. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Chapter XV. GUINEA-PIGS. Don't pick a guinea-pig up by the tail or its eyes will drop out.—Tim. Guinea-pigs are harmless, stupid, restless little animals with very few of the attractions of other pets. They show no affection for anybody, and will see their young torn to pieces before their eyes without showing any concern. Their ad- vantages as pets are their ability to keep themselves clean, the fact that they are good at shifting for them- selves, and
. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Chapter XV. GUINEA-PIGS. Don't pick a guinea-pig up by the tail or its eyes will drop out.—Tim. Guinea-pigs are harmless, stupid, restless little animals with very few of the attractions of other pets. They show no affection for anybody, and will see their young torn to pieces before their eyes without showing any concern. Their ad- vantages as pets are their ability to keep themselves clean, the fact that they are good at shifting for them- selves, and that they are gentle and harmless for children to handle. The guinea-pig is about half the size of the rab- bit, with no neck to speak of and a head somewhat like a rat's; their legs are short, and they have no tail. Because they are called pigs they have the unpleas- ant names given those animals, the male being called a boar and the females sows. There is an old superstition English guinea-pigs. that rats will not come where guinea-pigs are kept, and for this reason many pigeon and rabbit raisers keep one or two running around their lofts. 1 believe this is an error and that even this cannot be counted as one of their virtues. Rabbits and guinea-pigs get along amicably in the same hutch. Guinea-pigs require about the same accommoda- tions as rabbits, although their hutches can be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson
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