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Senior Pig Moment: How to Care for Your Old Guinea Pig

Published 10/5/2017 | Guinea Pig Health | HappyCavy


Senior Pig Moment: How to Care for Your Old Guinea Pig

Just because your guinea pig is old, that doesn’t mean that a health condition is untreatable. Get tips for how you can help your senior cavy live a happy and healthy life....



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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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How to Host Floor Time for Your Guinea Pig

Published 10/24/2013 | Popular Articles | HappyCavy


How to Host Floor Time for Your Guinea Pig

Your guinea pigs are built to move, and floor time is the perfect way to give your guinea pig just what he or she craves: a time for fun and discovery....



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How to Keep Your Guinea Pigs Cool In the Summer

Published 7/26/2013 | Popular Articles | HappyCavy


How to Keep Your Guinea Pigs Cool In the Summer

During the hot days of summer, be sure you take all precautions to keep your guinea pig cool. Guinea pig heat stroke is no light matter - guinea pigs are sensitive creatures whose comfortable living temperatures are 67° to 77° F (19.4° to 25° C)...



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The HappyCavy guinea pig blog shares the joys and challenges of raising happy and healthy guinea pigs.

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