Pet care

Guinea pig or guinea pig came to a number of different varieties for hundreds of years, as has been domesticated. It’s colors are out of the gray-brown mottled predecessors, the natural environment and there are two types of dress that the sweetness of pig origin Guinea-coated wild. This article is a brief overview of the varieties available today, I guess.

The main groups of guinea pigs

The three main varieties of guinea pigs are summarized by type of rock. These varieties are: 1) short-haired, smooth stroke, 2) the hard surface racing rosette, and 3) long hair silky-coated breeds. Within these 3 main sections, there are about 25 groups of color.Color variations

Plain-color varieties are called  me  and there are very few colors from white to cream, gold, red, chocolate and black. Each color has a breed apart, so there is a tribe called Self Beige, for example. Then we have guinea pigs, with two or more colors. Some patterns of body fat in various colors and are characterized as  professional.

A favorite among selected strains of the fox or the fox, and white. This cute little color combinations of black and red animal (brown) or black, red and white (Fox and white). Another different breed that is often, the Netherlands, which is black with a white forehead, and  saddle  on the back.

Variation Coat

Now, we pass the mantle and shorthaired varieties of English and American breeds are easier to maintain. They have a smooth short hair, the same as the wild guinea pig, but uniform and all combinations of colors. A rough haired breed of Guinea pig is the Abyssinian coat pattern with rosette on the right, the big hair is formed, which on poles throughout the body. A tortoiseshell and white Abyssinian is an attractive animal, he should not have been the perfect symbol of a pure breed.

His best known long-haired breeds that Peru has a very silky hair grow long enough to land along a farewell was as REACH. Often not kept as a pet because it needs daily care of your clothes look generally point to the bank. Most guinea pigs as pets are Thoroughbreds available, but a mixture of two or more races. While it is healthy, make excellent pets.