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7 Ways to Support Your Favorite Guinea Pig Rescues All Year Round

Published 3/20/2017 | Guinea Pig Rescue | HappyCavy


7 Ways to Support Your Favorite Guinea Pig Rescues All Year Round

What can you do to help your favorite rescues during National Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month? We’re so glad you asked!...



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Nice to Meet PEW: Pink-Eyed Whites and Ruby-Eyed Guinea Pigs

Published 3/9/2017 | Guinea Pig Health | HappyCavy


Nice to Meet PEW: Pink-Eyed Whites and Ruby-Eyed Guinea Pigs

All guinea pigs deserve an equal chance at love. And yet, despite their winning personalities, some guinea pigs often get looked over for adoption due to a myriad of oddly specific reasons, including – you may have guessed it – eye color....



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How to Keep Your Guinea Pigs Warm in a Winter Power Outage

Published 1/30/2017 | Popular Articles | HappyCavy


How to Keep Your Guinea Pigs Warm in a Winter Power Outage

Winter weather can bring with it many things -- snow, ice and even unexpected power outages. So we came up with a few tips you can use to keep your guinea pigs warm in the event of a winter power emergency....



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How to Do Easy, 10 Minute Weekly Guinea Pig Health Checks

Published 8/19/2016 | Guinea Pig Health | HappyCavy


How to Do Easy, 10 Minute Weekly Guinea Pig Health Checks

By adding a 10-minute health check to your guinea pig’s weekly care routine of nail trimming and ear cleaning, you can get familiar with its body so that abnormal growths, changes in behavior and other potentially fatal health issues are caught –...



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The Case for Adopting (Not Buying) Guinea Pigs

Published 3/17/2016 | Guinea Pig Rescue | HappyCavy


The Case for Adopting (Not Buying) Guinea Pigs

“When you ‘rescue’ a guinea pig from the pet store, you’re not rescuing the poor female guinea pig who now has to breed again and again to produce more babies.”...



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