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10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets

4 The Love Of Animals

10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets – by James Alston writing for ExoticDirect ExoticDirect offer pet insurance for guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, mice and other small pets. They also insure parrots, reptiles, tortoise and even pygmy hedgehogs!

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Lake Eacham, Mt Hypipamee and Mount Molloy

10,000 Birds

One the reptile front a small Lace Monitor high up a tree was a pretty cool spot. And one final treat was a Musky Rat-kangaroo , the smallest member of the macropod (kangaroo and wallaby) suborder, no bigger than a guinea-pig. Red-winged Parrot ( Aprosmictus erythropterus ) by Michael Jefferies (CC) a.

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