Ok so I have popped on introduce me and said Hi.
I have two male young guinea pigs (Princess and Pirate).
They are in their cage most of the day (large 3 tiered which obv not managing yet lol). One has managed to get onto one of the half levels and they can both get down from it.
I feed them in the morning and check water - quick spot clean etc
Then I get them out once in the day for a hold so the children can see them - they will sit on me (a little bit "fun" to catch hold of but seeming less stressed each time). And then in the evenings once the chidlren have gone to bed I set up a large area in the living room - either with the childrens old fencing stuff or with a nylon fold out run (or tonight got all clever and figured a way to put the two together). I pop in this some fresh food, a few bits of grass and a few fresh veg/fruits and some tunnels an arch, some hay etc.
So princess runs around straight away and munches on ANYTHING lol. Pirate (the quieter) takes a while and hides in a tunnel then eventually has a wander around - last night quite a run at times up and down (on an old fleecy blanket). I get lots from Princess of what I think (from listening to the clips) are the happy wheeky noises. Pirate as of yet really does not make many noises. They interact a lot with each other and do a fair bit of bum sniffing and sort of what looks like nice chasing - does not appear to be any aggression with it. Pirate still often freezes if I get up so he can see me over the top but then will go and play again after a while.
Am I doing this right - should I be doing more/less should I be handling them more. They are not overly happy coming out of cage but once sitting on your chest they will sit and be stroked generally (unless loud noises I did sneeze other day that did NOT go down well) happily and stay with you not try and escape (burrow in crook of arm etc).
Also occasionally the make odd tiny little sneezy noises just one here and there so not an aggression noise I dont think.
So does this sound like I am doing the right kind of thing? Thanks for any advice I have took a rather LONG (and probably to most people boring) video on my phone but NO ideas how to upload it. So if anyone could help I could put a little video up of them.
Also occasionally Princess seems to be slipping, he seems ok on her feet nearly all the time just a couple of times - could this be the nylon run - would I be best to pop a towel or something in there to make it less slippery.
Oh and also (sorry) I think he was having a go at eating her poo earlier - do they try and do this as it comes out (sorry tmi I know) as he sort of seemed in that kind of position?
Right best pop them back in cage for the night and get tidied up.
Thanks (again)
I have two male young guinea pigs (Princess and Pirate).
They are in their cage most of the day (large 3 tiered which obv not managing yet lol). One has managed to get onto one of the half levels and they can both get down from it.
I feed them in the morning and check water - quick spot clean etc
Then I get them out once in the day for a hold so the children can see them - they will sit on me (a little bit "fun" to catch hold of but seeming less stressed each time). And then in the evenings once the chidlren have gone to bed I set up a large area in the living room - either with the childrens old fencing stuff or with a nylon fold out run (or tonight got all clever and figured a way to put the two together). I pop in this some fresh food, a few bits of grass and a few fresh veg/fruits and some tunnels an arch, some hay etc.
So princess runs around straight away and munches on ANYTHING lol. Pirate (the quieter) takes a while and hides in a tunnel then eventually has a wander around - last night quite a run at times up and down (on an old fleecy blanket). I get lots from Princess of what I think (from listening to the clips) are the happy wheeky noises. Pirate as of yet really does not make many noises. They interact a lot with each other and do a fair bit of bum sniffing and sort of what looks like nice chasing - does not appear to be any aggression with it. Pirate still often freezes if I get up so he can see me over the top but then will go and play again after a while.
Am I doing this right - should I be doing more/less should I be handling them more. They are not overly happy coming out of cage but once sitting on your chest they will sit and be stroked generally (unless loud noises I did sneeze other day that did NOT go down well) happily and stay with you not try and escape (burrow in crook of arm etc).
Also occasionally the make odd tiny little sneezy noises just one here and there so not an aggression noise I dont think.
So does this sound like I am doing the right kind of thing? Thanks for any advice I have took a rather LONG (and probably to most people boring) video on my phone but NO ideas how to upload it. So if anyone could help I could put a little video up of them.
Also occasionally Princess seems to be slipping, he seems ok on her feet nearly all the time just a couple of times - could this be the nylon run - would I be best to pop a towel or something in there to make it less slippery.
Oh and also (sorry) I think he was having a go at eating her poo earlier - do they try and do this as it comes out (sorry tmi I know) as he sort of seemed in that kind of position?
Right best pop them back in cage for the night and get tidied up.
Thanks (again)
