Storm1974
Junior Guinea Pig
....For our two boys (Now 6 months old) to still run away from our hands, almost all the time, when we go to stroke them or 'try' to pick them up?
Bracken will sometimes stay still to have a scritch, but Bramble very rarely does, and they don't let us pick them up without 'always' trying to run away.
We've had them since August now, but because they don't really like being picked up, we only really do it twice a week, when we do their health checks and clean their cage, so should we really be trying to pick them up a little more often, to try and get them used to it? Last night, I really wanted to pick (either one) of them up for a quick cuddle, but it was impossible, they just raced across the cage into one of their (many) boxes, so I couldn't get them.
I know that most piggies don't like to be picked up, and some never really get to enjoy it, so just hope that's not the case forever with them. Bracken is usually fine when he's out of the cage, though doesn't seem to really like being held that much, but Bramble only rarely tolerates it and that's just for a minute or so.
Bracken will sometimes stay still to have a scritch, but Bramble very rarely does, and they don't let us pick them up without 'always' trying to run away.
We've had them since August now, but because they don't really like being picked up, we only really do it twice a week, when we do their health checks and clean their cage, so should we really be trying to pick them up a little more often, to try and get them used to it? Last night, I really wanted to pick (either one) of them up for a quick cuddle, but it was impossible, they just raced across the cage into one of their (many) boxes, so I couldn't get them.
I know that most piggies don't like to be picked up, and some never really get to enjoy it, so just hope that's not the case forever with them. Bracken is usually fine when he's out of the cage, though doesn't seem to really like being held that much, but Bramble only rarely tolerates it and that's just for a minute or so.