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Buttercup bonds with her human
I have had my first guinea pig for about 4 months now. I thought that by now she would have been comfortable with her surroundings, but it’s been the complete opposite. She never leaves her little guinea pig house and when I try to pick her up she runs away.
By the way, I adopted her from a family that could not afford her anymore, and I think she was abused and neglected.
– Kuuipo from Hawai’i
Hi, Kuuipo!
You are a darling Human for adopting your guinea pig. Thank you 🙂
Many guinea pigs can take months or even years to get comfortable with the scents and sounds of their human counterparts. This just depends on each guinea pig’s individual personality; it’s especially true of guinea pigs that may have been abused and/or neglected. Not all guinea pigs are created equal, and some may be more shy or more friendly than others.
Why Guinea Pigs are Naturally Skittish
It’s completely normal for a guinea pig to want to scurry away and hide, and even the most well-adjusted guinea pig startles very easily.
With their relative lack of strength and portly physique, each guinea pig possess a built-in instinct that tells them they are the perfect portion size for predators, and they need to remain vigilant when this instinct kicks in. Armed with this knowledge, guinea pigs will either freeze or run and hide when frightened or even just slightly uncomfortable.
Dot: Lessons Learned
When Dot first arrived on the scene at HappyCavy, things did not go exactly as planned. Fortunately, The Humans learned a lot from this experience and they are now better cavy keepers for it!
After a few stressful rounds of introductions, Dot had to be permanently separated from the rest of the HappyCavy herd. So The Humans had to work over-time to help Dot get acclimated to her new surroundings. This posed quite the challenge because not only does Dot have to live separately, but she is one of the most skittish guinea pigs to have ever lived in the HappyCavy Forever Home.
But fortunately, with time and patience, The Humans have been able to get Dot more comfortable at HappyCavy, and she has settled into her routine nicely. While she still isn’t a cuddler, The Humans respect that and leave her to her business. One day she may get more used to being handled, but only time will tell.
While winning over Dot’s trust, The Humans learned a few tips that have helped along the way. Some of the following advice has been gleaned from past experiences, others have been learned from fellow cavy keepers.
We hope you find some of points below useful! If you’d like to make any additions to the list below, please share your ideas in the comment section at the end of this article.
Tips for Building a Stronger Bond with Your Guinea Pig
Give Your Guinea Pig Time to Adjust. An important tip for new guinea pig owners: After quarantine is over, and the newest members of your family are safe and sound in their Forever Home, give them time to get used to their surroundings. Avoid the urge to pick up and hold your new guinea pigs immediately. Be present, speak softly, and give your cavies a week or two to acclimate to their new environment.
Get A Friend. Guinea pigs are social animals, and, as such, most cavies enjoy the companionship of other guinea pig friends. While you can add a second guinea pig at little to no additional expense in care and housing, there are a few important details to consider. But if you’re already thinking about getting a fuzzy friend for your solo pig, then it’s time to familiarize yourself with how to go about adding a second guinea pig to your herd of one.
Buttercup and Hammy enjoy fresh dark green lettuce
The Fastest Way to a Pig’s Heart Is… Through its belly! Guinea pigs carry in their little mouths about 17,000 taste buds — the most in nearly any domestic or wild animal. A diet that consists of always-available, high-quality hay and pellets (if they need them) is a must.
Caution: Don’t Over-Feed!
While it may be tempting to use treats as bribes, please DO NOT over-feed your guinea pig! Over-feeding can lead to a myriad of health issues. For instance, feeding your cavy too much fruit can lead to guinea pig diabetes.
Thanks to HappyCavy friend Candice for the tip!
Schedule Floor Time. Floor time is a vital part of your daily guinea pig care schedule. Pick a set time each day, set up a guinea pig safe floor area with food and hideys, and give your cavy the exercise it needs. Besides being an excellent way to keep your guinea pig engaged in its environment, floor time is a great time for you to bond with your pet. Sit next to your cavy as he or she runs and explores new areas; observe and get to know your little friend’s personality.
Use floor time to help your guinea pig adjust. Sing or speak softly to your pig, feed it a few pieces of its favorite vegetable, or set up mazes and obstacles with boxes and fabrics as you talk your guinea pig through a new encounter. It may sound silly, but The Humans have found that the more they engage with the HappyCavy during floor time, the quicker each pig becomes comfortable with being handled. A little attention can go a long way!
