So as many are aware I've got 3 brothers(Jett, mickey and tiger) I've only had them 1 week which I know is such little time for guinea pigs and when I got them last Saturday I was told they were 7 weeks old.
They're currently in an indoor cage which at the end of the month I am getting them a two tier hutch so they have plenty of room with being 3 boars and ill be able to modify the hutch to two hutches if I do have to split them up when they hit hormonal stage.
My concern at the minute is that they are still soooo scared- I understand they are prey animals and they're going to be scared. I left them for a couple of days to settle in but every time I go near their cage they just bolt in the hidey hut and Jett always gets sat on or squashed. Jett is definitely going to be the submissive of the 3 and mickey is definitely tw dominant one- he does the occasional bum shuffle, but he does mount a bit.
Mickey didn't mind being stroked before I got him and I held all 3 of them so I know they didn't mind it but it just seems now they hate any contact. I've started hand feeding some veggies to get them used to me- tiger is getting so good- he sits and wait for food most the time now whereas the other 2 just hide away until I've gone unless I take all the things out the cage then they eat like crazy! I've just been in their room and sat an spoke to them- I managed to stroke Jett and tiger for a few seconds but if you go to pick them up they just bolt away. I am very impatient an I know I'm being impatient with them but will they eventually calm down- should I keep feeding and talking for them to get used to me or should I just hold and stroke them so they get used to it? I don't want to do the wrong thing
I'm worried that when they get the big two tier hutch they're more likely to run away from me and ill never get them used to me or being handled. I want them to get used to being handled so I can do things like nails, bath and carry them to the run.
Any advice is much appreciated as like I say I just want to do right by them
They're currently in an indoor cage which at the end of the month I am getting them a two tier hutch so they have plenty of room with being 3 boars and ill be able to modify the hutch to two hutches if I do have to split them up when they hit hormonal stage.
My concern at the minute is that they are still soooo scared- I understand they are prey animals and they're going to be scared. I left them for a couple of days to settle in but every time I go near their cage they just bolt in the hidey hut and Jett always gets sat on or squashed. Jett is definitely going to be the submissive of the 3 and mickey is definitely tw dominant one- he does the occasional bum shuffle, but he does mount a bit.
Mickey didn't mind being stroked before I got him and I held all 3 of them so I know they didn't mind it but it just seems now they hate any contact. I've started hand feeding some veggies to get them used to me- tiger is getting so good- he sits and wait for food most the time now whereas the other 2 just hide away until I've gone unless I take all the things out the cage then they eat like crazy! I've just been in their room and sat an spoke to them- I managed to stroke Jett and tiger for a few seconds but if you go to pick them up they just bolt away. I am very impatient an I know I'm being impatient with them but will they eventually calm down- should I keep feeding and talking for them to get used to me or should I just hold and stroke them so they get used to it? I don't want to do the wrong thing
I'm worried that when they get the big two tier hutch they're more likely to run away from me and ill never get them used to me or being handled. I want them to get used to being handled so I can do things like nails, bath and carry them to the run.
Any advice is much appreciated as like I say I just want to do right by them
