Guinea-Pigs

Guinea pig is the best choice for each of the novice breeder. It's pet friendly and Nice, easy, reasonably large in each apartment and care for them is not difficult.

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The wild Guinea Pigs look significantly different than our pets today. In particular, are about one-third smaller, with a longer and spicatejsi head and coarser and tougher hair, looking for protection from predators sedohnede. They are also very agile and alert, they can jump up to one meter; and, above all, they are animals of the night. He was so Adaptive that spread throughout South America, from the Argentine pampas Plains to significant altitude And live in burrows, which either by itself vyhrabavaji, or appropriated a burrow of other species.

The history of the wild Guinea pig is at least 9 000 years old. Belongs to the order of rodents known and at least nine subspecies. In addition to the wild Guinea Pigs Guinea pig are, for example, lasicovite, mountain, Brazilian, and more.

Domestic Guinea pig-pig, cochon, schweinchen

Once upon a time they were old Lncas did guinea pigs as utility animals, from which they not only meat but also furs. Inca Empire, the territory,where is today Chile and Peru, is therefore originated in domesticated guinea-pigs. Show that their mummified remains of nachazene in local excavations. Guinea-Pigs may serve also as offerings.

Polodomestikovana Guinea Pigs are reared in South America today. In some areas is held in the stone ohradkach, elsewhere in the zmenseninach of human dwellings; There are seen as a help to the diet, and somewhere it is medicine men for therapeutic purposes.

If any of today's Guinea pig breeders would bat over morals and tastes like the Indians, then it should know that hunger is the best chef and for Europeans. It's hard to believe, that the pig, as in many languages of Guinea pig called, called just like that just for its remote form with pasikem.

That would have morcaty live on Christopher Columbus personally, it is not satisfied, however, about a meeting with the following freight animals mentioned in their writings.Other Spanish and Dutch Columbus followers but Guinea pigs with them on their way home aboard, probably as insurance for the case, that would run out of food stocks. Many animals long voyages weathered without loss of life, as evidenced by the fact that around the year 1680 in better fashion families purchase a Guinea pig as a luxurious toy for children.

Guinea pig in vitro

Mass recovery albino Guinea-Pigs the premiere until after the end of the second world war, of course, not as a source, but as cute, spatially and otherwise unassuming associates. The country of origin of the Guinea Pigs-pet, we can, in theory, be no Peru or Chile, not Spain or the Netherlands, but England. In England gained quickly popularity for Guinea-pigs for their affordability, and who other than English, they could also start organising the first exposition of Guinea-Pigs. From here, also began to spread on the continent.

Indian healers in Peru or Bolivia, Guinea-Pigs are used as a medical resource; generally speaking,What else is the breeding and testing of the guinea-pigs for laboratory and research purposes in our conditions? And Peruvian shaman determined from the viscera guinea pigs, fixing what ails the sick man.

Research, which we call modern, examines the guinea-pigs (also) for the purposes of Pharmacology, microbiology, parasitology, imunoligie, and other disciplines. Zastitovan is at least the law on protection against cruelty to animals, or mandatory limits breeders ' areas (in terms of size, temperature and humidity) and the length of the navykacich phase prior to the experiment. To comfort us, the fact that Guinea Pigs are significantly involved in the development of the diphtheria and tuberculosis.

Guinea pig, not only for humans

Guinea pigs found to his misfortune, and other applications. In civilized countries (I) not consumed, used as food for reptiles, beasts and birds. For example, the female Eagle Royal, they consume to odchovani one nest up to 500 adult guinea-pigs.

In our vicinity, has been Guinea Pigs until the 1990s, are primarily kept,as food for other animals and for research; in the domestic battery only marginally. It is, of course, in the past twenty years have changed, rebounding with paper keeping (only in the Czech Republic is registered over five hundred farmers-bred Guinea) and the standard recognises a number of different breeds.

Guinea pig and human

Guinea Pigs have a better sense of smell than humans, and identified how different individuals in the group, its master.

Another important and well developed senses of hearing, is a very high frequency. Guinea pigs can perceive ultrasound, up to 100 kHz. High voice convened in nature, the mother of the young, and the domestic Guinea pig, you can learn to come to an audio signal. Whistle always when feeding shall be paid, if you want to have a Guinea pig to move quickly at any time.

The third top effect is. There are in the animal realm types with improved vision,but Guinea-pigs can as one of the few i recognize colors, and see at dusk.

The last important sensory organ, are on the sides of the muzzle whiskers as tactile and mouths.

A man has a Guinea-pig for an imaginary black dot. Irresponsible breeders are implicated in Guinea-Pigs zdivocela--animals from a local breed, either accidentally or deliberately discharged into the vone of nature: no longer into the wild South American, but European. Guinea Pigs are very adaptable, almost all of those and similar movements often survive; It is however sensitive to them, nor to our typical Central European fauna and flora.

Guinea pig, Guinea pig

Guinea-Pigs are animals with strongly developed social instinct. In the wild and in captivity they are outside, though they may live in the group. In the framework of the community among themselves communicate through audio and other resources. For example, kvikanim is a Guinea pig clamoring for attention, whether it's a Cub seeking the presence of the mother, or of an adult animal,that is something to taste; once expressed satisfaction and well-being-and it also gives the female that he is in heat; the clacking of the teeth suggests a fear, threat and anger; and the singing is not exactly rozklicovane, but it is possible that the response to stress or social pressure.

Well-functioning communication including audible warning signals to allow Guinea-Pigs survive for thousands of years in an environment full of predators â€” as today thanks to her thrive even within a single group.

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