Guinea pigs at floor time
Keep a Consistent Schedule. Guinea pigs are creatures of habit. A pig is happiest when treats, floor-time, weight-checks and other daily and weekly tasks follow a precise and committed schedule. Say, what time is it where you are? Do you know where your guinea pig is?
Keep Your Voice Low & Temperatures Consistent. Ensure that the noise level around your guinea pig remains low, similar in volume to a conversational noise level. Guinea pigs have a great sense of hearing, and, being the anxious pets they are, loud and/or sudden noises can startle them and leave them a bit upset for hours. Cut the noise and keep the unruly guests or housemates out of the guinea pigs’ area. And keep a consistent temperature! Between 65 and 75 degrees F (18 to 24 degrees C), please. 🙂
Hands Out of the Cage! Avoid grabbing, chasing, cornering, and other characteristically “come here, come now” behavior. Unless your guinea pig is in serious trouble or its life is in jeopardy, you should never have to take your piggy away from hiding. Try coercing them out of hiding with a piece or two of parsley, make them climb on the cage for it, then shortly after munching it down they may let you pick them up. A gentle towel toss over the head can work wonders, as well.
Cute Story Time!
Hammy has become quiet adept at anticipating floor time.
She climbs in her tube at 3pm daily and waits for the Humans to carry her off to the floor area. This way she doesn’t get touched, The Humans don’t have to chase, and the rest of the herd doesn’t have to witness a scary and unnerving struggle of Human vs. Hammy.
Keep Your Friends Close. “Cuddle time” is anytime! Just remember, keep a consistent schedule. Every day, The Humans hold each pig for about 30 minutes as they relax before getting ready for bed. Each pig is wrapped in a towel and allowed to climb on and explore their Humans as they please. Usually, this means they curl under their towel and take a nap somewhere on Human #1 or #2. Much petting and cooing ensues.
A Human makes its presence known to Dot the guinea pig
State Your Purpose. Don’t just enter the room and jam your hand in the cage. Sacré Bleu! State your purpose, Human!
For as well-developed as their sense of hearing and smell is, guinea pigs don’t have the best sight. This means that if your guinea pig is used to your scent and sounds, he or she may still be a bit nervous if they can’t visually identify you.
The next time you enter your cavy’s room, speak gently to your guinea pig. Then place your hand about a foot away from the side of its face and leave your hand there for a second or two as you continue to speak softly. And you’re done! Check-in complete.
This small step helps your guinea pig to see your hand, recognize it, and verify its scent as “safe”. If all works well, your guinea pig should be back to sleeping and snacking without having to figure out who just walked into its room.
Conclusion
Expect your guinea pig to be skittish and wary of your intentions; they’re just born that way! So it’s up to you to win over your guinea pig’s trust and acceptance as a cohabitant of its environment.
Patience, time, cuddles, and common sense will do the job. The gentler you are, the slower you walk into a guinea pig’s room or space, and the less you bother your cavy, the faster they may become more accustomed to you.
Now It’s Your Turn!
What advice would you have given Kuuipo? Take off where HappyCavy left off. Share your advice in the comments section below!
Hi
I adopted a friend’s guinea pig called Skye, who had been neglected…she had been fed on hamster food, no veggies and no hay.
She is lovely with humans, but when I introduced her to my other guinea pigs, she chattered her teeth at them in a very hostile way and started attacking my smallest guinea pig. I don’t know whether I should try again or whether she’ll never become used to other guinea pigs.
Please answer my question!
Thanks
Bella, Peppi, Toffee, Willow, Bumble and Skye 🙂 x
Hi, Peppi! You may want to start reading about our well-documented experience introducing Dot the guinea pig to rest of the cavy family. Blood drawn is a pretty solid indicator that a guinea pig does not play well with others. If someone else thinks otherwise, please correct me 🙂
Hey there Cavy team!
About 4 months ago I adopted a 3 year old Guinea Pig named Pooper off of Kijiji, upon receiving him I was immediately concerned about how skinny he was, the lack of furr, and the fact that he was scratching himself into seasures. I then went on to find out that the owners never spent any time with him, and he was on a strict pellet and water diet. His cage only had shavings in it which the family had bought in bulk, and they had never spent any time with him.
The worst part is, he came with Mange Mites 🙁 About once an hour he would scratch and scratch until he put himself into a seizure, and it really concerned us. Being the loving owners we are we did some searching on the internet and found out that the shavings that the owners were purchasing were the culprit.
