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This thing is still under construction. Expect wonkiness for a few more days, weeks, whatever.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Caviinae
Genus: Cavia
Species: Cavia porcellus
Cavies (guinea pigs) are actually South American in origin, so the "Guinea" in guinea pig is a bit of a misnomer. Cavies are an important food source in that particular part of the world - and in some cases black guinea pigs are used for divination. Here in North America where G-Cam is located, they are domesticated companion animals. The only religious purpose they serve in this house is related to the profanities uttered during 7:00 AM wake-up shriekfests. Read more interesting historical stuff here.
Individual topic pages have more information - here are the Cavy Cliff Notes:
- Cavies are active day and night in between sleep cycles. Ours tend to sleep an average of two hours and then wake, eat, drink, groom, and politik.
- Cavies are social animals and are designed by nature to live in herds. They must be kept in multiple numbers. A pair at the absolute minimum.
- Cavies have certain food requirements, and need foods rich in vitamin C.
- Cavies require assistance from their keepers for tasks such as haircuts, nail trimming, and ear cleaning.
- Elderly cavies have special needs on top of the regular needs.
- Cavies have special housing requirements.
- Cavies will enthusiastically inform their caretakers of any unmet needs.
The specifics:
- Media - clips of the pigs in different settings. Happy, demanding, politiking, etc.
- Behavior - general, ours
- Grooming - hair cuts, nail clippies, ear cleaning
- Food - the way to their hearts
- Health - general, emergency
- Housing - basic requirements, our setup
- Links - links to external sites (food, misc supplies, hosting, etc.)
- Photo Gallery - link to the gallery
- Gear - Items you'll need
- Webcams - history of G-Cam
- Who We Are - The people and pigs behind G-cam
