marimomo
Junior Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2019
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- 6
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Hi! I'm a new guinea piggy owner and read up about the piggies as much as I could before adopting one. (In my town this man was breeding and selling them and the SPCA rescued 33 guinea pigs, wow!) I named him Ekko and he lives in a nice cage with water and hay refilled both morning and night so it's never empty. I've been giving him tiny portions of lettuce since I'm not sure if the breeder gave the piggies lettuce before. He does use the potty and drinks plenty of water, so it's proof he's been eating and drinking.
For the first few days I kept a towel over his cage so he could get used to the cage without being scared of me. I am now almost a week in with him, and he's still deathly afraid of me. I understand they need time to adjust, but will my guinea pig ever adjust? I'm just worried he will never like me. We haven't had any biting incidents yet, he just runs away from you as fast as he can for as long as he can. I've also noticed he makes a high pitched squealing sound whenever I'm not looking at him. (It's not the same as the scared squealing, since I've heard that before :^(( ) Ekko is 8 weeks old (according to the SPCA), here is a picture!
For the first few days I kept a towel over his cage so he could get used to the cage without being scared of me. I am now almost a week in with him, and he's still deathly afraid of me. I understand they need time to adjust, but will my guinea pig ever adjust? I'm just worried he will never like me. We haven't had any biting incidents yet, he just runs away from you as fast as he can for as long as he can. I've also noticed he makes a high pitched squealing sound whenever I'm not looking at him. (It's not the same as the scared squealing, since I've heard that before :^(( ) Ekko is 8 weeks old (according to the SPCA), here is a picture!