Pepperdog
Adult Guinea Pig
this can be played with any veg really but I had fun with my 4 earlier on today, its a fun game (for me mostly)
Two of my pigs will take from my hand, two think I am trying to poison them and eye me suspiciously
So I am in the pen with them holding a piece of veg gently approaching each pig in turn and say the veg I am holding, crystal or flash right away take and eat the veg happily with the others looking on, if I try minty she turns away and thinks I am up to something so I place it down within reach for her to have (no point her missing out just because she is being silly) and fudge runs away from me rolleyes so I offer the veg to the closest pig which by then is crystal or flash who again take with no problems. I will point out that I will place yummies near her after she refuses to take from my hand but away from the others while we continue to play name the veg so she also doesnt miss out.
When they were in the hutch during the summer crystal always took through the bars, infact she expected it daily, flash cottoned on and put his skittish nature aside and started to take through the bars as well which for him was a huge step. Minty did want to take some near the end but never quite plucked up courage, fudge is a law unto herself
my guys are funny, not at all keen on being picked up (like most piggies really) minty and flash like cuddles, crystal isnt keen but happy to be near you and takes from your hand, fudge just wants to be anywhere other than sitting still on you but as she is a confident forward piggie I do think she will take from my hand eventually unlike her mum minty who seems happy to be cuddled but not caught.
Two of my pigs will take from my hand, two think I am trying to poison them and eye me suspiciously
So I am in the pen with them holding a piece of veg gently approaching each pig in turn and say the veg I am holding, crystal or flash right away take and eat the veg happily with the others looking on, if I try minty she turns away and thinks I am up to something so I place it down within reach for her to have (no point her missing out just because she is being silly) and fudge runs away from me rolleyes so I offer the veg to the closest pig which by then is crystal or flash who again take with no problems. I will point out that I will place yummies near her after she refuses to take from my hand but away from the others while we continue to play name the veg so she also doesnt miss out.
When they were in the hutch during the summer crystal always took through the bars, infact she expected it daily, flash cottoned on and put his skittish nature aside and started to take through the bars as well which for him was a huge step. Minty did want to take some near the end but never quite plucked up courage, fudge is a law unto herself
my guys are funny, not at all keen on being picked up (like most piggies really) minty and flash like cuddles, crystal isnt keen but happy to be near you and takes from your hand, fudge just wants to be anywhere other than sitting still on you but as she is a confident forward piggie I do think she will take from my hand eventually unlike her mum minty who seems happy to be cuddled but not caught.
