Description of the guinea pig breed “Kui” Kui, giant guinea pigs, come in many different types. COBAYOS weighing up to 4 kg, the largest of them. They reach a length of 50 cm. Kui species differ in size and body structure. Origin Kui, like wild guinea pigs, live in South America. They are most commonly found in Ecuador, […]
Description of the guinea pig breed “Sheltie” The Sheltie Guinea Pig (Silkie Guinea Pig) is one of the newest guinea pig breeds developed at the end of the 20th century. A funny situation has developed with the name of this guinea pig. In the United States, these pigs are called Silkie because of their silky smooth coat. In […]
Description of the California guinea pig The California breed (or California) is one of the newly developed guinea pig breeds that has yet to be recognized. We even managed to find a breed standard on the vastness of the foreign Internet, which means that in some countries work is actively underway. Californian guinea pigs have a […]
Description of the guinea pig breed “Himalayan” Himalayan pigs have not yet received official recognition, but this breed has already found its admirers all over the world. Main features of Himalayan guinea pigs So who is the Himalayan guinea pig? This is an albino pig with skin and coat pigmentation in some areas (mask on the […]
Description guinea pig breed “Argent” Argentines, or as they are also called, silver pigs, are one of the new breeds of guinea pigs that have been bred quite recently and are not yet widespread in our country. Argentines are similar to agouti in their coat color with the so-called ticking, when each hair is dyed […]
Description of the guinea pig breed “English colored crested” Recall that the color of the rosette on the forehead coincides with the color of the rest of the fur in the English crested cats, and in the American crested cats the rosette is always exclusively white. The English colored crested is a variety of the […]
Description of the guinea pig breed “English Self” Selfies are a short-haired guinea pig breed and are often confused with American guinea pigs. Unscrupulous breeders sometimes even pass off monophonic Americans as selves. Also, Agouti guinea pigs do not belong to self, although the two breeds have external similarities. It is not for nothing that selfies were singled […]
Description of the guinea pig breed “English Crested” The English Crested Guinea Pig is a little known breed in USA, and therefore shrouded in numerous myths and erroneous judgments, sometimes contradictory and fundamentally incorrect. In particular, on the Runet you can find information that the English crested is an ordinary crested, just the adjective “English” stuck […]
Description guinea pig breed “American Teddy” The American Teddy (US-Teddy Guinea Pig) is one of the varieties of teddy guinea pigs. There are two such varieties – American teddy and Swiss teddy. The American Teddy is just a living teddy bear. By the way, even the very name of the breed indicates some similarity between teddy pigs […]
Description of the American Crested guinea pig The American Crested is a rather rare breed due to the difficulty of producing offspring that fully meet high standards. History of the American Crested breed The white American Crested breed appeared not so long ago, in the early 80s of the last century. The first such guinea pig […]
