Drezella
Adult Guinea Pig
Day three of our progress for anyone that is interested. 
We had some good things and a bad thing happen today, but I'm learning from them so hopefully I'll be a better owner in the future.
Well I went shopping today and bought a larger litter tray and a piggie igloo. I set them up in the cage and once I had Paddy dived straight into the new tray then did a little run and jump around. Then Rowen went upstairs into the igloo came back down and then ran and jumped around. I think they were popcorning? It was very cute and made me feel happy. I didn't managed to get it on film sadly, but hopefully there'll be a second event in the future.
They are getting more used to me poo picking now, and they come out when it's feeding time, but they still won't let me stroke them when they are eating. I keep feeding them veggies and they take them off me, but that's as far as we've got really. I managed to stroke Paddy a bit, but then once he realised that it was me he made a squeak noise and bucked my hand. So I don't think that he liked that, I'll keep trying though.
Later on Paddy went into the snuggle pouch bed, so I lifted the bed out and placed it in front of my knee. He came out onto my knee so I had a little cuddle. He was calm for about 30 seconds, then something must have spooked him as he jumped off my arm and ran behind the cage. He did it with such speed that I was really scared that he had hurt himself, but thankfully he hadn't. I tried to call him back, he did come but then ran off again as he was scared. He stood up beside the cage and was sniffing it, so I figured he wanted to go back in. I had to corner him and put him back into the cage. I put him upstairs so that he could be with Rowen and also to try and encourage him to come down the ramp so that he gets used to it. He was a very brave boy and went down the ramp. He settled down again once he was back in the cage. I didn't get chance to pick Rowen up, but will try to stroke him tomorrow. Rowen really seems to love the upstairs, he was up and down going into his new hut.
They have discovered that they can dig underneath the fleece layer, uh oh! So I found a few lovely presents underneath the fleece when I was cleaning it. They also have been tipping their bed over and moving it around the cage. I keep putting it right, then they'll go in and move it again back to how they like it, it's really funny. :p
It's slow progress but I'm hoping that I can tame then eventually, or at very least get them to trust me enough that they don't freak out when I lift their bed out of the cage. Any tips for taming are welcome.
Here's some videos and photos of today.
We had some good things and a bad thing happen today, but I'm learning from them so hopefully I'll be a better owner in the future.
Well I went shopping today and bought a larger litter tray and a piggie igloo. I set them up in the cage and once I had Paddy dived straight into the new tray then did a little run and jump around. Then Rowen went upstairs into the igloo came back down and then ran and jumped around. I think they were popcorning? It was very cute and made me feel happy. I didn't managed to get it on film sadly, but hopefully there'll be a second event in the future.
They are getting more used to me poo picking now, and they come out when it's feeding time, but they still won't let me stroke them when they are eating. I keep feeding them veggies and they take them off me, but that's as far as we've got really. I managed to stroke Paddy a bit, but then once he realised that it was me he made a squeak noise and bucked my hand. So I don't think that he liked that, I'll keep trying though.
Later on Paddy went into the snuggle pouch bed, so I lifted the bed out and placed it in front of my knee. He came out onto my knee so I had a little cuddle. He was calm for about 30 seconds, then something must have spooked him as he jumped off my arm and ran behind the cage. He did it with such speed that I was really scared that he had hurt himself, but thankfully he hadn't. I tried to call him back, he did come but then ran off again as he was scared. He stood up beside the cage and was sniffing it, so I figured he wanted to go back in. I had to corner him and put him back into the cage. I put him upstairs so that he could be with Rowen and also to try and encourage him to come down the ramp so that he gets used to it. He was a very brave boy and went down the ramp. He settled down again once he was back in the cage. I didn't get chance to pick Rowen up, but will try to stroke him tomorrow. Rowen really seems to love the upstairs, he was up and down going into his new hut.
They have discovered that they can dig underneath the fleece layer, uh oh! So I found a few lovely presents underneath the fleece when I was cleaning it. They also have been tipping their bed over and moving it around the cage. I keep putting it right, then they'll go in and move it again back to how they like it, it's really funny. :p
It's slow progress but I'm hoping that I can tame then eventually, or at very least get them to trust me enough that they don't freak out when I lift their bed out of the cage. Any tips for taming are welcome.
Here's some videos and photos of today.
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