Guinea Pig Breeds Explained! Which Breed Are Your Guinea Pigs?

Learn guinea pig breeds in depth and how to work out which breed your own guinea pigs are! With 100s of photo examples! We look at common and rare hair types from short-haired, rough-haired and long-haired, as well as colours and the colour patterning associated with different breeds. Comment below to share what breed or breeds your piggies are!
Don't have pedigrees? That's were it gets more interesting, as mixed breed guinea pigs might have several traits from different breeds. Some interesting questions to answer are:
Are your piggies: self (one colour), bi-colour or tri-colour?
Do they have agouti colouring in their coat?
Do they have short, rough or long hair? Or a combination!
Do they have rosettes in their coat?
What breed does their colouring most closely represent?
A huge thank you to everyone who sent in photos for this video, I had so many and tried to include all, but we may have missed some!
A special thank you to Sunshine Coast Cavies UK for letting us use their gorgeous piggie gang photo as the thumbnail for this video! / @sunshinecoastcaviesuk...
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[@swalker1348]

So sweet to see my Phyllis and Ursula pics in the video. They thank you for their 15 seconds of fame😊🐹

[@SqueakDreams]

Awh you're welcome for sending them! Both beautiful piggies! 😍

[@queenofcookie3299]

Just wanted to say for most long haired piggies it is quite important to keep the hair around their sanitary areas short because it can mix with fecal material and matt if it gets to long

[@PiggiesWorld]

2:53 is my guinea pig Dasher! Thanks for adding her in💞I’m glad Lyra is feeling better☺️

[@Amy-xj3kh]

Awww Dasher Is So Beautiful 🥰

[@piggypalsminionmartin865]

Awwwwwwwwwwe

[@chipperandlola5457]

Which one ??????

[@kyrahamsher]

Awwww

[@malinriri9823]

Same kne of mine is that

[@littlebuddies2255]

9:57 that's my piggie. 💖

[@airbrushken5339]

Several years ago I went to a Guinea pig show in Sydney ... just to see such a show, as in the past I had bought a couple to help my grand daughters understand and learn the responsibility of owning a pet ... There was this Amber coloured long hair one with a young teen girl who had a matching hair colour just like her "Winning Pig" ... it was adorable...

[@Allaboutpiggies]

I have 2 abby's , 1 american , 4 sheba mini yak , 2 peruvians , 1 texel and , 1 lunkarya.

[@SqueakDreams]

So many lovely piggies!

[@Allaboutpiggies]

@@SqueakDreams yes! I just love guinea pigs! They are the best! They all have their own personailtys too!

[@CocoAndOreosAdventures]

@@Allaboutpiggies 🧡💜❤️

[@dangongo8908]

Lot of pigs

[@ryanbuckley5529]

I’m watching this while I’m at the vet waiting to see the Doc, your videos Always make me feel better! 🤗 Put your paws up if you’re a guinea pig😄 that’s what I say to my piggies when they get treats🤗 they get real loud it’s soo cute!

[@okelliesfarm]

Was so informative guinea pigs are just the cutest thing .

[@jjgreen5206]

I just bought two young Guinea pig brothers and your channel is so helpful. Thank you

[@janisoconnor6881]

Thankyou for all the hard preparation. Really enjoyed it.

[@tazmin6386]

So sweet to see my little boy, lovely video as always! 🐹

[@MillsSkits]

🐹 It was so interesting learning about guinea pig breeds and colors. Thank you for all the work you put into this video. How fun to see viewers' adorable and pretty piggies! Also, I'm so glad to hear Lyra is feeling better! 😊

[@MissHappyPigs]

That's was a brilliant informative guinea pig breed lesson. I know now I have a Merino with dutch colouring and an tri colored abyssinian. Thanks for your hard work in making this video 😀

[@bunberrier]

This was fantastic. Thanks!

[@cynthiayew7054]

Thanks for the cheerful and informative video

[@lester_papadoupolus]

Your videos are so helpful♥ I had my first lap time today, and it was so rewarding! I have a dutch guinea pig named Winnie and a crested guinea pig Maisie. Your videos have helped me make my piggies so, very happy. Thank you!

[@CocoAndOreosAdventures]

Ahhh loved this thanks for keeping me entertained ! Hope you and the piggies are well 🧡❤️💜

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you so glad you enjoyed!!

