Bonding help please

She is extremely skittish, I have never had a Guinea pig quite so skittish and hard to be caught. We had to catch her to weigh her, she went mental, she ran into one of the houses head first and knocked it over a bit. How often do I need to weigh her at her age? I don’t want to handle her more than necessary right now. He is being quite bossy even over food but they are both still squeaking happily too. He seems confused why she is refusing his demands today. Do you have a guide on handling of/taming of skittish piggies? I would ideally like to be able to cuddle her in the end, but even if she never wants to cuddle she will need trims/ nails/health check etc. she acted today like she was on some sort of drugs, I worried she might have a heart attack.
 
I haven’t cut into the quick til today. Just now my black piggies nail as 5ey are black. I have used pressure and cornflour as a styptic. It’s now stopped bleeding thankfully what sort of styptic powder should I buy to have on hand in future? I never thought I would need it but obviously it’s possible
 
Don't worry or feel guilty, it happens easily especially with black nails - I've done it myself.
It's stopped bleeding so all is well. If you ask at a pharmacy for a styptic pencil or styptic powder, they will show you what is available. I don't think there are lots of different sorts to choose from, any should be suitable so it would be whichever you think will be easiest to use, if there is a choice.
 
Thanks so much! She was good as gold just kept on cuddling and squeaking while I held her nail with a cotton pad and cornstarch. We gave her some cucumber and I will finish that foot tomorrow.
 
Is this a styptic powder or is it just an antibacterial for small cuts? I would imagine it was good to keep bacteria off a cut nail but don’t know if it has the styptic power I am looking for. It is all pets at home have! Otherwise it is a human styptic pencil, or a questionable brand of Guinea pig styptic on amazon!
 

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I think the Johnsons would be OK, it says it is for minor wounds for small animals (with a guinea pig pictured). I have used a styptic pencil for humans or cornflour previously.
The styptic powder or pencil basically contains compounds which speed up the natural clotting process of the blood, thereby stopping the bleeding. Presumably the Johnsons has similar, but also contains antibacterial ingredients to stop infection getting into the wound.
 
I’ve looked at the styptic powder ingredients, they look harmful for Guinea pigs to ingest (I searched the chemical name) is cornflour the lesser evil to stench blood flow as it is less toxic? It seems like cornflour would be less toxic than the chemicals but perhaps it doesn’t work as well? Or has increased risk of infection?
 
Ok so I have a problem that I believe is connected to the whole stressed pig thing. Button gets wet soggy poo once every week or two. First time I noticed it was stress was when we had tried bonding her and the boy several weeks ago and then she was super stressed through the bars and we had to seperate the cages. Her poo was very very squishy and little ‘coffee’ stains on the fleece. I did not want to stress her further so we did not withhold her veg. By the next day her poo was normal again. About a week ago my brother held the new little girl (who lives with the boy) on the boys towel before glutting her away and cuddling button on buttons towel. He thought this would be ok but she sniffed a lot got agitated and bit him hard through the towel. So he learned not to handle the boy or his friend before button. (I was not around or would have advised him it would not be a good idea). Again buttons poo was soft for a day, again I did not want to stress her so kept giving her veg and next day her poo was normal. Yesterday (and once every two weeks) buttons cagemate must have been in heat. She was doing the boss pig dance all day and button was doing it back all day. (This happens every two weeks). Today buttons poos are very squishy and little ‘coffee’ poo stains around. Do you suggest I withhold her veg every time she gets a stress related soft poo (which could be as much as twice a week) or do you advise waiting a day to see if the poo is still soft and if it is THEN withhold the veg? It appears to me to be completely stresss related, and as she gets very agitated looking for veg if it is withheld will this make the problem worse? I also don’t want her to be mineral deficient if she has so many days without any veg! I know she is a stress head, and we do all we can to keep the stress down, the cages are as far apart as we can get them. And her cagemate will always get boisterous when in heat so I can’t stop those stresses. Is there anything you can advise me to help her calm down? She is a doll when you cuddle her, it’s like she knows she doesn’t have to be boss and can be a baby and she is just the babiest cuddly pig you could imagine, she likes to really nestle down head on its side. She even likes baths, I think just because she is being held! She starts squeaking happily before you pick her up in anticipation of the cuddle!
 
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