| It may seem like a cute concept at first however, | | | | that the tiny animal gets used to the child and vice |
| mixing guinea pigs and children can often bring about | | | | versa. |
| fatal consequences due to the size of the guinea pig. | | | | The other serious danger with guinea pigs and |
| A guinea pig is a great pet for children also despite | | | | children is that many times the parents buy the child |
| it's small size and if it is properly cared for and very | | | | a pet with the surrounding conditions that the child or |
| young children are supervised when visiting the pet, | | | | children have to be completely responsible for the |
| the outcome is often a very rewarding and moral | | | | little pig and this can have dire consequences. Despite |
| building experience for both the guinea pigs and | | | | how mature and responsible your child is it is |
| children. In order to better understand what potential | | | | imperative that you have a role in the daily |
| dangers can be experienced lets have a more | | | | maintenance of the guinea pig to ensure it is getting |
| in-depth look at the relationship between guinea pigs | | | | proper nutrition daily. When this scenario happens, |
| and children. | | | | most often the guinea pig ends up on the suffering |
| Conflicting Dangers Between Guinea Pigs & Children | | | | end of the stick while the children play quite oblivious |
| There are a number of conflicting dangers when | | | | to the condition of the pet. If this describes your |
| trying to house both guinea pigs and children and the | | | | situation, please make sure you have an active role in |
| major one is the defenselessness of a pig when a | | | | overseeing the daily maintenance involving small |
| small child is being too rough. It is a common | | | | animals and children. |
| occurrence that young children that are unsupervised | | | | The last possible danger with housing guinea pigs and |
| while handling pigs can not only cause severe harm | | | | children is that if the guinea pig has free run time, it |
| but the potential for death although it is quite | | | | isn't unheard of to have children fall on top of the |
| innocent and accidental. Young children should | | | | household pet leading to serious endings. It is best to |
| absolutely be well supervised while playing with any | | | | keep the guinea pigs and children separate with free |
| small animal and it should take place quite often so | | | | roam and run time to avoid an undesirable outcome. |