Ellie Larson
New Born Pup
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Hi! I am pet-sitting 2 guinea pigs (and 2 rabbits) for my neighbor for a month. I wanted guinea pigs for a while, so I know a little bit about what the require.
To my knowledge, the neighbors aren't the best owners of guinea pigs.
The pig's cage is small, one of the kahoots cages that doesn't have a side open, you can just lift the top up. (Kinda like this but with a top you can open:
)
The guinea pigs run away as soon as I come over. I don't have access to the house for a bathtub or anything, and they don't have anything to make an enclosed area with.
How can I train them to trust me at least enough not to run away (or is it okay for a month, since I'm a stranger)?
Also, I feed them pellets, they're short little cylinder pellets, and hay, and some veggie (either carrots, or lettuce, or kale).
The owner said to take them out and pet them, but they run away from me and don't seem to want to be picked up. Should I do so anyway?
The bedding they had when I arrived was wood-like flake chips, but the only bedding I could find was this dusty, very fine flake bedding. I have to clean their cage every 10 days, plus I scoop out poop every day and add new bedding in, but I'm worried about this bedding choking them.
(Looks like this
but more fine and ground-up (this is basically what's in their cage right now.)
How can I provide the best care to these guinea pigs?
To my knowledge, the neighbors aren't the best owners of guinea pigs.
The pig's cage is small, one of the kahoots cages that doesn't have a side open, you can just lift the top up. (Kinda like this but with a top you can open:
)The guinea pigs run away as soon as I come over. I don't have access to the house for a bathtub or anything, and they don't have anything to make an enclosed area with.
How can I train them to trust me at least enough not to run away (or is it okay for a month, since I'm a stranger)?
Also, I feed them pellets, they're short little cylinder pellets, and hay, and some veggie (either carrots, or lettuce, or kale).
The owner said to take them out and pet them, but they run away from me and don't seem to want to be picked up. Should I do so anyway?
The bedding they had when I arrived was wood-like flake chips, but the only bedding I could find was this dusty, very fine flake bedding. I have to clean their cage every 10 days, plus I scoop out poop every day and add new bedding in, but I'm worried about this bedding choking them.
(Looks like this
How can I provide the best care to these guinea pigs?
