Your Guinea Pig: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing

by Wanda L. Curran

Overview

Your Guinea Pig tells you everything you need to know to succesfully choose, buy, raise, and show all types of guinea pigs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612123240
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	04/12/2013
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	7 - 15 Years

About the Author

Although parents are typically the ones who introduce their children to new experiences, author Wanda L. Curran first gained interest in guinea pigs (cavies) when her daughter Nancy joined 4-H and developed a successful and prosperous hobby. Curran then became an adult 4-H leader in guinea pigs and rabbits and was inspired to write the book Your Guinea Pig. She is a member of the Golden State Cavy Breeders Association, the American Cavy Breeders Association, and the Oroville, Downtown Oroville, and Trendsetters 4-H Community Clubs. She lives in Oroville, California, with her husband John.

Table of Contents

A Few Words to Parents

Introduction

1 Choosing Your Guinea Pig

2 Guinea Pig Housing and Equipment

3 Feeding Your Guinea Pig

4 Keeping Your Guinea Pig Healthy

5 Breeding Your Guinea Pigs

6 Grooming Your Guinea Pig

7 Marketing Your Guinea Pigs

8 Guinea Pig Handling and Showmanship

9 Showing Your Guinea Pigs

10 Managing Your Caviary

11 Activities for Young Guinea Pig Owners

Guinea Pig Breeds

Helpful Sources

Veterinarian's Treatments

Glossary

Index

Editorial Reviews

Curran, a 4-H leader, gives kids the complete lowdown on guinea pigs: how to select them, breed them, feed them, and show them. The information is very clearly presented, with lots of pictures and charts to bolster the text. Besides the basics, Curran gets into some rather esoteric information, for instance, how to tattoo or tag a guinea pig's ear and how to cut its toenails. The tattooing and tagging procedures, particularly, seem like activities that might warrant having an adult present, but this seems to be a guide that encourages kids to do for themselves. Curran even informs readers how to treat anal impaction! A reference guide to the diseases and conditions that may affect guinea pigs is appended, as is a glossary.

Ilene Cooper