We immediately threw out his cage and the shavings and started using towels instead to be changed daily. We keep him on a table with his bottle, food, hay, boxes, toys and towels now, since the table is right beside the couch where we’re always sitting he loves coming out and putting his feet up on the couch when he wants attention from us. We started using bag-balm on his skin daily or every other day to rid of the mites. After about a week of him loosing all of his fur and another 2 weeks of slowly growing it back he eventually got rid of the mites and is now wheeking happily. His fur is back and full and he now enjoys a rich healthy diet with lots of greens (dandelion leaves from the yard are his favorite).
Sadly we don’t have the space to get another guinea pig friend (the tables only about 1Mx1M) and I was wondering if your little guys would like to Skype with him sometime!
I will often times pull up the live streams you guys host on the tablet and set it infront of him, and he just popcorns all over the place wheeking like crazy, maybe he’d enjoy a little face to face time haha.
I’ve tried seeing if any friends have guinea pigs but I’m new to the town I’m in and no one seems to have one.
Let me know!
Daxton and Pooper
Thanks for this post. My fiance and I adopted a pair of boys, Sonic & Shadow, from the SPCA about a month ago. It is so true that the fastest way to their heart is through their stomach. Just have to be careful not to over feed them with bribes (very tempting).
Great tip, Candice! We just added it to the article, credited to you of course 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Hammy 🙂
I have two boys, Patrick and Brendan. Brendan is very calm and doesn’t mind being picked up, but Patrick is skittish and when he is held, he gets squirmy after a short time. We’ve had Brendan since he was weaned, but we got Patrick when he was eight months old. Would age at adoption make a difference? Can I still calm Patrick down now that he is 2 years old? If I stick my hand in the cage, he will come and sniff at it. He is okay being hand-fed. He will let me scratch his head, behind his ears, and pet him, but if I do anything close to a picking-up movement, he’s off like Red the Firetruck. We’ve moved their run off the floor so it doesn’t seem like we are looming over him, too. What else can we do to try to get him more interested in cuddling? Thanks, Hammy…
It sounds like you’re doing everything you can so far. Two years old is still on the younger side for a guinea pig, and, while I have no experience with boars, cavies generally calm down as they get older. Unfortunately I’m not sure what else you can do. I would still continue to try and handle Patrick every day — that along with your routine care schedule of nails, ears, and brushing and with a little time and patience — perhaps he will come around 🙂
Oh, my goodness, Daxton, you are my favorite breed of Human: kind, considerate, compassionate, and resourceful. Thanks for taking such good care of Mr. Pooper, he looks so healthy and happy now!
Unfortunately we don’t get much to be on Skype — what with our busy schedules of eating, sleeping, pooping, and blogging 🙂 — but after some Googling it looks like you might be from Ontario, Canada?
If so, think about getting in touch with some rescues in your area, like this http://guinea-pig-rescue.webs.com/ or this one http://www.pigglesrescue.com/. You can see if they need volunteer help or if they have suggestions for getting in touch with other cavy owners in your area.
Hope this helps, awesome Human named Daxton! 😀
Hi Hammy!
I just bought my first guinea pig Winston! He’s a long hair guinea pig who looks like a walking wig. Winston is a sweetheart because the reason I bought him was because he was so loving at the pet store. And kept trying to crawl into my jacket…
But my big question is, Can he get along with my dogs?
I introduce them yesterday with Winston in his carry home box, and weirdly, my dogs became scared of Winston! Winston was just chewing on some hay!
And now my dogs just sit in front of the desk where Winston’s cage is, staring at it…they don’t bark at him either.
Is there a trick to these guys becoming friends?
I ask this because my sister has an very evil grumpy hedgehog, but the dogs love it…
The dogs I have are Westies, is he breed an issue?
I need help. I have a litter of 2 growning piggies and their mom in one cage, and my males in another. One of my little pigs keeps getting out of the cage and going over to, or in the males cage. Since they will have to be introduced sooner or later i figured they could do it now, but at first my biggest pig tried to hump him (mommy smell?) and know it seems better but their.. licking his bottom? I am worried about my little piggie and im not sure if they will hurt him… is that a sign of agression? Please respond!
Hi, Evelynn! Our Humans are overly-cautious and thus, if we were faced with this situation, would avoid introducing Winston “Walking Wig” Pig. 🙂 Dogs, and cats, are naturally territorial animals and though they may never have shown aggression towards their Human companions, you can’t predict when territorial instincts will kick in.
