Hi everone,
Yesterday I got two New Guinea pigs (my first ever) from the rescue. They are 8 month old Peruvian boys. One of them(Billy) is confortable being picked up out of the cage (a 4x2 C&C with loft) and cuddled. However, the other piggie, Pumpkin, doesn’t want to be picked up out the cage. I have managed to get him into an upturned carrot house and pick him up that way, but I can’t pick him up out the cage with my hands, he squeals and turns and runs. I just can’t manage to pick him up. Once he is out of the cage, he is fine, he is nice and relaxed when sitting/cuddling on my lap, and I can just about pick him up in floor time. He is nice and relaxed, enjoys sitting quietly in my lap in the cage, but hates being picked up out the cage. What can I do to help him and tame him a bit more?
PS I attached some cute pics of Pumpkin
Yesterday I got two New Guinea pigs (my first ever) from the rescue. They are 8 month old Peruvian boys. One of them(Billy) is confortable being picked up out of the cage (a 4x2 C&C with loft) and cuddled. However, the other piggie, Pumpkin, doesn’t want to be picked up out the cage. I have managed to get him into an upturned carrot house and pick him up that way, but I can’t pick him up out the cage with my hands, he squeals and turns and runs. I just can’t manage to pick him up. Once he is out of the cage, he is fine, he is nice and relaxed when sitting/cuddling on my lap, and I can just about pick him up in floor time. He is nice and relaxed, enjoys sitting quietly in my lap in the cage, but hates being picked up out the cage. What can I do to help him and tame him a bit more?
PS I attached some cute pics of Pumpkin
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