Peru enjoys eating Guinea pigs so much they developed a breed of the rodent that reaches prime weight almost three times faster.

Mature corn can be too starchy and full of sugar for guinea pigs, but the unpollinated cobs make a nice snack ... Eggplant can be given as an occasional treat, a small slice the size of a fingertip ...

They comment: 'Ate a guinea pig in Cuzco. I thought it would just be meat, but nah that thing had the head on still.' 'Butterbleek' replies: 'Guinea Pig. Major delicacy in Ecuador and Peru.

Guinea pigs have the opportunity to greet trick-or-treaters at the door in costume, thanks to these Halloween looks Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Juan Carlos Solorzano holds a newborn Peru Guinea Pig at an agricultural research farm where breeding animals are raised for distribution to farms across the country, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Oct ...

Brett C. Leonard's GUINEA PIG SOLO, a modern take on Buchner's WOYZECK, will premiere on the West Coast at the Odyssey ...

A Cornish animal shelter is struggling with vet fees after rescuing 55 guinea pigs from a pet hoarder ... kennels because its rescue centres were full. Founder Maria Mulkeen said the charity ...

Guinea pigs have the opportunity to greet trick-or-treaters at the door in costume, thanks to these Halloween looks ...

Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the ...