Mastering Guinea Pig Care for Beginners with Certificate

Description

As a long-term carer of piggies, I have collected and researched many of my own tips and tricks and retained guidance from fellow guinea pig carers and veterinarians which I have decided to share with others here on Udemy.

Whether you are a complete novice, who requires step-by-step guidance and support, or a piggy connoisseur who simply desires to collect a few new pointers, let me guide you on a journey of piggy discovery where I pass on essential knowledge over the course of a few hours, so that you feel more confidently equipped to care for your piggies.

I have added lots of printable resources and lecture summaries to help you more easily absorb the information shared and, if you pass the quick quizzes at the end of each lecture series, you can claim the Mastering Guinea Pig Care for Beginners completion certificate from Udemy!

Key areas:

I will firstly encourage you to complete a Warm-Up Exercise focusing on Quick Facts About Guinea Pigs with a quiz and then, we are going to study the following sets of lectures:

Lecture Series 1: The Essential Guinea Pig Food Guide

• Lecture 1: From Houseplants to the Great Outdoors: The Foraging Piggy Guide

• Lecture 2: Guinea Pig Food Guide: Unsafe Foods

• Lecture 3: Guinea Pig Food Guide Safer Foods

In this set of lectures, you will receive lists of 100 Unsafe Plants for Piggies and 70 Safer Plants for Your Guinea Pigs, this will include houseplants to watch out for. Within the second lecture, I shall introduce you to unsafe foods and provide you and your piggy with three menus containing nearly 100 foods with guidelines on recommended quantities. Next, I’ll share essential advice on hay, pellets, supplements and furthermore, which commonly-used ingredients to beware of in shop-purchased treats. From this series, you can take away, my own multiple food lists, guidance notes and a bonus Guinea Pig Weight tracker sheet for you to download and print at home.

Lecture Series 2: A Beginner's Guide to Guinea Pig Grooming

• Lecture 1: How to Bathe a Guinea Pig

• Lecture 2: How to Trim Guinea Pig Nails

• Lecture 3: The Essential Brushing & Trimming Guide

We all know they are worth it but, how do we groom them best and with care? Should we even bathe our piggies at all? Let this step-by-step course help you learn how to become a pro at bathing, drying, cutting hair and even, the sometimes tricky, perfect manicure.

Lecture Series 3: Safe & Unsafe Toys for Guinea Pigs

• Lecture 1: Why are Toys Necessary for Guinea Pigs?

• Lecture 2: Unsafe Toys for Guinea Pigs

• Lecture 3: A Guide to Safer Toys for Your Guinea Pigs

Perhaps surprisingly for some, this lecture series is to me, absolutely crucial and offers some possibly life-saving tips when it comes to piggy toys. I shall provide essential information on which ones are best to avoid or adopt and we shall study why toys are so important to a piggies overall well-being.

An Essential Guide on Cognition & Piggy Behaviour: From Wheeks to Preventing Fights

• Lecture 1: Decoding Your Piggy: Cognition, Body Language & Vocal Expressions

• Lecture 2: Decoding Your Piggy: Further Insights into Key Body Language

• Lecture 3: Decoding Your Piggy: How to Spot & Prevent Fights

Here you will discover the essentials of piggy cognition, behaviours, vocalisations and what specific body language can communicate to yourself and other piggies. This information will eventually lead you to a third, longer lecture on understanding when and why piggies are at war and tips and tricks on what to do next.

Lecture Series 5: From Homes to Healthcare: A Piggy Guide

• Lecture 1: Home Sweet Home: An Essential Guide on Piggy Enclosures

• Lecture 2: Home Sweet Home: An Essential Guide on Piggy Bedding

• Lecture 3: The Essential Guide to Piggy Healthcare

  
  

Finally, before you purchase that enclosure or bedding delve into these lectures to know which ones to avoid, especially for your piggies' health, and which ones are much better options for a home sweet home life. Afterwards, let me teach you the importance of daily health checks and common ailments and many practical preventive measures you can adopt at home. From recognising signs of diabetes, skin issues, stones, heart disease, pneumonia, ear infections, and much more, this lecture serves as an essential guide for piggy healthcare. I will also introduce you to a printable resource I have created titled the Guinea Pig Care Checklist, which will honestly, help make your daily tasks much more manageable.

I do so hope you decide to join me on this course, and if you already have piggies – tell them they are welcome to join.

I’ll see you there!

TAKE THIS COURSE