Mahalo all! This is a Guinea Pig appreciators Community, open for ALL, yes ALL to join and submit their Guinea Pig related arts to!

To join and submit, just send me a note and watch us, you may submit as many as five pieces at once and they will be posted here, viewers will be advised to go to YOUR site and fave if they like them, no worries.

Now, allow me to break the Guinea Pig down for you.

Guinea Pig: (also called cavies after their scientific name cavia porcellus) are rodents belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not pigs, nor do they come from Guinea. They are originally native to the Andes, and while they are no longer existant in the wild, they are closely related to several species which are commonly found in the grassy plains and plateaus of the region.

Kingdom:Animalia!
Phylum:Chordata!
Class:Mammalia!
Order:Rodentia!
Suborder:Hystricomorpha!
Family:Caviidae!
Subfamily:Caviinae!
Genus:Cavia!
Species:C. porcellus!

Fun Facts!

1.Folklore traditions involving guinea pigs are numerous; they are exchanged as gifts, used in customary social and religious ceremonies, and are frequently referenced in spoken metaphors. They also play a role in traditional healing rituals by folk doctors, or "curanderos", who use the animals to diagnose diseases such as jaundice, rheumatism, arthritis, and typhus. They are rubbed against the bodies of the sick, and are seen as a supernatural medium. Black guinea pigs are considered especially useful for diagnoses.

2. It is a known fact, that Queen Elisabeth I kept a Guinea Pig or two as pets.

3. While female Guinea Pigs are called Sows and the males Boars, a break in nomenclature names the young guinea pigs "pup's", instead of "piglet"s.

4.Guinea Pigs are crepuscular, which means they are most active during dawn and dusk, when it is hard for predators to spot them.

5.Guinea pigs have poor sense of sight, but well-developed senses of hearing and smell. Vocalization is the primary means of communication between members of the species.




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Also, if any member has any questions about their pet to ask, they should go to 's page and drop her a note on the subject, she has kept Guinea Pigs for 10 years and while she may come off as a bit creepy to talk about herself in the third person, she will try her best to help you out with your "little darling".