How much should guinea pigs weigh? I’m Ludo, and I’m answering the question today from my experience. And with Mummy’s help. Average weight Most of the books say that guinea pigs weigh 600 to 1200 grams. I wonder whether they are taking that as a young adult, or if that’s the range for sows. Mummy …
The first thing I thought of when we got the letter T, was 'Tortoise'. I'm Ludo, and I've been co-authoring this blog for longer than Locksley, so I met Artemis the tortoise first. I asked Mummy if he could do a Guest Post, although we hadn't heard from him for a while. He couldn't because …
Hello, Ludo here, with R is for Rescue in our A2Z Challenge. I think we've done pretty well so far, don't you? Rescues we have known Nearly all of us have come from a guinea pig rescue. Some were unwanted/unexpected babies, some were found in homes that had been left by their people. A few …
Hello, I'm Ludo, and I've been researching our Origins for you. This is the answer to 'where do guinea pigs come from?' Deepest Peru Our ancestors came from the high grasslands up in the Andes, in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia among other places. According to Wikipedia, we were known to prehistoric man in 5000 BC, …
Can guinea pigs learn things? That is the question for today. I am Ludo, your host for Saturday’s post in the A to Z Challenge. We blog every day in April except for Sundays. Learning and intelligence Well, of course we can learn things. We’re not stupid, you know. If you see a guinea pig …
Today's question is 'How do guinea pigs keep cool?' I'm Ludo, and I have plenty of experience of this. First I'll cover keeping warm, which is important for outdoor pigs in cold weather Keeping Warm We live indoors so we don't have much trouble with this. If Mummy has the door to the outside open …
George's Guinea Pig World 