bodgerandbadger
Junior Guinea Pig
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We recently got a pair of lovely guinea pigs from a private seller. They were just under 5 weeks old at the time of selling, but the home seemed a bit busy so I thought it would be best to take them there and then. We have this hutch https://www.amazon.co.uk/FeelGoodUK...ig+hutch&qid=1573762653&s=pet-supplies&sr=1-4 and use dust-extracted bedding to line.
We give them hay every day, PetsAtHome pellets and some greens (broccoli, parsley, grass). We have a hay tunnel with three entrances, a cardboard tube and a cosy. We've brought them inside for the winter. We change the water daily but the bottle leaks a lot, even when I do my best to create a vacuum inside the bottle (it's plastic, we might get a new one).
They have been skittish since day one, so we have tried to let them settle in a bit. Within a week they were comfortable with eating grass out of our hands. However, when we took them out and put them onto the floor in a play pen to do a full clean after one week, they became more frightened again. I've taken them out since into the play pen to let them run around, but they still stay in the cardboard tunnel that I use to transport them into the play pen with, even when I leave the room for a long time.
I've managed to hold one (Bodger) and stroke it whilst it eats grass, but the other (Badger) was very squirmy and didn't sit in my lap. Badger can run upstairs up the ramp, but Bodger hasn't been able to. They are about 6 and a half weeks now. I've noticed them chew on metal parts of the cage and the end of the bottle.
Are we doing everything right so far? Is there anything anyone would recommend? Handling more or the same?
Thanks in advance!
We give them hay every day, PetsAtHome pellets and some greens (broccoli, parsley, grass). We have a hay tunnel with three entrances, a cardboard tube and a cosy. We've brought them inside for the winter. We change the water daily but the bottle leaks a lot, even when I do my best to create a vacuum inside the bottle (it's plastic, we might get a new one).
They have been skittish since day one, so we have tried to let them settle in a bit. Within a week they were comfortable with eating grass out of our hands. However, when we took them out and put them onto the floor in a play pen to do a full clean after one week, they became more frightened again. I've taken them out since into the play pen to let them run around, but they still stay in the cardboard tunnel that I use to transport them into the play pen with, even when I leave the room for a long time.
I've managed to hold one (Bodger) and stroke it whilst it eats grass, but the other (Badger) was very squirmy and didn't sit in my lap. Badger can run upstairs up the ramp, but Bodger hasn't been able to. They are about 6 and a half weeks now. I've noticed them chew on metal parts of the cage and the end of the bottle.
Are we doing everything right so far? Is there anything anyone would recommend? Handling more or the same?
Thanks in advance!
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There's a big plastic under the newspaper. The fleece liner, I bought it from Ziggy's Piggies and has an absorbent layer in the middle that really does a very good job of absorbing (and retaining) the pee. I don't put puppy pads under the liner coz the pee never gets through the bottom. I change the fleece liner every week, apart from the ones on the 2nd floor of the hutch which are changed every day or two. My piggies sleep in the 2nd floor so most pee and poo are there.
