MommaPiggy
Adult Guinea Pig
Whenever I clean out my piggies cage; I put my boys on my bed.
I lay out a fleece blanket (I know which side is which, I marked it, so it's always hairy-side-up
) and let them wander around or relax while I do the cleaning.
Today, however...Ralph seemed to be interested in staring over the edge of the bed.
I ignored him, thinking how silly he was.
I get back to my cleaning and...*thud*
I thought Ralph fell off the bed, I was so worried. I thought I'd turn around and find him hurt...
No...
He was fine, thank goodness. But he had jumped off the bed and straight into the litter tray, where he peed. I was unsure if I should praise him...Since he took a dangerous leap, but I did anyway, since he went loo in the right place.
So I put Ralph and the Litter Tray on the bed, thinking it would be fine.
No!
I take my hands away and Ralph just hops off the bed, like it's nothing and looks up at me...Then he scurries off the sniff the things on my floor.
So I pick him up and put him inside the 2x1 attic of the cage, which was clean.
I do this with Arnold when he's irritating Ralph and it works...But I've never done it with Ralph. So I assumed it would be fine.
Seriously! Ralph cannot be a Guinea Pig.
He has to be a Guinea Frog or something. I saw him JUST in time and caught him, thankfully! But he positions himself for a jump (and my boy can jump!)
and sure enough, he took the leap from the attic, aiming to land in the bottom half of the cage.
Thank heavens I caught him! He's fine, absolutely fine.
But I think I learned my lesson.
From now on...During cleaning time...Both my boys are going to play on the floor...Because I don't think my heart could take Ralph's daredevil stunts again :{
I have this problem during bath time.
Ralph jumps straight out of the bath when I put him in...Normally hitting me in the face or chest and getting me just as soaked as him.
I lay out a fleece blanket (I know which side is which, I marked it, so it's always hairy-side-up
) and let them wander around or relax while I do the cleaning.Today, however...Ralph seemed to be interested in staring over the edge of the bed.
I ignored him, thinking how silly he was.
I get back to my cleaning and...*thud*
I thought Ralph fell off the bed, I was so worried. I thought I'd turn around and find him hurt...
No...
He was fine, thank goodness. But he had jumped off the bed and straight into the litter tray, where he peed. I was unsure if I should praise him...Since he took a dangerous leap, but I did anyway, since he went loo in the right place.
So I put Ralph and the Litter Tray on the bed, thinking it would be fine.
No!
I take my hands away and Ralph just hops off the bed, like it's nothing and looks up at me...Then he scurries off the sniff the things on my floor.
So I pick him up and put him inside the 2x1 attic of the cage, which was clean.
I do this with Arnold when he's irritating Ralph and it works...But I've never done it with Ralph. So I assumed it would be fine.
Seriously! Ralph cannot be a Guinea Pig.
He has to be a Guinea Frog or something. I saw him JUST in time and caught him, thankfully! But he positions himself for a jump (and my boy can jump!)
and sure enough, he took the leap from the attic, aiming to land in the bottom half of the cage.
Thank heavens I caught him! He's fine, absolutely fine.
But I think I learned my lesson.
From now on...During cleaning time...Both my boys are going to play on the floor...Because I don't think my heart could take Ralph's daredevil stunts again :{
I have this problem during bath time.
Ralph jumps straight out of the bath when I put him in...Normally hitting me in the face or chest and getting me just as soaked as him.
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