[@Erin4491]

My pigs are famous! Thank you for including my photos of Tonks and Myrtle! We love your videos!🐹💜

[@LittleFeatheredKingdom]

🐹Adored this whole video! Learnt some new things too. Thank you for featuring my boy too, gave me a smile.

[@myles8328]

Every single vlog I watch about piggies I learn something (or many things!) new. It’ll always be really interesting to puzzle out the breed or mix of breeds in a herd, and I love that piggy personality seems to be intertwined with how they look ... but I bet whatever I think I will look for when adopting a herd, I bet it won’t be quite as I expect in the end! Like humans and other animals, it really is the connection you first make that matters ☺️ And I can officially add Lyra to my list of favourite internet piggies ... absolutely adorable 🥰 🐹

[@rachelkorman2704]

I’m so happy that two of my Guinea pigs got to be in the video. Amazing video. I love seeing all the guinea pigs

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and your piggies featured! 😀🥰

[@nicolemecham466]

This was a GENIUS idea to interact with your audience! And thanks for all the info!!

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you! 😄

[@lisakelly7369]

🐹🐹🐹Fantastic Sarah as always - THANK YOU!!

[@jessicak.8910]

Good job!! I love long haired piggies not just because they are beautiful but also their demeanor is so sweet, patient and calm.

[@GweebusDayLaHubcap]

I just got my first piggies a week ago! They're rescues and were super shy when they first came home barely coming out of the hidy. I've been binge watching your vids to make sure I can make them the happiest piggies after having such a ruff start to life with their previous owner. They have come so far already! I've seen them popcorning and they will actually let me hand feed them and sometimes pat them! After watching this I believe they must be closest to a tortoiseshell swiss and a brown and white sheltie agouti. Thank you so much for the help!

[@osrs_scrublord2039]

They are all adorable!🐷

[@margaret796]

Some Guinea Pigs look like tiny wombats and I find that adorable

[@globetrotterhog1]

Great video very informative thank you

[@shannonjillbray6422]

🐹 great video! Well organized and now I want to go off and learn even more :)

[@atticus_ink9487]

What a great video! I have a beautiful herd of unwanted piggies (all adoptions of course!) and now I know what breeds they are - I have a swiss, two rexes, a ridgeback, a himalayan, a peruvian, a crested tri-color, and two abyssinians!

[@ErgPlant770]

Thank you so much for this video, I loved it! Straight to the point, clear and very informative.

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you glad you enjoyed! 😄😄

[@arifmuhammad434]

@@SqueakDreams Dear Squeky can californian crossbreeding with himalayan? will the breeding be pure? sorry my english is bad

[@Becky-ll1vl]

Still learning and thinking about decision to get piggies. Thanks for this video. All info about piggies is fascinating!

[@ilovecolliess]

I think I have an Abyssinian pig! Also, this was sooo helpful! Thanks for making this

[@helenm6474]

Great to see all the types of piggies, thanks 🐹

[@cybermouseysjapanesegoodies]

I’ve subscribed! I’ve had two guinea pigs before and soon I will be getting a Guinea pig very soon! This was very helpful! I’ve subscribed! 🐹

[@bethany9477]

Lovely surprise to see my boys Noodle & Nimbus make the video 🥰. It was interesting to hear about the different breeds, I didn't realise that pigs can only come in 3 colours!

[@robyn203]

Thank you so much Sarah for this lovely video which I enjoyed rewatching a year later and seeing Coral my white mini Sheba yak who died a couple of months ago. Your videos are always lovely.

[@cotontzu1661]

Awesome overview - thank you!🐹. We have 2 American short hairs (one tri-color white, Black and Tan, the other a chocolate bi-color agouti with white), and a black and white Abyssinian - all girls.

[@alesiazakou7108]

Thank you for your videos! 🐹

[@marygraybill1372]

Very interesting! Great job!🐹

[@mileykoenig]

I’m so excited to see one of my guinea pigs in this video

[@amydelgado5281]

🐹 Great video. Always watch your vids all the way through. Thank you for all the effort you take making these very interesting and informative vids. 🤩

[@woodlandpermaculture4023]

Loved this!🐹

[@annaamandastyle2847]

Thank you a lot!!😍👍

[@MDSBock]

Well done, didn't know such a variety...

[@l.obrien8341]

Fun to see all the different hairstyles!! thank you!! my sweet girls made their cameo appearance 💕🐹🐹

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@ileamonster]

I just got two red piggies and your channel has been so helpful.

