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Guinea pigs can bite, but they do so less than most other types of pet rodent. Generally, guinea pigs are gentle creatures, and it takes a lot to push them into biting a person.

It is not uncommon for guinea pigs to bite or chew on the hair of other guinea pigs, and this behavior is called barbering. Barbering occurs when a guinea pig bites, chews or eats hair.

Gara Sullivan fell fast asleep snuggling her guinea pig and was left stunned the following morning upon discovering that her pet had munched off her hair.

A new vaccine prevented guinea pigs from catching Lyme disease from infected ticks in a recent study. Whether it works in humans remains to be seen.

A Yale-developed vaccine that helps more quickly identify tick bites on guinea pigs could offer humans protection against Lyme Disease and other pathogens.

Giant Guinea Pig Had Bite As Strong As A Tiger Josephoartigasia monesi was the size of a buffalo and used its giant rodent teeth to find food and protect itself.

Using guinea pigs, the team discovered that vaccinated animals quickly developed redness at the bite site after encountering a disease-carrying tick.

Tail biting in pigs is a serious vice that many farmers have to deal with in herds. In fact no system is immune from this vice.