Abyssinian Guinea Pigs

The thick soft coat of an abyssinian guinea pig

A beautiful little abyssinian guinea pig with soft ginger and white fur

A close up of an abyssinian guinea pig's beautiful dark eyes and little nose

A close up of an abyssinian guinea pig's lovely little ears

A wonderful little fluffy abyssinian guinea pig

A close up of an abyssinian guinea pig's big beautiful eyes

A lovely little abyssinian guinea pig with long scruffy fur

An abyssinian guinea pig's wonderful little ears

An abyssinian guinea pig with beautiful white and red fur

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Abyssinian History

The Abyssinian is unlike any other breed of guinea pig. Its coat grows from eight rosettes which are arranged in two lines across the body. Their coat is harsh, and the hair length should not exceed 4 cm. It is very difficult to breed a guinea pig with perfectly placed rosettes, and many Abyssinians end up as pets, and not as show stock.

Abyssinian Behaviour

Roan Abyssinians should not be bred with each other as the roan gene is closely linked to a lethal gene which causes genetic abnormalities, often young are born with small or absent eyes. A Roan can be mated to a solid colour, or a brindle.

Abyssinian Varieties

Abyssinians come in a variety of colours. Brindle (interspersed red and black hairs mixed as evenly as possible), Tortoiseshell (patches of red, black and white) Roans (white hair, either interspersed with red or black hair, known as strawberry or blue roans) and solid colours, particularly red or black.

Abyssinian Status

Fairly common

Abyssinian Pictures

Young girl in the bac of a car holding a guinea pig named luna

An abyssinian guinea pig named luna sat on sawdust

Our Abyssinian Ginger - 10 weeks old - Female

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Latest Reviews For Abyssinian (5 of 21)

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good - Fdfbgy, 4 December 2024

this guinea pig is great

I have 2 of these pigs! there babys! looking to get rid of them, love them, but i have 9 pigs, currently want all girls. i have 3 boys left. - Dominic, 5 February 2021

there friendly, cute, safe, some what easy to clean, feed, you just need the time and effort to put in there life.

This is a pawsome pet - Angel, 11 December 2020

I have 3 and there alsome and they are so nice to my dogs.

Awesome and adorable - Ayden, 13 July 2020

I have one Abyssinian Guinea pig she is 3 months old she’s super kind and friendly the only reason I can’t give her a 5 star on hardiness is that I have not taken her to the vet

- Taylor, 7 November 2018

I love my two Abby's they both come running as soon as I walk in the room!

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