History of Guinea Pigs
Guinea pigs make great pets, they are low maintenance, they are inexpensive to care for and they are sweet and loving pets even though they are rodents. You don’t really realize that fact that they are in the same family as rats and mice. They are cute and cuddly and they like to play rather than freak you out by hiding in a garbage can or something. Guinea pigs have been around since the year 2000BC, they have a reputation for being evil conductors and made to be the sacrifice in rituals way back in the BC years. But then they were brought over by the Dutch and English as pets and they don’t really serve any other purpose besides being a pet. The guinea pig is a basic low maintenance pet. You clean their cages, give them food, give them water and play with them. They love you unconditionally [...]
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Guinea Pig Origins
Guinea pigs were first found to be used as food by South American tribes in 2000BC. That region today is known as Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia where the guinea pig is still used as food. They are used also as collectors of evil spirits in healing rituals. It wasn’t until the Dutch and English traders carried guinea pigs over to Europe when they were introduced as pets. How the guinea pig got its name it really not known. The class of animal a guinea pig comes from is called Cavia Porcellus, the word Cavia translates to many language to little pig. Some believe they got there name because they sound like little pigs when the squeal. One legend that comes around a lot is that the guinea pigs were sold as pigs that someone could buy for a guinea; at the time a guinea was described as a British coin [...]
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