ghostbusterbunny
Adult Guinea Pig
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=65906
Okay, she has only been on her own for a week now and I'm finding myself feeling so damn guilty. I've been getting her out for cuddle time quite often and when I sit on the patio with her she'll start squeaking really loud when she hears the herd... Kinda like they do when they're separate and want to find each other. She's not getting any replies back, but she will sit and squeak anyway. I feel so guilty for having her on her own but as I said in my last post, she is too nasty to go in a hutch with the other girls... I did let her out for play time with them yesterday, and she was still nasty and nippy, but not as much as usual. I think she appreciated the company.
I know it's not been long enough for her to calm down, and I know she probably needs to hit maturity which won't be for a couple of months yet (she's 7/8 months old now), but it really hurts me to watch her and hear her squeak for company, even though I know that if I did put her back with the herd she would terrorise and potentially seriously hurt them!
Am I right to feel guilty or am I being a little too sensitive about her? Part of me is pretty angry that when I got her I wasn't given the whole story, that could have prevented this situation (she could have gone to a home where she was the only pig and could live indoors for example). But at the same time I wouldn't want to give her up now I've got her and I definitely don't want to give up on her. 8...
Okay, she has only been on her own for a week now and I'm finding myself feeling so damn guilty. I've been getting her out for cuddle time quite often and when I sit on the patio with her she'll start squeaking really loud when she hears the herd... Kinda like they do when they're separate and want to find each other. She's not getting any replies back, but she will sit and squeak anyway. I feel so guilty for having her on her own but as I said in my last post, she is too nasty to go in a hutch with the other girls... I did let her out for play time with them yesterday, and she was still nasty and nippy, but not as much as usual. I think she appreciated the company.
I know it's not been long enough for her to calm down, and I know she probably needs to hit maturity which won't be for a couple of months yet (she's 7/8 months old now), but it really hurts me to watch her and hear her squeak for company, even though I know that if I did put her back with the herd she would terrorise and potentially seriously hurt them!
Am I right to feel guilty or am I being a little too sensitive about her? Part of me is pretty angry that when I got her I wasn't given the whole story, that could have prevented this situation (she could have gone to a home where she was the only pig and could live indoors for example). But at the same time I wouldn't want to give her up now I've got her and I definitely don't want to give up on her. 8...