| Life expectancy |
Up to 8 years, usually 4-5 years |
| Environmental temperature |
Ideally 20 – 22° C (15 – 18° C acceptable) |
| Food intake |
6g per 100g bodyweight |
| Water intake |
8ml per 100gm bodyweight |
| Sexual maturity |
4 – 6 weeks |
| Breeding age |
4 – 5 months 500-550gm |
| Gestation Period |
59 – 72 days depending on litter size |
| Birthweight |
75 – 100gm average |
| Lactation |
3 weeks |
| Rehoming age |
6 – 8 weeks |
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| Useful Books |
A Colour Atlas of Anatomy of Small Laboratory Animals |
| Information on cavy physiology from: Diseases of Domestic Guinea Pigs by V.C.G. Richardson – Publisher Black Scientific ISBN number 0-632-03301-0 |
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