about how much money should i save to get a guinea pig with all of its stuff?

i get paid $25 a week for allowance.and i would like to know how much i would have to spend to get a guinea pig so i can save up!like its cage food and bedding stuff including the guinea pig.any estimate guesses on how much i money i would need?also does anyone no how much a guinea pig is at petsmart or petco?

A Guinea Pig is usually around $30 or $40. Depending on the size of the cage, probably $60. Food and bedding.. $20. You would have to save up about $120 or so. Good luck on getting your pet!

Guinea pigs themselves are often available very, very cheaply, or even for free. Animal shelters often have the best prices, and if you adopt from a shelter you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you've saved a homeless guinea pig's life. The supplies and services needed for guinea pigs are what can be expensive. Here are the approximate costs in US dollars:ONE-TIME COSTScage: $60. The best value usually comes from a cubes & coroplast cage. See http://www.guineapigcages.com/ for information on these cages or http://www.guineapigcages.com/buycc.htm to order one online. If you have dogs or cats in your household, be sure to obtain a lid for the cage.bottle: $6.food dish: $4.hideaway: $0 for a small cardboard box you already have lying around, or $3 for a plastic igloo. Some people buy $20+ fancy decorated houses, but guinea pigs are just as happy with $0 cardboard boxes.ONGOING COSTSlitter: $20 for a 50-liter bag of Carefresh litter/bedding. A photo can be seen at http://www.supershavins.com/cf1.htm . I've never had just a single guinea pig, so I'm not sure how long a bag of litter would last with just one pig, but I'm guessing it would last a little over a month. Please note that guinea pigs should NEVER be kept on pine or cedar shavings! Pine and cedar are toxic to guinea pigs, despite being marketed as small animal bedding.food: Cost depends largely on where you shop. Your guinea pig will need three types of food: hay, pellets, and fresh vegetables. If you buy hay at a pet store, it might cost $10 for a bag your guinea pig will go through in a few days. It's much, much cheaper to mail order hay in big boxes from either the Oxbow Hay Company ( http://www.oxbowhay.com/ ) or American Pet Diner ( http://www.americanpetdiner.com/ ), but make sure you have space for the boxes! Pellets are cheap, usually around $8 for a 5-pound bag that will last for weeks. Vegetables, which are very important for a guinea pig's health, will likely cost around $3 per week.veterinary care: Veterinary costs vary greatly from place to place, and from practice to practice within the same area. You may spend as little as $60 or as much as $200 (or more) to have health problems treated. Be aware that few veterinarians have substantial knowledge about species other than dogs and cats. I've found that those who take an active interest in rabbits tend to become experts on guinea pigs as well, so if you can't readily identify a vet in your area who is known as a guinea pig expert, you may want to check out one of the online lists of rabbit vets:United States: http://www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.htmlAll other countries: http://www.rabbitvet.net/pet sitting: If you go away on vacation, you might be able to leave your guinea pig with a friend or neighbor. Otherwise, the services of a professional pet sitter may be required. As with veterinary care, costs vary immensely, but you'll probably end up paying $10-20 per visit. Guinea pigs will need at least one visit per day, preferably two.If all the numbers above are making your head spin, here's a summary based on my own experiences with guinea pigs. For me, buying hay, pellets, and Carefresh in bulk and feeding fresh vegetables to my guinea pigs twice a day, the cost for supplies works out to approximately $1 per guinea pig per day. I'm often able to go years without needing veterinary care for any given guinea pig, but when they DO need treatment (usually when they're old), spend hundreds of dollars in a year. Even having a guinea pig euthanized can cost $50-100 in my city, which has unusually high costs for veterinary care.When properly cared for, guinea pigs often live 6-8 years, so if you expect to leave home any time in the next 8 years, another expense to think about is the cost of renting an apartment where pets are permitted. In many cities, pet-friendly apartments cost more than apartments with no-pets policies. In my case, there's a building up the street from me with a no-pets policy that rents apartments for around $100 less per month than what I pay.By the way, most guinea pigs are happiest when kept with others of their species, so you may want to think about adopting two guinea pigs. Just make absolutely certain they're the same sex so you don't end up with lots of babies on your hands. Animal shelters are usually better than pet stores at sexing guinea pigs correctly, and some even adopt out guinea pigs who have been spayed or neutered.There's lots of good information at http://www.guinealynx.info/ on all aspects of guinea pig care, so you may want to check that out before bringing your guinea pig(s) home. I've lived with guinea pigs for years, and still visit the web site often to look up information.Good luck!