Guinea pigs very lovely and sociable animals. They can become a fine gift practically for any person loving animals. To watch these curious kids very interestingly and in order that the pig did not grieve and was active and cheerful, it is better to support at once couple of individuals (if you do not wish to receive posterity, buy same-sex guinea pigs) or to pay to the loner pet enough attention. An important point of keeping of guinea pigs is regular cutting of a marigold.
Instruction
1. How to cut nails to a guinea pig, they such small size and to hold a rodent to carry out such procedure very difficult? First of all, it was more convenient, better to cut nails to get in pet-shop special nippers. To perform this procedure ordinary scissors very inconveniently as claws at guinea pigs quite thick and strong.
2. Cutting a marigold at the pet, be very careful not to injure the blood vessels which are in the basis of a nail of an animal.
3. So, to cut a marigold to a guinea pig, take her in one hand so that the pad which you are going to process was between your index and middle finger, and clasp a body of a guinea pig with a palm and other fingers. Then look at a nail of a guinea pig on light, and you will see a thin red tubule - it is just and there is that blood vessel, and it is necessary to cut nails till its beginning. If you after all damaged this vessel, then apply cotton wool with chlorhexidiny to stop the bleeding.
4. In general, it is much more convenient to guinea pig to cut nails together that one person strong kept a mumps in vertical position, pressing it a back to themselves, and the second sheared a marigold.
5. After processing of nails of a guinea pig surely place it in a cage with a clean laying, and next day replace again it that various pollution did not get on a cut marigold and did not cause a disease in your favourite.