Are guinea pigs good pets for children?
Guinea pigs can make wonderful pets for children, but because guinea pigs are timid by nature and also fragile, great care must be taken and very young children should be supervised at all times and be taught that a guinea pig is not a toy. If your child isn’t mature enough to know that, then it would be better to wait until your child is older. Remember that even if your child has promised to look after their guinea pig, some children become bored within a short space of time and they forget about all the promises they made. So as an adult it would be you that is responsible for the guinea pigs welfare for the whole of their life. If you won’t be able to take on that responsibilty, ( just incase your child becomes bored ), then please don’t bring home a guinea pig or any other pet. Unless your child is mature enough to take on the full responsibilty of taking care of a piggy, then with younger children, you will still need to supervise and make sure the guinea pig has lots of care and
