LozzyBee
Junior Guinea Pig
...and I can't believe the change in them and me. I stupidly never really believed it would happen.
Barnaby will now quite often get on his hind legs when he sees me or my daughter approaching (he's ruled by his tummy!), and sniffs the air as if to say 'what have you come bearing?!' When we don't have anything he just goes back to his hay. Last night I had him on my lap for a good 15 minutes, I only put him back because Barlo was wheeking away and I thought it might be because he missed him lol
Barlo is still a little skittish but will happily be hand fed now. He seems to prefer snuggling against my neck rather than sitting on my lap, although when he does sit on my lap he will quite often lick my hand!
They both know when veggies and nuggets are due and wheek to remind us when it's time. When they hear the sound of the bag of nuggets they go crazy!
I love watching them in their cage. Barnaby likes to prowl around checking things out and Barlo is always trotting along right behind him like a mini-me. I also love how they like to cuddle up together to sleep. They have that whole big cage yet they always sleep together!
I have also changed. I wasn't confident with them at first and even asked on here if I absolutely had to pick them up as I thought they would be happier being left alone - what an idiot I was
They still have a long way to go until they're as tame as the guinea pigs you see on YouTube, but I can see it now whereas in that first week I thought they'd be in their hide forever.
They are 'officially' my daughters' pets and I was all ready for dealing with their care as I didn't expect my daughters to do it, but I didn't expect to fall for them too
Barnaby will now quite often get on his hind legs when he sees me or my daughter approaching (he's ruled by his tummy!), and sniffs the air as if to say 'what have you come bearing?!' When we don't have anything he just goes back to his hay. Last night I had him on my lap for a good 15 minutes, I only put him back because Barlo was wheeking away and I thought it might be because he missed him lol
Barlo is still a little skittish but will happily be hand fed now. He seems to prefer snuggling against my neck rather than sitting on my lap, although when he does sit on my lap he will quite often lick my hand!
They both know when veggies and nuggets are due and wheek to remind us when it's time. When they hear the sound of the bag of nuggets they go crazy!
I love watching them in their cage. Barnaby likes to prowl around checking things out and Barlo is always trotting along right behind him like a mini-me. I also love how they like to cuddle up together to sleep. They have that whole big cage yet they always sleep together!
I have also changed. I wasn't confident with them at first and even asked on here if I absolutely had to pick them up as I thought they would be happier being left alone - what an idiot I was
They still have a long way to go until they're as tame as the guinea pigs you see on YouTube, but I can see it now whereas in that first week I thought they'd be in their hide forever.
They are 'officially' my daughters' pets and I was all ready for dealing with their care as I didn't expect my daughters to do it, but I didn't expect to fall for them too