Guinea pig habitats should be small and provide for everything the creature may need; look at photos of what other people have set-up for their pets; a farm is a good place to start your research. In the wild these animals live in open, grassy areas. They seek shelter in naturally protected areas or other animals abandoned burrows. In the wild these sociable creatures live in small family groups. These groups usually consist of one dominant sexually mature male and several females. The females in the group develop a dominance hierarchy. These animals are plant-eaters and do most of their foraging for grasses, roots, fruits and seeds in the late afternoon and early evening. In captivity, their diet should be supplied with food that contains fair amounts of calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and potassium and avoid feeding the pet table scrapes. Guinea pig habitats should be small and provide for everything the creature may need; look at photos of what other people have set-up for their pets; a farm is a good place to start your research.

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