emilybanister
New Born Pup
Another Boris and Horace question - you guys are just too helpful!
I have been getting the boys out every day since they have been home (nearly two weeks), and they are getting better but still don't like being 'caught' (no guinea pig I ever had growing up did either though!). Horace will come out and eat on my lap immediately but then seems to want to run around or go back in the cage, he isn't very interested in staying still. He nibbles a lot (I know that is normal and doesn't hurt) but I tend to put him back in a couple of minutes as he doesn't seem to really want to cuddle. He will stay still very happily if I am feeding him, and have a stroke but pretty quickly wants to run around. I am going to buy them an indoor play pen when we get back from holiday! Boris was the more scared of the two and used to freeze when we got him out, but he is now eating on our laps too, and tends to stay put longer, and makes less noise (Horace squeaks a lot when he is out). I can't tell whether he is still because he is scared, or if he is enjoying himself. He isn't completely still like he was when we first got him, and will eat happily, but will seem to stay put pretty much until we decide to put him back and join Horace. I sometimes get him out on his own just because he is much less of a handful, but how can I tell he is happy and not just putting up with me?
I have been getting the boys out every day since they have been home (nearly two weeks), and they are getting better but still don't like being 'caught' (no guinea pig I ever had growing up did either though!). Horace will come out and eat on my lap immediately but then seems to want to run around or go back in the cage, he isn't very interested in staying still. He nibbles a lot (I know that is normal and doesn't hurt) but I tend to put him back in a couple of minutes as he doesn't seem to really want to cuddle. He will stay still very happily if I am feeding him, and have a stroke but pretty quickly wants to run around. I am going to buy them an indoor play pen when we get back from holiday! Boris was the more scared of the two and used to freeze when we got him out, but he is now eating on our laps too, and tends to stay put longer, and makes less noise (Horace squeaks a lot when he is out). I can't tell whether he is still because he is scared, or if he is enjoying himself. He isn't completely still like he was when we first got him, and will eat happily, but will seem to stay put pretty much until we decide to put him back and join Horace. I sometimes get him out on his own just because he is much less of a handful, but how can I tell he is happy and not just putting up with me?