FleurElizabethA
New Born Pup
Hi!
I have two new piggy pups, approximately 10 weeks old... We've had them for a couple of weeks now and they're slowly getting more confident although one- the dominant piggy is much more confident, the other is still very skittish and has only once taken food from ym hand through the bars of the cage. The dominant piggy, will do it often if he's interested in what I'm offering
My question is; after watching the videos on here on picking them up without the use of my hands etc, would it be worth lifting one while in its tunnel and resting the tunnel against my lap and having some sort of treat readily available for him to come out, just for 5 minutes or so for laptime/handling?
We also have a play pen thing that's big enough to sit in ourselves, they go into that when I'm doing a complete cage clean out. If I sat amongst them in the play pen would that help with getting them more accustomed to me? Got this idea after reading and watching so many videos saying to let them come to you but thought best to ask on here just to be safe.
The two piggies are doing quite well after only a couple of weeks being here, they're popcorning and eating and drinking like no tomorrow but they do retreat to their hideout when they've had enough! Which is out que to let them be for the time being X
I have two new piggy pups, approximately 10 weeks old... We've had them for a couple of weeks now and they're slowly getting more confident although one- the dominant piggy is much more confident, the other is still very skittish and has only once taken food from ym hand through the bars of the cage. The dominant piggy, will do it often if he's interested in what I'm offering
My question is; after watching the videos on here on picking them up without the use of my hands etc, would it be worth lifting one while in its tunnel and resting the tunnel against my lap and having some sort of treat readily available for him to come out, just for 5 minutes or so for laptime/handling?
We also have a play pen thing that's big enough to sit in ourselves, they go into that when I'm doing a complete cage clean out. If I sat amongst them in the play pen would that help with getting them more accustomed to me? Got this idea after reading and watching so many videos saying to let them come to you but thought best to ask on here just to be safe.
The two piggies are doing quite well after only a couple of weeks being here, they're popcorning and eating and drinking like no tomorrow but they do retreat to their hideout when they've had enough! Which is out que to let them be for the time being X