But we aren’t familiar with dogs as my Humans have only ever cared for guinea pigs. Take a look at what CavyMadness has to say:
Off-topic questions are best asked at Ask HappyCavy. Please submit your question there and we’ll be happy to help! 😀
I have two new baby piggies, Bug and Osi, both boys and both from the same cage they were raised in. They’re still young and I’ve not had them long but they have been getting into tiffs lately, no harm done, just some unhappy noises. I am unsure if I should let them eke out a pecking order or separate them before they get too old?
Hi, Kati! If there is no harm being done (no attack lunges, no biting) then give them time to figure it out. If you see the aggressive behavior escalate to lunging and attacking, that’s when it’s time to separate. Generally, the older a cavy gets, the more docile they will become. They’re just young and feisty! 🙂
Hi Hammy!
I thought I would let you know that I bought Winston a friend, a baby male guinea pig whom we named Ozzy because of his rock’n roller hair style. I really saw a change in Winston, he was so happy to have a new friend. Its really cute how protective he is of Ozzy. They love their cucumber, and red leaf lettuce. I also found out they like softer hay, thought Ozzy run around the cage dragging it before eating it. I really wished I had bought two pigs together then one. But now these two are BBF’s. Ozzy is extremely talkative, you walk into the room and he just starts chatting away, and Winston purr’s away.
Also my one dog Fin has taken a shine to Ozzy, he will just sit there while Ozzy talks away, if he goes quite, Fin starts to whine, then Ozzy will start chatting again. I never the dogs and pigs alone, but glad to see them getting along. I’v really started to bond my my piggies too, taking all the advice form the happy cavy blog has been a huge help!!
So thank you so much!!
Evelynn
Evelynn, you made our day!! 😀 I’m so happy to hear things are going so well for Mr. Winston and Mr. Ozzy! Good on you for taking the time and care to create a loving, responsible Forever Home for your two fuzzies. Keep stopping by, Human friend! *wheek wheek!*
Hello Hammy!
I have tow guinea pigs. Sofie and Oreo. They are both girls. I take them out, and try to build a bond, but I don’t feel like they are doing anything. Also is their any other way I could contact you? Merry Christmas, and happy holidays!
You can always get in touch with us through the Ask HappyCavy column 🙂
Hi Hammy,
I have had my guinea pig, Spark Plug, for about a year now, and being a college athlete I have been seriously considering getting him a friend so he has company when I’m away and have no roommates this year to keep him company. However, I am very concerned with cage size, especially since I move between a single bedroom apartment and my parents house (college problems, yeesh!). Currently Spark Plug has a standard large sized pet cage, would that be too small for two guinea pigs or would I be able to make it work with giving them extra floor time? I love Spark Plug and just want him happy but my own tight space worries me. Please help.
Emerald
Hi, Emerald! First, nose rubs to Spark Plug, my favorite cavy name of today 🙂
Fortunately (or unfortunately) the answer to your question is a straight-forward one. Two guinea pigs require at least 28 sq in. The preferred size of a cage for two guinea pigs is 40 sq in of space (30in x 50in).
Whatever your circumstance, please continue substituting your standard large sized pet cage with plenty of floor time, whether it’s just Spark Plug or Spark plug plus one 🙂
Thank you so much! That actually helped me and Spark Plug a lot!
Yay! 🙂
Hey Hammy!
I had just gotten my piggy on monday, one of our family friends couldn’t afford him anymore so they asked me if i would take him! being the animal lover i am, of course i said yes! His name is mr. cuddles, but im afraid he just might not like me :/ i made a simple human mistake while cutting his nails (the poor thing, they didnt take care of his little footsies, they were growing into his feet! owie!) and i accidentally cut one too short, or nearly did. i let him pull his foot away but now im afraid hes going to be afraid of me forever. i cant understand his sounds or anything so im so confused on how he feels… im reading stories on how guinea pigs love their owners. i love mr cuddles already, how can i get that love back? :/
update: took mr. cuddles out for floor time and put him down in his pin. he wasnt really moving so i went and cut up some veggies, and when he heard the cutting board he went INSANE! squeaking and squealing! and i put the veggies down and hes going to town on them! 🙂
Great! Sometimes it just takes some time and patience, especially after a little trauma like nail clipping. Even without “oopsies”, nail clipping can be a harrowing event! Also, if you don’t already, get some styptic powder http://bit.ly/Styptic-Powder on hand so you can stop any small bleeding if you cut into the quick. *wheek!*
Hi Hammy!
