Sea pig

It has nothing to do with the sea or to pigs. And called the way because it got into Europe from the distant "overseas" south america, where she is found in nature, and also because there is a sound, very similar to the grunt these pigs, and they have four on the front legs, and on the rear - three fingers with small hoofs.
From wild gray and brown guinea pigs withdrawn numerous homemade breeds with a variety of color and a length of a pile - smooth and long-haired, black and white, yellow and brown, motley.
The animals get along well in the home kindergarter. For children, it is difficult to find the best object of observation and worries. The pigs are rather unpretentious, but very afraid of drafts and dampness, so you need to follow dry bedding. They behave quietly and do not bother people at night, only slightly make and flicker.
If the cell is for a day to clean and flush under the crane with hot water (which will take no more than 5-10 minutes), then there will be no bad smell. Normal litter in guinea pigs is formed and almost dry, so it's easy to clean. Live guinea pigs can in any (all-metal, combined or wooden) spacious cell, even in a wooden box without the top cover, but deep enough, so as not to get out. Convenient cage with retractable pallet. A layer of dry sawdust or hay is poured on it, which as contaminants change. The pigs are very afraid of cold, so in winter they need to be kept at normal room temperature (18-20 °). They can be set in one by one, couples, groups. Course in one cell must be either in a diverse, or both females, otherwise the fights are not able to avoid. Pinks only vegetable food, but diverse: in the summer - grass, green shoots of corn, vegetables, winter - hay, wheat grain, root. They will be eagerly tall as sweet apples. It is very important to give them hard food, such as grain, crackers, wood, branches with a bark, to have the cutters. And daily adult pigs should receive 10 mg of ascorbic acid and even tomato juice or infusion of a rose rich rich, rich in vitamin C. Feed the pigs twice a day and in the evening, and pregnant females - three or four times. Food needs to be improving. Pregnant animals feed hard, vitamin food. Clover, carrots, beets, germinated wheat and oats grain are placed in the feeder. It is useful to add 2-3 drops of fresh fish fat, yeast - 0.2-0.4 g per animal, greenery - 100-150 g, swimming bran - for 20-30 g. Valuable feeding - sunflower, linen and hemp cakes, different cereals, bone, fish and blood flour.
Guinea pigs breed all year round. The male and female get along well with each other, so pick up a couple easily. However, the pregnant female is better to squint. Paul ripening occurs at the age of two or three months, 7-month pigs are already considered an adult. For breeding, animals are suitable at least 9-10 months. The sexual cycle regularly repeats after 15-17 days, is somewhat suspected only in the middle of winter. During the sex hunt, the female becomes restless, can abandon meals. Pregnancy lasts 60-68 days and depends on the value of
meta. A few days before birth, pigs are a strong thirst, so it is necessary to ensure that fresh water or milk can be in the cock. Pigs do not build nests. After 2-3 weeks, they are gradually transferred to ordinary feed. At one age, the young can be taken away from the mother and contain separately. The rats from guinea pigs can be obtained no more than three times a year, otherwise the animals will weaken.
If guinea pigs hold only for fun, then in this case there is especially close contact between them and man. They allow you to take yourself in hand and almost never bite. At home, training is well managed to the color of the feeders. For this, two diluted porks of one sex are taken. They work with them at the beginning separately and only at the end of training are produced simultaneously. On a long table from one end it put cells with marine pigs, on the other - feeders, painted in bright contrasting colors (blue and yellow or red and green). One of the pig pigs should receive only in a blue trough, the other is only in yellow. After some time, the pig, as soon as the cell door open, rushes towards his feedushka, without paying any attention to the feeder of another color. When the reflex will be produced from both animals, they are released at the same time, but each pig runs to his feeder. You can teach guinea pigs and other focus that you can easily come up with yourself.