i have a guinea pig which happens to be on my lap now they r cute bundles of joy they r fairly easy if u take the easy way out the take dedication ecspecially if u plan to breed they should be eating vitamin c fortified food along with fruits and vegiges they cannot produce vitamin c on there own they shed a extreme amout and need to be bathed once every 3 months and need enteraction everyday cut there nails every 6 weeks all the sound the make is like they r talking to u when they haven't seen u in a while they make a high pitched squealto singal happiness and make other sounds for different feeling okay there is guinea pigs in a nutshell