doesnt he love me

[elvis is my cavy]

elvis always runs away when i try to give him hugs ive had him for like 4 months now he sholud be used to me. He starts niblling on my finger to i pull back most of the time because it usually hurts. doesnt he love me?! :'(

 

[Abnoba]

I have a very skittish piggy, it took me over half a year to get her to even take cucumber out of my hand when offered.
she still doesnt like being cuddled, and I had her for over a year now.

but then some piggies are just that way, even when they get "tame", as in not running away when you walk past, eating out of your hand etc, they still dont like the cuddling part of it. for some piggies you will never be the "beloved human" you will always only be the "food slave" - give me my treats but dont expect me to do you any favours in return. :

some piggies are really selfish.

other piggies WILL eventually let you cuddle them, but it might take a long time. Just have patience.

 

[CobwebandPigpig]

Aw, I feel for you.. my Pigpig runs away from me all the time, he seemed to be gaining confidence in me as 'friend' at one point and then for some reason we were back to square one again. Abnoba's right, some pigs are just skittish. All you can do is keep trying to gain his confidence (I loooove his name and your forum name by the way - just love 'them!) and hopefully he'll come out of his shell. I don't think he's nibbling you to hurt you, and I think he'd make rumbling noises if he was trying to get you to leave him alone. Just be gentle, talk to him in a soft voice and keep offering him treats and food by hand - many people say the way to a piggie's heart is through his stomach!

Good luck

 

[baby piggie]

yes, you will need to have Patience, one of piggies is very skittish and still runs away when i walk in the room :

Treats will work wonders, what i did to get truffles to love me was hold a bit of cucumber and just let your piggie take little nibbles of it when he wants.

 

[Toby&Patchy]

Just be patient , when you are heloding him ,, sit down and put him on your lap ,, Just talk to him and gently stroke him ! He sounds like a little > to me !

 

[Glynis]

Patience and lots of treats and they learn that you're the one with the treats. But LOL our boy still runs a mile when i go to get him for feeds, that's just some of their traits :

 

[Racheylcg]

Aw I bet he loves you to bits :smitten: Its just some guinea pigs are naturally skittish. If he sees something big come up to his cage and then try to reach in and grab him, whats he supposed to do? Maybe he has a bad sense of smell and he cant smell that its you. But I bet he does love you really

 

[Jayms_fallen_angel]

My Dandylion runs away from me whenever I try to cuddle her too. I feel your pain, especiall as Acorah is so friendly it's a lot more difficult than if it was just Dandy...-sigh- But don't worry I think it's just because they're prey animals, some of them never really get over the whole "I'm prey and you're a huge predator" thing...With others it could just be breeding. Acorah comes from two loveable parents and she, and her brothers are all pretty loveable...not her sister though. But Dandylions parents and brothers and sisters were all pretty skittish (and were rescues so I don't know if it's their nature or just that they'd been mistreated).

 

[BlueRose120]

all piggies are diifferent- some may take longer than others to get used to you-just keep trying and talk in a soft voice to him and offer him treats and food. Over time, he'll come around. my piggy loves me to hold him but I don't remember as its been awhile since I first got him how long it took to get him tame and comfortable with me. Patience, perseverence and love are the key ingredients here.