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[[Image:wiggin.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Guinea pigs eating lettuce]]

[[Image:wiggin.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Guinea pigs]]

 

'''Guinea pigs''' are rodents commonly kept as pets in a similar manner to [[rabbit]]s. They are ideal for small children as they have a placid temperament and are large enough to be handled without causing distress to the animal (unlike some smaller pets such as [[hamster]]s). Like most rodents, guinea pigs can give birth to large litters of young and thus care should be taken when selecting males and females as pets. As with [[rabbit]]s, they eat [[vegetables]] such as [[carrot]]s and [[lettuce]] and are easy to feed and take care of.

Despite the name, a '''guinea pig''' is not a species of  [[pig]] at all but rather a small rodent native to parts of [[South America]].

 

Guinea pigs (sometimes called "wiggins" by children) are commonly kept as pets in a similar manner to [[rabbit]]s. They are ideal for small children as they have a placid temperament and are large enough to be handled without causing distress to the animal (unlike some smaller pets such as [[hamster]]s). Like most rodents, guinea pigs can give birth to large litters of young and thus care should be taken when selecting males and females as pets. As with [[rabbit]]s, they eat [[vegetables]] such as [[carrot]]s and [[lettuce]] and are easy to feed and take care of.

==Other Uses==  

==Other Uses==  

Guinea pigs can be used in [[animal testing]] (although [[rat]]s and mice are more common. Outside of the west, guinea pigs are sometimes used as [[meat]] and are a delicacy in some parts of [[Peru]].

Guinea pigs can be used in [[animal testing]] (although [[rat]]s and mice are more common. Outside of the west, guinea pigs are sometimes used as [[meat]] and are a delicacy in some parts of [[Peru]].

[[Category:Rodents]]

[[Category:Rodents]]

[[Category:Domestic animals]]

[[Category:Domestic animals]]