How Much Is A Pet Guinea Pig

Introduction

Guinea pigs are a popular pet choice for people of all ages. The rodents, which are native to South America, have become one of the most popular animals to adopt as a pet in recent years. They’re known for their cute, curious nature and their overall fun personality traits.

Guinea pig

As a rodent, guinea pigs are closely related to mice, rats and rabbits. They also resemble squirrels in appearance and behavior because of their bushy tails and small size (they are only about a foot long).

Guinea pigs originate from South America where they lived wild on the plains of Bolivia and Ecuador. Today they can be found domesticated all over the world as pets or used for research purposes; however, their original habitat is still intact thanks to large reserves that have been set up for them by conservationists.

Guinea pigs feed mostly on leaves of cacti but will also eat fruits and berries if they find them growing in their natural environment. They love grasses too!

Cavy or domestic guinea pig

• Cavies are social animals.
• Cavies are easy to care for.
• Cavies are good for kids.
• Cavies are a good starter pet.

Cavia porcellus

Guinea pigs are known to be very clean and tidy, so they have little need for large cages. However, this doesn’t mean that they don’t need a spacious enclosure. It’s not uncommon for guinea pigs to spend up to five hours outside of their cage each day roaming around their owner’s home. The bigger the cage, the more room your guinea pig will have during these explorations.

Guinea pigs also enjoy climbing, so it’s important that their cage has plenty of space above ground level as well as below. This will allow them some additional climbing opportunities while still maintaining enough room on the floor for sleeping or eating hay.

Suidae

Suidae is a family of omnivorous mammals, the only living family within the Suinae subfamily of Suinae.

Suidae includes pigs, peccaries, and hippopotamuses. The subfamily includes four genera: Sus (pigs), Tayassu (peccaries) and Hexaprotodon (extinct “beef-eating” pig). Hippopotamia literally means “river horse”, so named because it resembles a small horse with short legs and long ears; the word comes from Ancient Greek hippos (“horse”) + potamos (“river”), meaning “horse from the river”. It was coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1797 as Hyracotherium or Pseudhipparion; he also included several other species under this genus.

Pholidota

Pholidota is a superorder of placental mammals, including the families Erinaceidae, Chinchillidae, and Caviidae. It is also known as the order of hedgehogs and allies.

Ferae

Ferae is an order of mammals that includes carnivores, omnivores, rodents and lagomorphs. Ferae is a suborder of the placental mammals group.

The order Ferae includes active, fast-moving animals. The biggest members of this group are lions and tigers. They hunt for food by chasing it down or by pouncing on it from above. Large cats such as lions and tigers are also called “apex predators,” because they’re at the top of their food chain — they don’t have any enemies except humans! Some smaller members include mice (which eat seeds), porcupines (which eat plants), rabbits (which eat grasses) and ferrets (which eat meat).

Mammalia

Mammals are warm-blooded, hair-bearing vertebrates that feed their young with milk produced by mammary glands. They are endothermic (warm-blooded) heterotrophs.

Mammalian species range in size from the 30 gram (1 ounce) Batseba cati, to the blue whale which weighs about 150 tonnes (330,000 pounds). The average lifespan of an animal is 25 years but some can live up to 100 years!

Mammals have four characteristics: hair; endothermy; lactation and placenta. Mammals make up 4 percent of all described species on Earth today but they account for 90 percent of known vertebrate species, as well as being tied with birds as having the most diverse number of living families among nonavian reptiles or amphibians at around 516 different groups each!

Eutheria

Eutheria is a taxonomic clade that includes all placental mammals. The name comes from the Greek words eu (true) and ther (wild). It is one of two major groups of extant placentals, the other being Metatheria.

The earliest known members of Eutheria are Scutosauridae, which lived in what would later become North America and Asia during the Late Triassic period around 230 million years ago. However, some studies suggest that these fossil taxa may have been more closely related to Xenarthra than to true placentals as defined today.[1][2]

The most recent common ancestor of all living eutherians is believed to have been just after the Permian–Triassic extinction event, 252 million years ago;[3][4][5] however, molecular clock estimates suggest the last common ancestor between marsupials and monotremes may be as old as 202 Ma.[6]

Placentalia

Placental mammals are a group of mammals that possess a placenta. Placentalia is the larger grouping that includes all liv

Boreoeutheria

Boreoeutheria is a superorder of placental mammals, including rodents, bats, pangolins, and carnivores. It was once considered a subclade of Eutheria (the clade that includes all living placentals). In other words, Boreoeutheria was thought to be the sister taxon to Laurasiatheria (a group that includes marsupials and their extinct relatives).

The two lineages are now considered distinct due to differences in anatomy and DNA sequences.

Euarchontoglires

The Euarchontoglires are a clade of mammals with a common ancestor. They include rodents, lagomorphs (rabbits and hares), bats and primates. A number of researchers believe the Euarchontoglires diverged from other mammals around 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.

The sister group to this clade is Laurasiatheria, which includes carnivores and whales as well as some hoofed animals like deer, cattle and pigs. This makes sense when you consider that these groups have similar characteristics including having hair instead of fur or scales on their body surfaces (though laurasiatheres do not have hair).

Rodentia

A guinea pig is a rodent. It belongs to the order Rodentia and family Caviidae, which includes other rodents like chinchillas and capybaras. These animals are members of the infraorder Hystricomorpha, along with porcupines and marmots. These animals have large incisors that grow throughout their lives, which they use for gnawing on things.

The name “guinea pig” is a corruption of an old Spanish word for these animals: “cavia porcellus”, or “little pig”. The scientific name was given by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 when he noticed that it was similar enough to pigs that he thought it warranted its own genus within Suidae—the family of pigs themselves!

Caviomorphia

In the wild, cavia porcellus can live up to six years, but they are typically bred in captivity and are sold at around eight weeks old. At this age, a guinea pig is considered full-grown even though it can live for many more years.

A typical pet store will charge about $25 for an 8 week old guinea pig with all the supplies needed to care for it properly; this price may vary somewhat depending on where you purchase your animal from.

It is important to note that some pet stores may mark up their prices due to supply/demand issues or simply because they know what you’re willing to pay! So if you see one advertised cheaper somewhere else, don’t be afraid to shop around before making your decision – especially if there’s something specific about the animal that catches your fancy!

Guinea pigs are a good pet.

Guinea pigs are a great pet for many reasons.

• They’re easy to care for. Guinea pigs require a small cage and food pellets, hay, fruit and vegetables, water bottle and a litter box (if you choose to house them indoors).

Conclusion

Guinea pigs are not as expensive as dogs or cats. They do not require obedience training and they will not eat you out of house and home. Sure, they need food, water and shelter but these items can be provided by inexpensive means. Also their medical needs are minimal so their medical bills should be kept to a minimum as well.

This article has shown that guinea pigs are economical pets that are very affordable for everyone!