Crested Guinea Pig

Facts about Crested Guinea Pigs, the Crested Guinea Pig is a small haired guinea pig breed with a single rosette on its forehead. Due to choosy breeding, most guinea pig breeds also have a crested complement, such as Himalayan, Agouti, Dalmatian and Roan. A Crested Guinea Pig mated with a Sheltie Guinea Pig is how the Coronet Guinea Pig breed was created. The Crested Guinea Pig breed is fairly a new breed, and it was first recognized during the early 1970s.

The Crested Guinea Pig was officially accepted in 1974 by the American Rabbit Breeders Association. However, the Crested Guinea Pig breed continues to be rather uncommon, probably because of the complexity of producing young guinea pigs of show quality.

Features

The Crested Guinea pigs come in two types, such as the White Crested Guinea Pig, which is also commonly called the American Crested Guinea Pig or just Crested Guinea Pig, because their crest is white in contrast with the remaining parts of their coat. This means that there is no other white spot on their body.

The second type of the Crested Guinea Pig is the self Crested Guinea Pig, which is also commonly called as the English Crested Guinea Pig. In this type of guinea pig the color of the crest is the same as the remaining parts of the coat. The crested gene is prevailing to non-crested, so that a soft guinea pig created from a crested parent cannot be a crested transporter.

The Crested Guinea Pig is a rather uncommon and very unique-appearing breed. These small guinea pigs come in a range of colors, like brown, black, and tortoise shell, in addition to other colors. These small male and female Crested Guinea Pig breeds have an appearance similar to a white crown on their head. Most of the Crested Guinea Pigs are sold as pets. These pet guinea pigs may have non-conforming marks, but in the majority of cases, they still contain the popular crest on their heads. They also contain the same luminous personalities like other guinea pig breeds, and their crest makes them appear as though they are continuously angry.

Usually, Crested Guinea Pigs prefer to live in an atmosphere with temperatures between 10 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius. These Crested Guinea Pigs are not capable of tolerating winter temperatures and they prefer to live within the home during chilly months and they need a shelter with good ventilation during the summer months.

Crested Guinea Pigs are rather a challenge to guinea pig breeders. This is for the reason that as little as one out of fifty of these guinea pigs are conventional to the breed standard. Even though a showy Crested Guinea Pig is hard to find, those that contain the right markings will habitually perform well at shows.

Diet

In the captive, the Crested Guinea Pigs mostly feed on a healthy diet, containing vitamin C pellets, fresh hay, fresh water, fruits and vegetables. The hay of the Crested Guinea Pigs is topped up every day, and they prefer to have constant access to fresh water.

Temperament

Crested Guinea Pigs are a great starter guinea pig to have for the reason that they are very easy to take care of. These Crested Guinea Pigs are habitually fairly shy animals, but they will feel affection for more attention. The Crested Guinea Pigs are also easy going breeds and if they are treated well, they will be very affectionate animals. The Crested Guinea Pigs are low upholding guinea pig breeds and they do not need the maintenance similar to that of the long haired guinea pig breeds.

The average lifespan of the Crested Guinea Pig ranges from 8 years to 10 years.