Guinea Pig Awareness Week

In 2022, Guinea Pig Awareness Week runs from 26 – 30 September, with the focus this year on the importance of providing guinea pigs with the right environment.

 

What is Guinea Pig Awareness Week?

Guinea Pig Awareness Week is a week of activities dedicated to raising the profile of these beautiful animals.

Often considered to be low maintenance pets, guinea pigs have specific welfare needs that owners need to be aware of. That’s why we’re shining a light on them and educating owners about their needs to help guinea pigs live healthy and happy lives.

Home Squeak Home

The theme for this year's event is creating the ideal home for your guinea pigs. They need lots of space to exercise, places to hide if they feel scared and plenty of toys to entertain them. Our webpage has loads more advice and tips on creating the perfect guinea pig palace.

Learn about all your guinea pigs' needs by following the links below to help you ensure they have everything they need to live healthy and happy lives.

Health

Learn how to give your guinea pig a daily health check and help them stay in the best of health.

Guinea pig health

Behaviour

If you can't tell by your guinea pigs' behaviour whether they're happy or not, here's some examples of positive and negative behaviour in guinea pigs.

Guinea pig behaviour

Company

Guinea pigs are social creatures. We would always recommend two or more guinea pigs living together. here's our advice on how to introduce them.

Introducing guinea pigs

Diet

Guinea pigs need the right food to ensure they don't become overweight and their teeth stay healthy. Here's our dietary advice.

Your guinea pigs' diet

Home

Ensuring your guinea pigs have the perfect home is important. Read our advice on how to create a safe, comfortable and interesting home for your guinea pigs.

The ideal home