Guinea pig is a cute and unpretentious pet. It’s very interesting to watch and play with her. An important difference between a pig and all other rodents is that it is faithful to its owner, like a dog, recognizes its voice and smell. This animal is very shy and defenseless, therefore, as a friend, you should not put a hamster to it, it can offend the pig, although it is much smaller than its size. Do not forget that toys for guinea pigs are an important attribute of the cage, without them the animal will get bored. But not everything can suit him for fun.
Dangerous things
If you decide to have such a pet, you should know about what toys are there for a guinea pig and which are strictly contraindicated. When equipping a cage, never install a wheel in it. The pig is not a hamster, it is much heavier, its spine is not so flexible, and therefore the wheel can cause injury to the animal, the same can be said about walking balls that people like so much. In addition, the ball will be just useless. The pig will not be able to look through its walls, as it is myopic. She will just sit in a cramped space, look at the walls.
The leash for walks should be ignored, since it is as traumatic for the animal as the wheel. If the pig is frightened, it will begin to break out of the leash, wriggle, which can lead to fracture of the ribs or spine. This defenseless creature will never show that something hurts him, even if it hurts very badly, so the owner can find out about the fracture too late, when he can no longer help.
Do not waste money or buy chalk sticks for grinding your teeth. To do this, bring a soft twig from the street, and even better, give the animal more hard vegetables and fruits. Pig teeth grind without the help of goods from the pet store, due to biting and chewing solid food.
How to walk a rodent?
Guinea pig is not a dog, so it does not need long walks. For a good pastime in the fresh air, she needs a small space, soft grass. Take an ordinary cardboard box without a bottom, set it on a clearing, put a beast behind its walls. Here she is perfectly "saved", plenty of activity. In addition, to create such a corral, you do not need to spend money; boxes of any size can be taken absolutely free of charge at the grocery store.
Friend for "pigs"
As you know, pigs are very curious, friendly and communication animals. If you do not want to have two "pigs" or more, then make sure that the pet has someone to snuggle with, with whom to play. Pig's favorite pastime is cuddling plush toys. The animal will gnaw at it with pleasure, will jump over it. But there is also a minus of such entertainment - it is necessary to constantly monitor the integrity of a teddy friend, and if the stuffing begins to be seen, it must be immediately removed from the cage.
Toys for guinea pigs can be made independently from improvised materials, and they will be much safer than store ones. A soft friend made from unnecessary sock and hay will cause a lot of emotions in the pet. To make it, you need to fill an unpaired sock with hay or fresh grass. As the material is cracked, instead of a dangerous cotton or plush stuffing, useful grass will come out, which the animal will enjoy with great pleasure.
It’s nice to make toys for guinea pigs with your own hands, and this activity will not take much time. The simpler the material, the better for the animal. And he does not care how much money was spent on entertainment, the main thing is safe fun.
Cozy shelter
As you know, guinea pigs just love to hide. This is not only due to their timidity, the animal can just have fun. To create a truly popular shelter in which the pet will not only sleep, but also play, you should again take a simple cardboard box, put it upside down and make several moves in it. To make the pig more comfortable there, put more hay in the house, in which the "pig" can dig.
It is very good for the role of shelter to fit an old woolen hat stuffed with hay. In it, the pig will be hiding with great pleasure and will be able to munch plenty in such a nest of fragrant hay.
Hammock
Toys for guinea pigs in specialized stores are provided in a huge variety, including a swing. But why spend money if you can build a hammock on your own, in which the pet will swing, climb, and even doze off?
To sew a simple hammock, you need two pieces of dense fabric of a triangular shape, jeans or fleece will do. Two edges are sewn together, the wrong side is obtained. It is necessary to unscrew the resulting triangle and sew a fringing tape to each edge so that there are rather long ends that can be used to attach a hammock to the slats of the cage and adjust the height.
Pay special attention to the height of the landing, the pig should easily climb on such a makeshift swing. When sewing, consider the size of the pet, it should completely fit in a hammock.
Tunnels
Toys for guinea pigs must be such that the animal can move more, develop muscles. For this purpose, a self-made tunnel is perfect, since a store tunnel can be quite expensive. You will need to take a metal wire, make several rings of this diameter out of it so that the pet passes quietly through it, and sheathe each with a dense fabric. Then the rings are sewn together with a dense fabric at a distance of at least ten centimeters from each other. The tunnel can be attached with extreme rings to the slats so that there is a good exit, or suspended from the top of the cage at a height accessible to the pig.
How to make guinea pig toys for riding?
Such pets are very fond of rolling various objects around the cage, but we already wrote that not all toys are suitable for a guinea pig. To create a safe entertainment that fully meets the needs of the animal, you will need a sleeve from a roll of toilet paper. It needs to be stuffed with hay and put in a cage, the pig with great pleasure and rolls and chews.
You can also create toys for guinea pigs from an egg from Kinder Surprise. You need to put a few small beads in it, which will make a quiet noise when rolling.
Interactive toy "Guinea pig"
The animals described above need constant care and care, they need constant purity in the cage. Many people may not like such chores, but what if the child asks to have a furry pet? You can buy a baby an interactive animal, it looks little different from its live prototype, but does not require care, and it absolutely does not need toys for guinea pigs, photos of which are in this article.
Kids will enjoy messing with an online friend. You also need to feed him, give him some water, play with him, but there will be no unpleasant smell from the toy, you can simply turn it off at any time and do it again whenever you like. In this case, both the child will be happy and the parents will be calm!