Hello all,
I’m looking for some advice on getting 2 out of our 3 guinea pigs more active and engaged. I’m not going to go into detail on why all 3 are neighbors and none of them live together (not dramatic or anything, just a long story and don’t want a wall of text distracting). Given getting another one isn’t in the cards, I figured being neighbors to see and hear eachother would be better than nothing. I even cut down the chloroplast on the sides of their cages so they can see eachother better when they’re eating or just meandering around.
Grogu(3) and Larkin (4) spend the majority of their time in their huts in their lofts. They have always been this way past being a few months old. I have a lot of different enrichment toys in their cages and playpens pictured here. Their playpens are down at night roughly every other night, never left unsupervised. They may go down there for a minute or two when I first put it down, but that’s it. I’m within eyesight of them most of the time, and interact with them many times throughout the day where I’ll pet or talk to them, or knock one of their balls around or something. I just want to get Grogu and Larkin more active and enjoy themselves.
All of them get regular vet visits and are all perfectly healthy with the exception of Grogu being slightly overweight but not to a concerning level. They have a balanced diet, eat good, drink good, and go to the bathroom perfectly normal. So I am not worried about it being a health issue since this is just how they have always been. Thank you in advance for any advice or tips!
I’m looking for some advice on getting 2 out of our 3 guinea pigs more active and engaged. I’m not going to go into detail on why all 3 are neighbors and none of them live together (not dramatic or anything, just a long story and don’t want a wall of text distracting). Given getting another one isn’t in the cards, I figured being neighbors to see and hear eachother would be better than nothing. I even cut down the chloroplast on the sides of their cages so they can see eachother better when they’re eating or just meandering around.
Grogu(3) and Larkin (4) spend the majority of their time in their huts in their lofts. They have always been this way past being a few months old. I have a lot of different enrichment toys in their cages and playpens pictured here. Their playpens are down at night roughly every other night, never left unsupervised. They may go down there for a minute or two when I first put it down, but that’s it. I’m within eyesight of them most of the time, and interact with them many times throughout the day where I’ll pet or talk to them, or knock one of their balls around or something. I just want to get Grogu and Larkin more active and enjoy themselves.
All of them get regular vet visits and are all perfectly healthy with the exception of Grogu being slightly overweight but not to a concerning level. They have a balanced diet, eat good, drink good, and go to the bathroom perfectly normal. So I am not worried about it being a health issue since this is just how they have always been. Thank you in advance for any advice or tips!
