Do I or don’t I get two piggies? Advice needed!

I’ve already had the bite haha! She tried to eat caramels carrot because Oreo thought it was hers, so I gave it to caramel and Oreo bit me by accident thinking I was giving it to her haha
 
PerceptorII said:
Aw! Very cool! Next will come the "Sorry I thought you were giving me food" finger nibble and the "I'm totally comfortable in your lap" wee-wee of acceptance. :lol:XD
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I had the wee wee of acceptance..two days after we got them! I was having a sneaky cuddle before work and had to change my trousers. 🤨😁😍
 
Haha in that case to be on the safe side I might have to resist the urge to cuddle until I get home from work! It’s a good job I only do two days a week.. not sure the guinea pigs agree on that though.. the more time off work the more cuddles they get :P
 
Or the more chance they have of begging some extra veg off you! Just found out my husband gave the boys carrots behind my back, and of course they gracefully accepted them! Naughty blighters the three of them!
 
Siikibam said:
Or the more chance they have of begging some extra veg off you! Just found out my husband gave the boys carrots behind my back, and of course they gracefully accepted them! Naughty blighters the three of them!
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Hahaha I’m having to be extra careful not to give mine too many veggies, they sit at their hutch door and wait for me when they’re hungry but if I’ve already given them veg that day I try not to give in and try get them to eat the hay instead because veg is only meant to be 10% of their diet!
 
Laura_Deakin said:
I put food out for both piggies, but my Oreo seems to eat everything and poor caramel doesn’t really get a chance haha, any hints or tips to make sure they both get equal amounts? I don’t want to separate them whilst feeding them as they’re both quite new and young and I don’t want to stress them out!
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Have you tried making them a treat bag each? I give each piggy a brown paper A5 envelope with fancy burgess excel feeding hay with veggies hidden in. As you can only fit 1 piggy face in the envelope at a time if they have 1 each they cant steal the other piggy's food- also their faces are hidden in the envelope so they think you cant see them eating :)
 
PigglePuggle said:
Have you tried making them a treat bag each? I give each piggy a brown paper A5 envelope with fancy burgess excel feeding hay with veggies hidden in. As you can only fit 1 piggy face in the envelope at a time if they have 1 each they cant steal the other piggy's food- also their faces are hidden in the envelope so they think you cant see them eating :)
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I’m 100% trying this!
 
PigglePuggle said:
Have you tried making them a treat bag each? I give each piggy a brown paper A5 envelope with fancy burgess excel feeding hay with veggies hidden in. As you can only fit 1 piggy face in the envelope at a time if they have 1 each they cant steal the other piggy's food- also their faces are hidden in the envelope so they think you cant see them eating :)
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That’s a clever idea!, will have to try and remember it when we pick them up next week.

One of mine will bite the bars if they’re hungry. Otherwise they’ll just stand there begging for more...when I open the fridge or a bag rustles 🙄🤨
 
Anyone else’s guinea pigs smell of strawberries? Mine smell so good! Everytime I open their hutch I get this woft of sweetness😂
 
Mine think strawberries are evil 🤦🏽‍♀️
 
Anyone seen their piggy bite the other piggies ear? Mine just did and I don’t know if it’s a bonding thing they do between each other or if it’s them fighting?!
 
Ear pulling and nibbling is pretty standard friendly behaviour in our house, I love to nibble my piggies ears myself and I think it means "I want you in my herd but I'm boss" (@Wiebke will correct me if I'm wrong!).
Everyone nibbles Theo's ears and he loves it, me and Theo can nibble Puggle's ears and she likes it, if Piggle nibbles Puggle's ears there's a friendly scuffle with lots of mutual ear pulling, Piggle lets me nibble her ears but Theo wouldnt dare and Puggle does it on purpose to get a friendly wrestle. Herd dynamics in action! As long as no blood is drawn and its just gentle nibbles :)
 
Velvet (DA BOSS) likes me to pull on her ears (she purrs quite happily when I do so:)). I do it quite regularly so she doesn't forget I'm top pig in this family and she is top pig in the herd. :nod:
 
How often would you advise grooming your your piggies? I’ve had mine three weeks now and they’re scratching themselves and shaking themselves off and I dunno if it’s worth grooming them?
 
Does anyone have any tips for things to entertain your piggies with on rainy days? I’d put them out in their run but it’s pouring with rain :( don’t want them to get bored in their hutch, they’ve got a tunnel in there and some hay.. was thinking of getting them a few more things tomorrow from the shop but don’t know of anything good? Or are tunnels the best ?
 
We have a 4ft square indoor playpen from BunnyBusiness (available from Amazon) with a Rosewood carrot cottage and a good selection of woven grass hidey tubes and houses. Perfect for rainy days or overly hot days or winter evenings :)
The playpens are about £25 and we bought 2 plastic mats sold to go under babies high chairs for £10 each to put underneath, double layer of newspaper on top then a pile of hay and 4 hidey tubes and houses with coriander or parsley hidden inside or on top of them.
 
Mine have a hay cube, two fleece tunnels (turned inside out so that the fleece is on the outside in this hot weather), two playstix arches, a 4" plastic pipe, a seagrass grass house, a willow ball and lots and lots of hay!
 
What does it mean when piggies squeak really really loud? I’ve given them their veggies and some hay and nuggets but they’re really squeaking still and idk what it means? Any advice?
 
It means they are happy. Meg has such a loud WHEEEEEEEEEEEK she sounds like she's being murdered!
 
Sounds like they've got used to you and associate you with good things!
 
My two girlies are growling at each other.. like a low rumbling noise, they’re not actually fighting but everytime I put them in their hutch they start at each other, wondering if it’s a dominance thing and they’re trying to work out who’s in charge. The hutch is big enough for four guinea pigs the pet shop said, and I only have two.. could it possibly be that there’s too much in the hutch? There’s two floors, bottom has a tube and a house, the top has a four way tunnel a hay manger and there’s also a boredom breaker on both floors.. reckon they don’t have enough space to run around?
 
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