How often do you hold your pigs?

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Just being curious on how many times roughly people hold their pigs. Tonight for example, I have been very busy so have only had time to stroke my girls.
 
Mine all get a quick cuddle in the morning after they get a spot clean of the cage and just before veggies, this is also when my girls get to cuddle the piggies. If i am not to busy in the afternoon i have another quick cuddle. Once i out girls to bed i do a bit of uni work if i have any and then its cuddle time. if i am really busy i jsut give them a stroke but thats not that often. x
 
Once a day to check them over and to put them in the runs. Will bring them in for a cuddle sometimes especially on cleaning days. But as my 10 are all paired up then I tend to let them have one anothers company. I have some who prefer that and some who prefer cuddles.
 
I haven't held Ted yet............I'm kinda scared because he gets all squirmy. He doesn't mind being pet, just picking him up is kinda a nightmare! Any suggestions?

Leslie :)
 
Try and stoke him first. Or you could pick him up with a towel. He must trust you first its a long haul sometims but they do get there.
 
Tedsmama said:
I haven't held Ted yet............I'm kinda scared because he gets all squirmy. He doesn't mind being pet, just picking him up is kinda a nightmare! Any suggestions?

Leslie :)
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Talk to him and hand feed him :)

I hold the girls daily :)
 
I'm the same Claire. I'm known as the mad guinea pig woman around here! My street cred is zilch! ;D
 
Oh I do talk to Ted, all the time. I call him my baby boy lol, because he is! I do try to hand feed him, but he always grabs the food out of my hand and eats it in his corner lol. I do try to pet him a few times a day and talk to him. LOL my guinea pig is inside, so I don't have to wortry about anyon hearing me talk to him. I want to pick him up, but I think I will wait until he goes to the vet tomorrow and everything is okay again.

Leslie
 
due to numbers and working nights i'd love to cuddle all mine but not possible! ;D
But those in the bigger groups (12 and 4) are happier with me feeding and watering some lked being stoked but not picked up
the little ones (well Morgan and Gooses bubs are bigger than mums now!) i do pick up and those being rehomed are cuddled often as possible to get them used to it But it can be a struggle Laverne is a worm! and chunky too! :smitten:
 
i cuddle my girls as often as i can. so i would say on average around 3 times a day each if zoer is not being syringe fed. O0 as they are indoor piggies they are use to me being an idiot and talking to them like babies etc. :D :D :D they enjoy being cuddled, especially zoe who sometimes goes to sleep. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
as for ted wrap him in a towel and cuddle him this way and have lots of treats and talk soft to him, he will association good times and cuddle times and will start to look forward to it. O0 good luck with it and good luck at the vets, sending hugs and healing vibes :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
I cuddle ours at least once a day. If i'm out of bed before the OH i take one in and put it on the bed! ;D :smitten: :smitten:
 
My two are house pigs and I talk to them all the time...my neighbours must think I'm barking mad, and they may have a point! As for cuddles, I give them both a cuddle and check over when I get them out of their cage to put them in the run outside, and when I bring them in. Sometimes in the evening they sit on my lap for a while and go to sleep but more so in the winter when they're inside all the time.
 
i've got 10 so it hard to find time to give them all a decent cuddle, I do talk to them all and those that don't get a cuddle will get one next day! I try to cuddle ralphy more often as he lives on his own but I'm not sure he appreciates it too much ;D ;D ;D ;D
 
poppy1775 said:
i've got 10 so it hard to find time to give them all a decent cuddle, I do talk to them all and those that don't get a cuddle will get one next day! I try to cuddle ralphy more often as he lives on his own but I'm not sure he appreciates it too much ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Aww! When i had 2 and they had to be split wendy was very anti cuddle. Alice would climb on my knee if i put her out for a run! :smitten:
 
we cuddle ours twice a day or at least have contact strokes etc etc twice daily but must admit they prefer othe rpiggie compnay to mine. :'(
 
Fergie, Blackberry & Hamish trust me so I cuddle them once a day each for about 20 minutes.....so they get an hour for the three of them.

However Peaches and Pudding still need to gain my trust so I handle them twice a day.
 
I hold them as often as I can, at least once a day though, some like cuddles others just prefer a stroke, I always encourage them to have a quick cuddle though!
 
with 12 it can be quite difficult, if they go in their runs on nice days then I give them a quick cuddle then. I usually set aside one day in the week to do all my health checks etc, and usually most of mine are happy and more confident to stay in their hutch and talk to me that way ;D
 
Every day, but they some of them seem to prefer each other's company to mine :(

Smudge is still as nervous as the day we bought her despite regular gentle handling, and she's 18 months old, so I reckon that's just the way she is. Still lies stiff as a board if you hold her, "plays dead" if you like, always turning onto her side and fixing her beady eye on you. Poor mite :smitten:

Most of them still look relieved when they get back with each other. ::) :)
 
I bring mine in twice a day just for cuddles then if I go outinto the garden I'll pick one of them up out of the hutch for a cuddle. I took smudge out today & took him for a walk around the garden in my arms picking grass for him as we walked. (hubby was cutting the lawn at the time. we have a patch of long grass kept especially for the guineas at the end of the garden )I think my neighbours thought I was talking to him rather than smudge....although I'd never call my OH my special little boy or cutie baby !!
 
I finally held Ted for the first time last night! I got a towel and put him in that and he kinda moved around a lot at first, but after awhile he layed down on my chest and cuddled. He moved closer to my neck and my boyfriend even fed him some lettuce while I held him. I held him for a good 20 minutes and he made little chutting noises, it was soooooooooo cute! I am going to try and hold him again tonight after work!

Leslie :smitten:
 
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