How do guinea pigs spend the winter?

Guinea pigs, also known as guinea pigs, are currently more popular pets, there are many people will raise guinea pigs, then guinea pigs how to winter it? Let's take a look.

How do guinea pigs winter?

In winter, put some high fat food in the rat food! No need to increase food intake, normal feeding on the line, in winter, if found that the Dutch pig drink less water, is also normal, do not worry.

Generally speaking, guinea pigs like room temperature above 20 degrees Celsius. If it is lower than this temperature, they need to keep warm properly.

Guinea pigs feed on plant foods, have no special requirements for food, and are physically strong and not prone to illness. Mainly eat green parts of plants, weeds as the staple food, like to eat green pepper, lettuce, cherry and other fresh fruits and vegetables, but fruits and vegetables and other foods containing too much water can not be overfed, easy to cause diarrhea in guinea pigs, fasting cruciferous and starchy things.

II. Living habits of guinea pigs

1. Likes to live in groups, has a large head, short neck, round ears, no tail, full body hair, short limbs, four toes in front limbs, three toes in rear limbs, sharp short claws, has the habit of catching people, does not like climbing and jumping, so it can be raised in a small cement pool without a cover. Habits docile, timid and easily alarmed, sometimes issued squeaky screams, like dry and clean living environment.

2, smell, hearing is more developed, to a variety of stimuli have a very high response, such as sound, smell and temperature mutations are extremely sensitive, so in the air turbidity and cold environment easy to occur pneumonia, and cause abortion, frightened also easy to abort.

3. Guinea pigs are herbivorous animals, with developed masticatory muscles and very thin stomach walls. The caecum is particularly dilated, accounting for about 1/3 of the abdominal cavity volume. The crude fiber requirement is more than that of rabbits, but it is not as easy to suffer from diarrhea as rabbits.

4, guinea pigs eat a large amount of food, accustomed to the appetite, but particularly sensitive to the deterioration of feed, often reduce food or waste food, and even cause abortion.

Guinea pigs are still relatively good breeding, gentle temperament, is a more suitable pet breeding, but winter should also pay attention to ventilation and heat preservation.