Olivier Rebiere - How to care for your Guinea Pig?: Small digital guide to take care of your pet

A small guide that will not only teach you how to care for your guinea pig, but also some tips to make your life easier and minimize maintenance costs of your pet...

English, version 4

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Hi there!

W e welcome you in your new Nature Passion "How to care for your Guinea Pig?", a practical guide, that we hope will help you to easily take care of your guinea pig at home, but also discover many other things. You will learn how to spend a minimum for your pet while feeding it in a healthy and balanced way.

I have always had a passion for animals - rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, dormice, chicken and ducks. When we built our adventure park, I already had in mind to develop a small zoo with rabbits mainly. A real adventure because I had to learn a lot and make extensive research in order to take good care of them! And in no time we also added guinea pigs - very cute animals.

I thought to share with you my experience, because often people who saw guinea pigs in our park were eager to have one at home, but did not know how to handle it. They are so cute we almost forget that we have to take care of them, didn't we ;-) ?

In this guide, I will introduce the basic principles in order that your pet feels good and at the same time you are content to take care of it. I will also give you some tips and advice on food (which will not cost you a lot ;-)...) and housing, but also some basic care necessary for a guinea pig.

Life is full of simple pleasures that can easily turn into pure happiness ;-)...

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Okay, so here we go: guinea pigs are waiting for you ;-) !

Sincerely,

Cristina & Olivier Rebire

Cristina & Olivier Rebire met at the age of 17 in 1990 in Romania, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.

After two years of correspondence and several meetings, Cristina was able to get a scholarship to study in France and became Olivier's wife in 1993.

Since then, these two "life adventurers" have had an existence full of twists and turns, during which they fell in love with travel, entrepreneurship and writing. Their books are useful, practical, and will fill you up with energy and creativity.

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Guinea pigs are very cute, but their wild and fearful nature does not make them easy pets. They are nice, lovely, but to get used to you, you should have patience :-). However, don't worry because it is a pet with a much calmer temperament than chinchillas or rabbits and even more docile.

It is a sociable animal that will depress if left alone too long. In case you cannot offer it a pet-friend (another guinea pig :-)!), you should play this role, talk to it, play with it. Otherwise, your pet will be depressed and apathetic, sleeping all day, fearful remaining in a corner and even refusing to eat sometimes. If you care for it, it will rejoice like crazy when it will hear you coming home!

If you can accommodate two guinea pigs, it is better to take the same sex, otherwise the family will soon grow. The males will be more aggressive if they do not know each other since birth, but it is not a rule because everything depends on individuals. My first two guinea pigs, Doby and Cuzco, did not know each other at all and I acclimated them quite quickly. See section for more details.

MY ADVICE Guinea pigs are fairly delicate and sensitive animals and therefore it is not advisable to entrust their care to children under 8-10 years old. They do not like being nipped and do not tolerate much loud noises because they get afraid.