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A guinea pig is just a rodent - a small unimportant creature. Sure, the kids like them. But all the same, when you bring them home from the pet store, they're just like any other possession (except they have that annoying practice of moving around) so they have to be contained. So we must confine them - toss them in guinea pigs cages and give them food and water every day. That's O.K - they'll be fine.
Hopefully that is not your perspective.
Too many folk appear to forget the fact that guinea pigs are actually living, breathing beings that need to be cared for and offered the same respect that each and every live being on earth deserves. Not all people with this attitude are cold-hearted, unfeeling villains. Most are likely just well intentioned owners of pets who simply haven't done the study so as to educate themselves well enough to become well informed, competent pet-owners.
As Guinea Pig C&C cage designers and retailers, we communicate with plenty of guinea pig owners (very frequently "rookie" guinea pig animal owners). We also communicate with and are monitored by a few guinea pig rescue organizations. Because of this, we see one common specific cage-related situation which keeps surfacing and which is also decidedly dangerous to your pigs' health and welfare. The object of this essay is to alert you to this common danger so you can simply avoid it.
This common issue is the usage of cage floors and other cage walking surfaces made from metal bars or grids. Many commercial guinea pigs cages are built with wire floors. The point of the wire floor is to allow feces and other solid materials fall though the spaces into a litter pan below. To clean, one only need slides out the litter pan and empties the pan. Really convenient - but also really dangerous for your guinea pigs. While these varieties of cages provide a marked convenience advantage for the owner, they're unsafe for your pig's foot health.
Your guinea pig's footpads are delicate and sensitive structures. To your pig, treading on wire mesh is like you spending your whole day walking on rebar, metal pipes or similar metal bars in your bare feet.
Living in a cage with a wire floor could cause sores and ulcers on your pig's footpads. Also your pig's feet can get jammed or entrapped between the metal bars. Pigs housed in cages with wire floors regularly suffer injured toes and legs.
The same is also true of ramps in multi-level cages. Ramps should not contain metal bars, mesh or anything else that can trap or be irritating to your guinea pigs tender feet. Sure, it's critical to provide an acceptable gripping surface - the surface must have something on it to stop slipping. But the point is, these features mustn't be able to snag or trap your pigs ' feet and toes.
In order to avoid unnecessary injury to your pig's feet and toes, just follow these two easy rules. Be certain to purchase or build a cage with a smooth bottom to avoid the injuries detailed above. Also, if relevant make sure the ramp has a non-slip surface to permit your pig to negotiate it without falling or slipping but avoid ramps with metal bars or wire grids as these can trap delicate guinea pig feet and toes and cause painful injuries.
Hopefully that is not your perspective.
Too many folk appear to forget the fact that guinea pigs are actually living, breathing beings that need to be cared for and offered the same respect that each and every live being on earth deserves. Not all people with this attitude are cold-hearted, unfeeling villains. Most are likely just well intentioned owners of pets who simply haven't done the study so as to educate themselves well enough to become well informed, competent pet-owners.
As Guinea Pig C&C cage designers and retailers, we communicate with plenty of guinea pig owners (very frequently "rookie" guinea pig animal owners). We also communicate with and are monitored by a few guinea pig rescue organizations. Because of this, we see one common specific cage-related situation which keeps surfacing and which is also decidedly dangerous to your pigs' health and welfare. The object of this essay is to alert you to this common danger so you can simply avoid it.
This common issue is the usage of cage floors and other cage walking surfaces made from metal bars or grids. Many commercial guinea pigs cages are built with wire floors. The point of the wire floor is to allow feces and other solid materials fall though the spaces into a litter pan below. To clean, one only need slides out the litter pan and empties the pan. Really convenient - but also really dangerous for your guinea pigs. While these varieties of cages provide a marked convenience advantage for the owner, they're unsafe for your pig's foot health.
Your guinea pig's footpads are delicate and sensitive structures. To your pig, treading on wire mesh is like you spending your whole day walking on rebar, metal pipes or similar metal bars in your bare feet.
Living in a cage with a wire floor could cause sores and ulcers on your pig's footpads. Also your pig's feet can get jammed or entrapped between the metal bars. Pigs housed in cages with wire floors regularly suffer injured toes and legs.
The same is also true of ramps in multi-level cages. Ramps should not contain metal bars, mesh or anything else that can trap or be irritating to your guinea pigs tender feet. Sure, it's critical to provide an acceptable gripping surface - the surface must have something on it to stop slipping. But the point is, these features mustn't be able to snag or trap your pigs ' feet and toes.
In order to avoid unnecessary injury to your pig's feet and toes, just follow these two easy rules. Be certain to purchase or build a cage with a smooth bottom to avoid the injuries detailed above. Also, if relevant make sure the ramp has a non-slip surface to permit your pig to negotiate it without falling or slipping but avoid ramps with metal bars or wire grids as these can trap delicate guinea pig feet and toes and cause painful injuries.
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