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20 best ways to bond with your guinea pig!
Guinea Pig Care

20 best ways to bond with your guinea pigs

When you first get your guinea pig, you may find that they seem absolutely terrified and dash for the nearest hidey whenever you approach their cage.  If you’d imagined your new friends rushing tow...

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Why Are My Guinea Pigs Fighting?

Guinea pigs are usually gentle, uncomplicated little souls - quite content with a simple life of munching on hay & fresh veggies, napping in their cozy snooze spots, and popcorning about when t...

how to keep guinea pigs in 2022

How to keep guinea pigs in 2022

Daisy and Twinkle were the guinea pigs my sister and I were given as children waaay back in the 1980s! But the truth is that the way we look after our furry pals in 2022 is quite different to how m...

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The Ultimate Guide to Critical Care for Guinea Pigs

Some things never change - guinea pigs love nothing more than a nibble on some fresh hay and a few dandelion stalks. With excitable wheeks emitting from your piggy’s cage every night around dinner ...

How to clean a guinea pig's ears

A Step-by-Step Guide to Cleaning Your Guinea Pigs Ears

You may know that guinea pigs need to be groomed and have their nails trimmed, but did you know that guinea pigs need their ears cleaned, too? Like us, guinea pigs can suffer from a build-up of ear...

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Do Guinea Pigs Fart? All about Bloating

We love our guinea pigs to the moon and back but let's agree to say that they can be smelly little creatures! Not only are they masters at creating a mess in their cage but they can also scent mark...