Banksy
Junior Guinea Pig
So, its been a full week and here is my take so far for anyone wanting to make the dive.
Guinea pigs are adorable.
Does anyone need soil fertilised with poop? because we've got a full black bag of it already.
They are still very skittish and nervous around us and HATE being picked up.
Fred is easily the most confident piggy we have, Gino is very shy which is the opposite way to what we felt originally. Fred now adventures while we are present, albeit I think its after he smells the array of veg and treats we bring in and decides he can't hide away much longer and must come out to receive some. Gino is far more reserved and his stomach doesn't seem to lead him to this style of bonding yet.
They are both VERY VERY VERY active when we are not there, the tapo cam is forever sending us "movement detected" as soon as we leave the room, my god its like you're playing a video thats been sped up 10x over the way they run round there cage.
Peppers are a hit - Broccoli is a no (very surprised by this) most other veg are also good but only Pepper, Lettuce (romaine) and Kale are hoovered up before we visit again.
They prefer meadow and sweet green hay from natures own over timothy hay (I haven't quite figured out what one is meadow and what one is sweet green since they sent the bags completely unlabelled, it does however smell amazing). They don't care too much for pellets but will snack away at them over the course of the day.
The cheap timothy/meadow blend that pets at home sell sets off my allergies (I have severe dust allergies and you can see the dust going while pulling a handful out) while the far fresher and nicer hay from natures own sets of my partners allergies, but the piggies (and me) love the fresh healthy stuff, so I've started looking for rescue centres for my partner
so if anyone is looking to adopt a "well" trained adult female with hay allergies then feel free to pm for further details (dark humour and jokes aside, please don't take that seriously)
Don't join Facebook groups for piggie lovers, they are filled with seriously incorrect and frankly harmful advice that is often spread to new comers like ourselves, luckily we had this place to fact check and ensure that we were providing the best and safest space for our little piggies. From people saying that solitary piggies are perfectly alright and 2x2 cages are more than enough space for a pair of boars, I have swiftly left them before I end up in a rather toxic environment and have disagreements with people.
We are still venturing out of our comfort zone and looking in to other peoples posts, the meme thread is particularly amusing and holds a few memes that have already hit the nail on the head.
We will continue to venture some more and start our own bonding within the group, in many ways we are like our own piggies just gaining confidence to pop out and say hello to others in here and join in the conversations!
now that you've read my essay of a post, here is your reward, some pictures of the floofers and their cuteness. Our particular favourite is Fred trying to hide under a rather undersized wooden bridge with his entire and rather large badonkadonk hanging out, as you can see, Fred dominates the photo scene being the more comfortable and confident model.
For reference - Fred has a black eye. ginger ears and big booty - Gino has Ginger eyes and black ears and slightly more petite booty
we look forward to venturing out of our own hides more in the coming weeks and saying hello to everyone more formally!
Guinea pigs are adorable.
Does anyone need soil fertilised with poop? because we've got a full black bag of it already.
They are still very skittish and nervous around us and HATE being picked up.
Fred is easily the most confident piggy we have, Gino is very shy which is the opposite way to what we felt originally. Fred now adventures while we are present, albeit I think its after he smells the array of veg and treats we bring in and decides he can't hide away much longer and must come out to receive some. Gino is far more reserved and his stomach doesn't seem to lead him to this style of bonding yet.
They are both VERY VERY VERY active when we are not there, the tapo cam is forever sending us "movement detected" as soon as we leave the room, my god its like you're playing a video thats been sped up 10x over the way they run round there cage.
Peppers are a hit - Broccoli is a no (very surprised by this) most other veg are also good but only Pepper, Lettuce (romaine) and Kale are hoovered up before we visit again.
They prefer meadow and sweet green hay from natures own over timothy hay (I haven't quite figured out what one is meadow and what one is sweet green since they sent the bags completely unlabelled, it does however smell amazing). They don't care too much for pellets but will snack away at them over the course of the day.
The cheap timothy/meadow blend that pets at home sell sets off my allergies (I have severe dust allergies and you can see the dust going while pulling a handful out) while the far fresher and nicer hay from natures own sets of my partners allergies, but the piggies (and me) love the fresh healthy stuff, so I've started looking for rescue centres for my partner
so if anyone is looking to adopt a "well" trained adult female with hay allergies then feel free to pm for further details (dark humour and jokes aside, please don't take that seriously)Don't join Facebook groups for piggie lovers, they are filled with seriously incorrect and frankly harmful advice that is often spread to new comers like ourselves, luckily we had this place to fact check and ensure that we were providing the best and safest space for our little piggies. From people saying that solitary piggies are perfectly alright and 2x2 cages are more than enough space for a pair of boars, I have swiftly left them before I end up in a rather toxic environment and have disagreements with people.
We are still venturing out of our comfort zone and looking in to other peoples posts, the meme thread is particularly amusing and holds a few memes that have already hit the nail on the head.
We will continue to venture some more and start our own bonding within the group, in many ways we are like our own piggies just gaining confidence to pop out and say hello to others in here and join in the conversations!
now that you've read my essay of a post, here is your reward, some pictures of the floofers and their cuteness. Our particular favourite is Fred trying to hide under a rather undersized wooden bridge with his entire and rather large badonkadonk hanging out, as you can see, Fred dominates the photo scene being the more comfortable and confident model.
For reference - Fred has a black eye. ginger ears and big booty - Gino has Ginger eyes and black ears and slightly more petite booty
we look forward to venturing out of our own hides more in the coming weeks and saying hello to everyone more formally!
what lovely piggies. I have two boys Bertie and Hutchie who are both senior chaps but every now and again Bertie still likes to show his dominance and Hutchie is ‘yeah whatever” and pootles off slowly.
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