- In the United States in 2007, approximately 847,000 households owned guinea pigs, and there was an estimated population of 1,362,000 total guinea pigs.
- In Canada in 2008, 1% of homes owned lizards, horses, snakes, frogs, turtles, ferrets, gerbils or guinea pigs.
- In Australia in 2009, "there were 1.06 million other pets, including pleasure horses, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles and other small mammals."
- In the U.K. in 2012, there are estimated to be 1,000,000 guinea pigs.
- Throughout Europe, it was estimated in 2010 that there were 30,644,000 small mammals owned as pets. By country, this breaks down as follows:
- Austria - 500,000
- Belgium - 1,300,000
- Czech Republic -160,000
- Denmark - 390,000
- Finland - 130,000
- France - 3,011,000
- Germany - 5,300,000
- Greece - 400,000
- Hungary - 370,000
- Ireland - 150,000
- Italy - 2,500,000
- Netherlands - 1,700,000
- Norway - 150,000
- Poland - 800,000
- Portugal - 200,000
- Romania - 88,000
- Russia - 5,300,000
- Slovakia - 140,000
- Slovenia - 125,000
- Spain - 3,850,000
- Sweden - 500,000
- Switzerland - 580,000
Also, although we haven't been able to find any statistics from these countries, a small but notable amount of traffic to this blog comes from Brazil, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, and South Africa. If you know of any guinea pig statistics we missed, please let us know!
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Imagine the power if they unionized
ReplyDeleteGUINEA PIGS UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletetotally; they would have to have a guinea pig park instead of a dog park :) just one big place for all the pigs to have floor time.
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ariella
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There is something called a Pignic which is pretty much a guinea pig park. :)
DeleteI'm thinking about getting a rabbit or hamster sometime, would other small animals get along with piggies? Could they play together?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't. Hamsters can very territorial, and can bite pretty hard. Also, do you remember Flower? Flower lives with a bunny at the Long Branch Nature Center, and one time the humans saw Flower having floor time with the bunny. The bunny got violent and started attacking Flower, and they had to be separated.
DeleteWell, I have a hamster and a guinea pig. My hamster is super sweet and doesn't bite at all, but I keep them separate. If you're going to get a hamster or a rabbit, you'll have to keep it separate from your guinea pig(s) but it could still be a lot of fun!
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