellent Guinea pigs for sale is not as easy as it appears. Before guinea pigs are
actually ready to look at it seems like there is scope and prospective family members
everywhere. Everyone “says” they have an interest but when it’s time many do not come
through. This results in the pet breeder looking permanently houses among people they
don’t know. How do they successfully display the possibility new families Eventually many
breeders become more anxious as the children become grownups. What happens if an
extra unexpected maternity happens because the sex of one of the pet dogs was
misidentifed How many adult guinea pigs can one keep As breeders become more
anxious they turn to pet shops and saves for help. Pet shops will ofer guinea pigs to
slide 2: anyone for any reason – even if the use is for lizard food – because they don’t ask
questions or screen owners. Pet shops also usually keep creatures in poor circumstances
such as badly vented congested crates where illness and harmful bacteria distribute like
crazy. Rescues and housing are regularly already over overwhelmed and battle to take in
additional animals.
The Risks Of Pregnancy
Many guinea pig lovers do not consider reproduction to be moral due to the high risk of
death and other concerns for the mom and children. As many as one-quarter of all guinea
pig pregnancies face complications. Almost all of the issues relevant to pregnancy and
birth will require treatment by a veterinarian and this is expensive. There are many
unskilled breeders who do not predict these issues and who later do not have money for
treatment. This results in the struggling and even death of one or more creatures. In the
vent only the mother dies then the pet breeder is remaining to hand feed the orphaned
babies as he or she is best able This is a hard scenario for everyone.
HOW TO CHOOSE GUINEA PIG BEDDING CAGE LINERS
The Guinea Pig Cage Liners that works best for you will need to be based mainly on the
type and size of the cage/hutch enclosure and the time and budget that you have.
Whatever sized enclosure you use youll need to provide approximately one to 2 “depth
of bedding product. It isnt recommended to use Cedar slices as they contain oils which
can end up in breathing problems.