[@juliejennings8055]

This is my second time to watch this video. It is VERY interesting and I will probably watch it again in future-it’s packed with information. Thanks for doing the research for me. 🐻‍❄️🐻🦁

[@SqueakDreams]

No problem Julie, thank you so much for watching!!

[@laurenbaker8176]

Love the video this is so helpful I had no idea before 😅

[@safiyyahsilvera9931]

This has helped me solidify the breed I want.

[@doodlesnoodlesandfluffy2541]

My Guinea pig is an American crest that has long hair. Luv your videos.

[@arlothepuppy6593]

I have a piggie with long hair only on it's bum😂 he looks like he has a cape trailing behind him, I have no idea what breed he's closest to

[@josephineriani]

Love this video ❤️❤️

[@ac9219]

😍👏Thank You!!

[@N1bbles_is_plop]

Love your vids🐹!

[@joppabanks981]

I got overly excited seeing my Milo and Simon featured 😊 I enjoyed this video! Very informative 🐹

[@kowgyrl]

🐹 Wow, thank you so much for doing all of this great research and taking the time to make this video!!!

[@SqueakDreams]

You're welcome! 😊

[@candaceowens4102]

My Polly is in here! Yay! She's an Abby. Thank you for including her!

[@piggieperfection9767]

Great video!!

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you!!

[@lynseycoxon9918]

Aw thank you for this video, I have two American short hard piggies 😊 I didn't know what breed they were before coming across your video. However one is black and brown with a small white patch in between its ears and the other is black and white with a small black patch in between its ears! Xx

[@carmenbryan-gregory8813]

Love this video 🐹

[@bridgetbrown8351]

Hi there. Love your babies! 😘🤗😘😇💖💖 thank you for the video.

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you so much!

[@brookex4971]

This helped me so much :)

[@arlothepup]

Omg I never heard of an agouti before and now I know my pig Jon is one and I would always discribe him as each individual hair having multiple colours on it!😅😂 🐹

[@pesupallo6508]

Great video. I wasn't avare that so many guinea pig breeds exists!

[@nataliebarroga6682]

🐹 Loved it! I think a pair of piggies I just rescued this last week might be silky since they are so much shinier than my other piggies! Off to research those more specifically! Thank you for the fun video ❤️

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you Natalie, awh good luck with your new rescues!!

[@nataliebarroga6682]

@@SqueakDreams Thank you!

[@kasiapope4051]

Very interesting video, Thank you! We've been trying to figure out what breeds our 3 guinea pigs are. Thanks to this video I'm pretty sure we have a Tricolor Coronet! Another is tricolor with patches of Agouti. Our third had me wondering if he is Satin or just has a very shiny coat.

[@nicola1083]

🐹thanks for including the Australian recognised shebas!

[@jemma3459]

Thanks Sarah-what a great video. I learned lots from this.Didn't know that the Baldwin piggy is born with hair and then loses it! Sorry, I didn't realise Lyra had been unwell but very glad to hear she's back to her old self, bless her. Some new piggy toys I ordered arrived in the post for my girls today so they're having a fun morning! Take care and bye for now x :-) Jemma

[@SqueakDreams]

Yes neither did I I found out lots for this video! A fun morning with new toys sounds the best, I hope they had fun! :D Thank you for your lovely comment 😍😊 x

[@musicalmarion]

Great video Sarah, so lovely to see so many types of piglets! I'm so happy to hear Lyra is well again, good girl! I'm sure this video took a good while for you to prepare and it's really well done, thank you! 🐹

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you, yes we are relieved Lyra seems to be well again! Keeping my beady eye on both my older girls! So glad you enjoyed the video! 😃

[@sergeserge3680]

Thank you so much

[@munichjessicajm]

🐹🐹🐹 loved this video❤️❤️❤️🐹🐹🐹

[@TaraH195]

Now I finally know what breed my two piggies are! Thank you!

[@ArtOfShannonLee]

Ahh gorgeous! I know the two @8:35 - Hildy and Peggy!!

[@elasee827]

I've always been wanting a video like this! I've done lots of my own research but every video I find tends to be incomplete. This was amazing! PS when you said a breed was recognised in Australia for a second I thought you meant you lived in Australia and I got extremely excited and went straight to your etsy shop haha 🐹

[@SqueakDreams]

Awh thank you so much I tried to include all of the breeds! Haha nope unfortunately I'm in rainy UK!

