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Guinea Pig Care and Advice

What guinea pigs really love is a high-fibre diet and a safe place to live with companions. Learn how to give your little friend the right food and care to keep them happy and healthy!

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Guinea pig guide to keeping cool in the heat

Guinea pigs are particularly susceptible to heat stress. They cannot sweat and are unable to cool down by panting so they can start to show signs of heat stress at temperatures of 24℃ or even lower.

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Jimmy's Farm Guinea Pigs

Feeding time at Jimmy’s Farm

We are delighted to announce that we’ve been able to provide half a ton of free food to some of the smaller creatures at Jimmy’s Farm. As the setting for the well-known TV series, Jimmy’s Farm is situated in…

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Lockdown easing: how will it affect our small pets?

Now that lockdown restrictions are finally due to ease, it’s not just us hoomans who will be affected by life returning to normal. Our small pets have been our companions throughout this time of uncertainty, providing us with comfort…

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Need-to-knows: An owner’s guide to Flystrike in Rabbits

Yes – flystrike in rabbits, or ‘myiasis’, happens when a fly lays eggs on your rabbit, which hatch into maggots. In the UK, this is usually the green bottle fly, but flystrike can also be caused by other fly…

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10 top tips to make a hutch a home

To keep your small pet happy and safe, it’s important to make sure that their housing meets their needs. Indeed, by choosing the right hutch and maintaining it properly, you can make a real difference to the wellbeing of…

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Looking after house rabbits and guinea pigs

Rabbits and guinea pigs can live happily either indoors or outdoors. We don’t believe that one option is better than the other – provided you give them a loving home and cater for their needs, your furry friends can…

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Cuddling Guinea Pigs

Keeping Rabbits and Guinea Pigs in Pairs

Rabbits and guinea pigs are social animals and best kept in pairs. Of course these animals can take some solace from human interaction, but it will very rarely be all they need to be happy.

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Rabbit teeth – how to keep them healthy!

Rabbits and their herbivore friends have specialised teeth to munch away on a diet of vegetation. If these creatures don’t get enough plant fibre in their diet, they can develop problems with their teeth that can make them very…

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