Various guinea pig breeds have longer hair than others considerably. Animals with such kind of hair require a lot of grooming. Surprisingly, some guinea pigs themselves don’t like long hair because it compromises their movement and vision. So, what guinea pig breed should I get? If you want to get long-haired guinea pig breed, you can choose from Peruvian, Texel, Silkie, Lunkyara, and Coronet. All these breeds have long hair; they became famous at guinea...
Even if you’ve seen or owned one of these when you were a child, you’ve always wondered why they are called guinea pigs. Well, to answer your question, NO, they’re not a subspecies of pigs, and surprisingly to most of the folks, they don’t come from Guinea. Wait, what? Are they related to pigs at all? That’s exactly how I felt when I found out, so I had to find the answer. When it comes...
Guinea Pig Tube was founded because I LOVE Guinea Pigs. It all started with one guinea pig that I quite accidentally bought over a 10 years ago. I wanted to raise a healthy guinea pig but had zero knowledge about how to do that. Some information I found on the internet has hurt more than it helped.
Please look around and use the resources. If some of this information help at least some of the guinea pigs out there then the purpose of this site is achieved!