I have had my two guinea pigs Bella and Teddy.We have had them for a while now i got them a little before christmas and they still are afraid of me, i really dont know what to do. Ive looked up many thing on how to get you guinea pigs tamed but nothing has worked. I have one dog , two fish, and six chicks. They all get along with the guinea pigs but not with us :.( . i really dont know what to do. my sister and i try to pay as much attenchon to them as we can but we are really busy all the time. When ever i come in to my room they sceak so much i try to hold them but they just runn away. We love them so much but they hate us. I am only nine but i care so much for them.We really really really dont want to give them away but they dont like us at all:(. HELP US PLEASE
Hi, Sophia!
Guinea pigs won’t bond with you like other pet animals, such as cats and dogs, so you’ll have to keep in mind that they will always be a little wary of you and any other Human. That’s just the way they are. They don’t “hate” you; they are prey animals who have strong instincts to run and hide, they need time and patience to warm up to you.
The most important thing you can do is set time aside each day to 1) care for them (freshen hay and pellets and water, spot clean their cage, give them floor time) and 2) spend time with them, either in the same room interacting with them or cuddling and snuggling during one-on-one time. I understand you’re busy, but such is the requirement if you want to get closer to your guinea pigs.
Building a strong, lasting bond can take years. It’s important to be patient and to follow the advice outlined in this article.
Help please!: My mother is making me get rid of my Cavies (Dahlila and Gloria). Unless I can bond with them. How can I do so in a timely fashion?
Yikes, Haylee, that’s rather heavy-handed. Unfortunately, with guinea pigs, “bonding” isn’t something that can be expedited. And it’s possible they may be as strongly bonded to you as they will ever get. Guinea pigs don’t bond like dogs, cats, or Humans.
The tips in this article is a pretty “sure-fire” way to get closer to your pigs, but how close they want to get varies from cavy to cavy.
It sounds like your mother may have other concerns that she isn’t sharing with you. I’d say, try to address those first. Find out what else may have motivated her to make such an ultimatum, because, frankly, it sounds rather unreasonable. And, though parents can be a mystery at times, they are usually rather reasonable people.
Hammy,
She thinks they bother my allergies when they don’t! She also thinks I need to be outside more instead of inside with the pigs. She also said money reasons, when I pay for them.
My first guinea pig, Cocoa is just so easy to bond with. Though she doesn’t love it when I try to get her out of her cage, after a while, she would surrender after a minute or two. I adopted her from someone who was fostering for her friend that moved in around April. She was well taken care of and her fosterer clearly instructed me in how to take care of her, provided timothy hay and oxbow pellets.
But my second pig, Cookie, whom I think was abused, as when I adopted her, her previous owner didn’t give any instructions, gave me a box full of food that wasn’t even labled, a tiny cage with a severely leaking water bottle, and once I got home, I realized that she had never ever had hay or fresh veggies/fruits. And it was a struggle to get her to eat hay and veggies. Now, I finally can get her to eat orchard grass hay, timothy hay, fresh grass from my yard, carrots, and cucumber. I have tried cilantro, apples, watermelon, celery, dark green lettuce, which are all of Cocoa’s favorites, but she doesn’t take them. So whenever I give them their dinner, I have to make sure that Cookie has what she wants, and when Cocoa finishes her food, she won’t steal from Cookie.
I try hard, but apparently it’s not hard enough. Any suggestions on getting her to eat? Because whenever I try feeding Cocoa a new veggie, she’d nibble it, and if she enjoys it, she’d finish it and squeak for more. But Cookie won’t even touch it unless I pick her up and try to force-feed her some. And even then she still neglects all the foods besides for cucumber and carrots.
I know that it may be some settling-down problem, but I got her on the 29th of June, and now that it’s almost been a month. She used to dart around the tiny cage of hers when I tried to pet her, so I didn’t start petting until a week after her adoption. Back then, I didn’t want to carry her because whenever I pet her, I could feel her bones protruding slightly, and I was afraid to hurt her. But now, she has fattened up slightly, she had recently had her first bath. Now her fur is so much softer, but I think that her previous owners had shaved her fur around her rump to not arise any need for grooming when pee dries up on her fur. That part of her fur is still rough, and I’m waiting for the fur to grow back so I can start grooming her.
Please give me some suggestions, and I think that she is a short-hair mix, like Cocoa. Here’s a picture of them cornered off by grids for bonding time. Cocoa’s the dark one with the white streak on her forehead, and Cookie’s the one with the variety of colors. I know she looks poofy, but that’s her fur.
Thanks so much!
