Emmfor
Junior Guinea Pig
- Joined
- May 31, 2015
- Messages
- 15
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Loving it! It's getting better all the time, especially as the weather is so good at the moment.
Their personalities are really showing now. Cocoa (the brown one) is very loud and much more confident than Hermione. Cocoa will come out and get the food first, however Hermione then steals it off her! Cocoa is also starting to take food from my hands (if I stay still!). When I put them in the run and start cleaning their hutch out they get super verbal, squeaking very loudly and jumping around the run. Also when I get up in the morning and open the back door they seem to get really excited, I think they are used to the routine of me popping some peppers and some Kale in the hutch first thing! They seem happy when I pick them up at the moment, but we aren't quite ready for the children to start handling them too much. They do have a cuddle with them from time to time, but my daughter gets a little freaked if they attempt to move whilst she's holding them so it's not been entirely successful. My son is a little better. I've found getting the children to sit in the run with them has been great, they children think it's great that the girls will run over their hands and feet and come very close if they stay still.
I'm hoping that by the time winter comes they will be a little calmer so we can have them inside when cleaning out the hutch. Currently they are still quite skittish and almost impossible to get hold of, although cocoa is starting to let me stroke her, if I try to pick either of them up they bolt, the only way I can do it is with the tunnel, they seem to be getting used to this and will both go in it together when transferring them from hutch to run.
Thought I'd add some pics for you all to see
Their personalities are really showing now. Cocoa (the brown one) is very loud and much more confident than Hermione. Cocoa will come out and get the food first, however Hermione then steals it off her! Cocoa is also starting to take food from my hands (if I stay still!). When I put them in the run and start cleaning their hutch out they get super verbal, squeaking very loudly and jumping around the run. Also when I get up in the morning and open the back door they seem to get really excited, I think they are used to the routine of me popping some peppers and some Kale in the hutch first thing! They seem happy when I pick them up at the moment, but we aren't quite ready for the children to start handling them too much. They do have a cuddle with them from time to time, but my daughter gets a little freaked if they attempt to move whilst she's holding them so it's not been entirely successful. My son is a little better. I've found getting the children to sit in the run with them has been great, they children think it's great that the girls will run over their hands and feet and come very close if they stay still.
I'm hoping that by the time winter comes they will be a little calmer so we can have them inside when cleaning out the hutch. Currently they are still quite skittish and almost impossible to get hold of, although cocoa is starting to let me stroke her, if I try to pick either of them up they bolt, the only way I can do it is with the tunnel, they seem to be getting used to this and will both go in it together when transferring them from hutch to run.
Thought I'd add some pics for you all to see