hello, my name is skye and yesterday I got two little girl piggies. I reckon they are about a month old, I left them all day yestserday and got them out today, they didn't move much and ! am afraid that ! may of scared them, do I carry on picking them up each day or wait a bit. they will not eat or come out when we are there.
Handling Baby Guinea Pigs
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Pearl and Zip
Teenage Guinea Pig
Wait until they are used to your presence. Then try handfeeding them food. After they take food from your hand, you can try handling them.
Hi and welcome
Please wait a bit. Place a blanket or sheet over the cage and its sides to give your new arrivals a feeling of safety so they can get their bearings and explore when nobody is in the room.
Please take the time to read these tips here. They tell you how you can avoid behaving like a hunting predator and make friends with them in ways that they instinctively understand; guinea pigs are prey animals after all. Yours are feeling very much lost and are not yet sure whether they are in safe territory or not.
How Do I Settle Shy New Guinea Pigs?
Understanding Prey Animal Instincts, Guinea Pig Whispering And Cuddling Tips
How To Pick Up And Weigh Your Guinea Pig
Lots more helpful information on the most often encountered issues by new owners can be found via this link here:
New Owners' Problem Solver And Information Collection
thankyou very much, i will take this into considoration when training and handling.
MikeyandDonnie
Junior Guinea Pig
I also have 2 babies, it takes a lot of patience and time! I hand fed mine a lot to get them to trust me but we are still working on handling and we are getting a lot better. I can actually hold both of then together now, good luck!
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We always start off after a few days by trying to hand feed a few veggy treats in the cage by offering some nice veggies to the new piggy when they are in their hidey, hopefully they will take it off you as you hold it in for them... after a while try offering it a little further from the hidey so they edge out and take it from you.
Food is the best way to bribe, use food when you get round to lap times also. Start lap time for a short amount of time at first and build up. We started off we laptimes for 1 minute with new piggies then pop them back, slowly increasing the time. They will soon associate you with food and good things but at first it takes a while to gain their trust.
Food is the best way to bribe, use food when you get round to lap times also. Start lap time for a short amount of time at first and build up. We started off we laptimes for 1 minute with new piggies then pop them back, slowly increasing the time. They will soon associate you with food and good things but at first it takes a while to gain their trust.