And here’s a picture of Cookie’s shaved fur:
Hi Hammy,
I was just gonna ask I’m new to this and I thought it was better to pick them up right away so they got used to you and I can not get my guinea pig a buddy and right now my sister lives with me for about. Month more but she is very loud so idk what to do can I fix what I did wrong and will it be ok if my sister is a little loud she doesn’t go in the room very ofte. And will he be fine without a buddy for right now???
Aww, she is adorable 🙂 As long as both guinea pigs are eating hay, pellets, and drinking water – that is all they need to be healthy. Think of vegetables as snacks – like potato chips for Humans, they should be served in small portions and sparingly, and are generally not necessary for a guinea pig’s health. If you are concerned about vitamin C absorpson, you could try using our Vitamin C feeding technique at “How to Feed Vitamin C to Your Guinea Pig“. Hope that helps! 😀
Hi Hammy,
I recently adopted my Bubby from Petco. A family had given him up because they “didn’t have time for him.” I’ve read your tips and they’re great. We have a very large open top cage for him to run around in. The problem lies not with him, but with me. We had rats prior to falling in love with him. They tended to bite. When I reach for him, I’m very worried that he may nip, and I believe that worries him. What are some things I can do to form a mutual trust between us, and not worry about making him too nervous? He tends to run away or jerk, which causes me to quickly pull my hand back, which in turn causes him to go hide.
Hi, Colton,
I’m sorry about those rats 🙁 I think you need to give yourself time to get yourself adjusted to guinea pigs. You’ll learn quickly that they rarely bite. And, if they do, my Humans says it never hurts. No peeg here has ever broken skin. Guinea pigs usually just nip. They are generally too frightened to “fight” a human, ha!
Give yourself time to learn how to approach with caution, be mind of their skittish nature, and be in-the-moment.
Remind yourself they are not the rats you had. If your jerking back response seems to really frighten them, to where you won’t see them for hours, then stop picking them up unless you have to. Don’t touch. Just observe. Talk to them. Watch them play. Once you see their everyday behavior, you’ll be picking them up and petting them with no problems very soon. Good luck!
Hi, about 5 months ago I adopted a guinea pig and I thought that by now he would be comfortable with me. But it’s almost that he’s afraid of me, unless I take him outside from room (his comfortable area) then he will be attached to me. Other than that he would rather be on his own or with my mom, who he actually likes.
I find it difficult to pick my guinea pigs up out of their cage, usually I get them up the top and pick them up then but they seem startled. I handle them everyday so they should be used to it by now but I am not sure how I can comfort them more? Also, I cannot do floor time, is this okay? They also have an outdoor hutch so the temperature varies, but they have plenty of hay up the top in the winter and we are going to buy a cover for their hutch, and in the summer we move them onto grass so they can lay in the sun (which they enjoy!)
Hi Hammy, I have an amazing guinea pig called Artemis. She is brave and she loves me. But she isn’t very active and poops a lot. I’m only 11 I’m not sure if I am feeding her too much. I give her grass everyday and a variety of fruits and vegetables I take her out side and on the sofa and I play with her a lot. I’m worried that she isn’t very active. I do t have grass hay is that ok? She squeaks a lot. What toys should I get her? I’ll send u a picture. Is she active enough? She is only 3 months old. In the picture she is on my shoulder. Pls give me some advice. I want to contCt u more
My guinea pig is very still. I just got her and I think she is just getting used to everything but I’m not sure. What shou do
Don’t feed your guinea pig vegetables and fruit every day. And most of all you need guinea pig food. It has to say guinea pig food. Guinea pigs don’t make there own vitamin C
I don’t give her fruits and veggies everyday. Like I’ll have oraynge and pear once a week. At different days. Etc…. I have guinea pig food.mshe even jumps too. She is very healthy. Any advice? I also give her hay. She has a strong bond with me. What else should I do
Do you give her the pear and orange on the same week?
It really depends. Sometimes I do but sometimes I don’t. She loves Apple best. She will chomp it all. Any advice?
If you have a house I suggest u take it out during the day so she can run around in Br cage. Make sure she has a big cage. Also put here under a dining table. I have one with lots of chairs and she will run around under it. If she jumps that means she is healthy. I also suggest you handle her more. Also play music. She loves it. Also ur pig will appreciate a tummy rub and an under the chin pet. Also take her outside everyday. Also make sure you are talking softly. Hope u find this useful
How long have you had her? Also thx for the advice I appreciate it
I have only had her for 2 weeks but she already seems to have a bond with me. She only kisses me. She always crawls into my lap. I love her. She’s like a daughter to me. She will always snuggle with me
Awww thts sweet. OK is her poop normal or diarrhea?
Her poop is definitely normal.