shy guinea pig

Hi, last night, over 24 hours ago as of writing, I adopted two 5 month bonded female pigs from a rescue. So far they have not moved an inch from their hide, though they do eat vegetables after a few minutes if everyone is out of sight. I sprinkled oxbow pellets and hay around their cage but I...

Both are 4 months (Leilei) and 3 nonths (Yuki). I brought them home three days ago. Yuki is very scared and won't even leave her bed usually. Today she came out a few times finally, ate, etc. But before Leilei would have to being her food, would cuddle with her, and try to encourage her to come...

about 3 days ago i got two 3 week old girls, alby and birch. alby is getting on really well and even eats out of my hand occasionally but birch is extremely shy and i'm worried i might have really scared her by trying to pick her up :( any advice or consolation would be very much appreciated as...

Has any one ever had a really timid guinea pig suddenly get really brave? I have a relatively young sow who was THE most timid pig I’ve ever come across, I did my best to make her comfortable with people, other GPs, noises whatever (she was scared of everything haha) and she didn’t show very...

Hi, We've had our guinea pigs for 1 and a half days, and they seem to be settling in well. Yesterday they were too scared to even leave their travel box, but now they're exploring a bit and coming out. However cookie who is noticably the shyer pig of the two is not as confident. She hides behind...

I have had my guinea pig law for 14 days now got him at my job when i noticed he was not moving from the corner hiding under the hay he was being stepped on by other guinea pigs and today i got him some meds for ringworm and to help gain weight i didnt notice the ringworm till today because he...

hello, I’ve got my first piggies after wanting them for years so I want to do everything right. They are only babies at the moment so my plan is one the weather is warmer to put them outside and they can have their hutch out onto the grass but for now they are inside . They have a cage and an...

I've had my 2 Guinea Pigs, Mocha and Coco for a while now and Mocha is just fine with me being around. She lets me pick her up and pet her and things like that. However, Coco is still extremely shy. I do understand that when you first get your Guinea Pigs, they'll be shy and it may take some...