Guinea pig

Guinea pig 
Guinea pig is a rodent of the family and class Caviidae Cavia. There are a total of nine species, but is best known C. porcellus, guinea pig simple.

History 
In English, known as a guinea pig or cavy, the animal comes from an ancestor Cavia Cutler, who still resides in South America.

Time of their arrival on European soil is not reliable, probably they were later imported English sailors. Today, guinea pigs are one of the most popular children's pets around the world.


The Incas kept guinea pigs are more or less as pets (specifically, to eat) long before the Europeans arrived. Conquest in the sixteenth century. Spanish conquistadors found them so feel free to run around people's houses and took to Europe, but guinea pigs are still kept its role as food.

Types

The best known are: English guinea pig (with short and glossy hair), Paraguay (with long hair) and Argentine guinea pig (with a short rough coat).

Food

It is important to note that guinea pigs is not at all difficult to grow because the most important substance in the diet vitamin C that they must be given regularly. It is best to add product to water, in a ratio of 1 / 2 effervescent tablets of preparations of vitamin C on 1 / 2 liters of water.

Propagation

The female guinea pig carries an average of 2 months, and the length of pregnancy depends on the number of offspring, because as far as female pups will soon spawn. Youth in the world come to a more advanced stage than other types of rodents. They are born with hair, eyes open, fixed and not primary teeth, ... and already after two days unable to take solid food, but still need some time (15 days) spent with her mother because of the acquisition of immunity through the milk. A female can have three litters a year, and sex is ripe with a month, while a male is sexually mature to 2-3 months. Dogs do not need to separate from the females after mating or after litter, because there is no pronounced cannibalism as in other rodents.

It is important to note that the female must have her first litter of up to 8 months. If the first match later of which may have valikih problems at birth, and die. The problem is the elasticity of the pelvis.