Himalayan Guinea Pig

1 Himalayan Guinea Pig Breed Overview

The Himalayan Guinea Pig (Himalayans), although very fat, gives a very cute and clever impression, with a fairly gentle and clingy personality, but rather timid, so do not deliberately scare it when keeping. They love to eat, love to sleep, and love to breed, which is similar to pigs in the usual sense.

Chinese Name: Himalayan Guinea Pig

English Name: Himalayans

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

Reproduction: Viviparous

2 Himalayan Guinea Pig Physical Characteristics

The Himalayan Guinea Pig looks very much like a panda, simply a miniature panda, with black nose and ears and a white body. Gives a very cute and naughty feeling.

The Himalayan Guinea Pig has white fur, while the nose, ears, and four feet are dark, with red eyes. Body length 22–34 cm, weight 400–700 g, body short, thick, and round, relatively large head, large bright round eyes, round ears, split upper lip, short small ears; short limbs, front feet with 4 toes, hind feet 3 toes, no external tail.

3 Himalayan Guinea Pig Care & Keeping

Although the Himalayan Guinea Pig looks clumsy, in fact it is very smart; if you treat it as a treasure, it will surely submit to you as master and live peacefully with you. Its price is not high, acceptable to ordinary people.

It is moderately sized, neither as tiny as a mouse nor growing as large as a rabbit, more suitable to hold and play with. It moves clumsily and cutely, unlike mice or squirrels that once escaped are hard to catch, very suitable for children or the elderly to keep. Keeping it does not require professional equipment. As long as you prepare a suitably sized cage, supply fresh water and food daily, play with it often, and clean the nest regularly, it will grow up healthy and happy. Once tamed, it will come out to greet you when you get home from work and run to you asking for food.

4 Himalayan Guinea Pig Feeding Guidelines

The Himalayan Guinea Pig is a vegetarian. It has no special requirements for food and has a strong constitution not prone to illness. A chubby body that eats vegetarian is really a bit incredible.

The Himalayan Guinea Pig mainly eats weeds as staple, and likes green grass, vegetable leaves, etc. With some concentrated feed added, weight gain is half as fast again. In winter, corn stalks, wheat stalks, rice straw, peanut vines, etc. can be crushed and a little bran added to meet growth needs.