[@elasee827]

@@SqueakDreams I knew that but my brain still hoped that maybe you moved haha. Hope you guys are doing okay over there! Lots of love from Sydney

[@christinebell2864]

Wow thank you for your videos but this one is fabulous. I had no idea there were so many different types. My boys Dash, WomWom, Stiles and Jasper couldn’t be more different. I will have to re-watch a few times to get their breeds sorted. Dash is orange and really curly but his brother WomWom looks like a Wombat hence the name. Again thank you and I am happy Lyra is feeling better. Christine from Australia.

[@noelleroher5335]

🐹 Very awesome and informative!

[@nicolefortella9946]

🐹 great video. Thanks for showing my photo of my mongrals 🥰😝

[@alicescott6166]

🐹🐹🐹🐹 So many cute piggies! Thank you, that was lots of fun!

[@JohnnyFiction]

The way she says "piggies" is absolutely adorable

[@tulsisevadasi]

What a superb video. I have 5 gpigs. 4 long haired (abby x peruvian I reakon) and a lilac and ginger smooth coat.

[@laurag1406]

🐹 Great job with this hairy topic!😁

[@loub.2992]

Thank you for sharing this. I knew my ginger and white one was an American Shorthair, but thanks to you I now know my other one is a Crested Harlequin, black and tan, who has the most amazingly soft, shiny coat. Lots of wheeks from my boys. 🐹😁

[@SqueakDreams]

They sound beautiful! Thank you for the wheeks! ❤

[@JulieCanters]

Thanks for this video i have a Sheba mini yak and a american crested

[@shannonmarshall4263]

Thank you for showing our piggies Marsh and Cocoa! 🐹

[@annaloveless4107]

My oldest is abyssinian, and my youngest is short haired.

[@venumbra1177]

Very informative video with lots of cute piggies! Also fun fact, the agouti coloring gets its name from a genus of rodents called agoutis, which happen to be closely related to the caviidae family. They kind of look like long stretched out guinea pigs with that ticked coloration

[@transandpets]

Are they similar to degus?

[@Libbys-animals]

@@transandpetsummm…. They have some similarities but Guinea pigs are more work and money but they’re definitely worth it, Guinea pigs also normally have more personality! ( I’ve owned both)

[@transandpets]

Interesting ok thank you@@Libbys-animals

[@Libbys-animals]

@@transandpets no problem!! Feel free to ask any questions. I have years of experience with small animals

[@KittyKitKatLove]

I don't have piggies anymore but I used to have two boy piggies which one was a tricolor abyssinian and a short hair who was bicolored and I just love the abyssinian because of the hair that goes in the different directions I had a piggy before that who was bicolored and an abyssinian so the fact that piggies come in various colors and hair forms is really neat

[@jadeellis388]

🐹 thanks for all the info. I've just learned one of our piggies was an agouti 🥰

[@myles8328]

🐹 revisiting all the videos again for extra serotonin boosts xx

[@Dorian563]

My nine year old son wanted a guinea pig which I was totally against buying them for him. After a week, I absolutely fell in love with them. I’m not sure what kind they are. I would love to know, and I am so happy you have these videos to teach me information About them. I wish I would have known how amazing these animals are, I think I am more in love with them than my child. I would love to send pictures so you can provide me information on them. Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge which helps me be a better, guinea pig owner!

[@SqueakDreams]

You can email photos to [e-mail] ☺️ guinea pigs are wonderful!

[@RxndomRxbyn]

Early!!! Also guinea pigs rule!! 😄

[@RxndomRxbyn]

Omg I got a like tysm!!!

[@nabzventures]

They sure do!

[@_That_Horse_Girl_Emma_]

This is such an interesting video! I have an american short haired and a Peruvian i believe

[@ThatAnimalHouse]

I have a brown/orange American short haired piggie with a white bottom and a brown/golden, black, white, and gray colored sheltie guinea pigs. Also all these piggies are so cute!

[@mylifewithanimals2465]

I am so glad Lyra is better, great video I really enjoyed watching this video! 🐹

[@Dorian563]

Thanks!

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you for the super thanks! 🥰

[@guineapiglife145]

This was a great video. 🐹

[@jonicholls1811]

🐹 fascinating!

[@juliejennings8055]

That was very informative. Thanks for doing the research. I have heard references to Callie guinea pigs, but not sure what they look like. The picture I saw looked similar to a Himalayan, except the cream color was more like a pale ginger with the brown points.

[@alenakeegan5815]

Wow very interesting thanks my 2 guinea pis are short hair with 3 clours