Aryel
Junior Guinea Pig
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- Jun 27, 2017
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My guinea pig's name is Brownie. I've had her for about 2 and a half years. I got her at Petco. This was before I found out that I should've got them at shelters instead of pet stores. When I got her, she was sick and I took her to the vet and she eventually got better and became much bigger. However, Brownie is a very frightened and cautious pig. Whenever someone walks by the cage, she runs so fast that sometimes she kicks the bedding outside of the cage. Whenever I come down to feed her, I have to make very soft and slow movements to make sure I don't move too quickly and scare her away. When I put food in her bowl, she comes out of her hiding space veeeerrryy slowly and cautiously and she extends her neck just to bite her food and then immediately retracts her neck and backs away with the food. She never just comes out comfortabley to the food bowl and just eat it there. Sometimes I put my hand in the cage to let her sniff me but she is even scared of my fingers and backs away from my hand. I watch so many of those guinea pig videos on youtube and I have no idea how those people tame their guinea pigs so that they can just pick them up without them sqealing or trying to run away. They even have their guinea pigs yearning their attention. My guinea pig doesn't want my attention. She doesn't popcorn much and I just want to see her excited and happy. I don't really take her out of the cage much and that might be why she isn't used to me but the thing is, she gets so scared and tries to run away when I try to pick her up. No, I can't use the towl wrapping method and she doesn't come up to me when I give her food. I thought, maybe if I pick her up more and take her put of cage she would get used to me and less scared of me. But, when I think of it logically, wouldn't she only get more scared of me if I force-pick her up? The only way I can pick her up to to grab her. The thing is, she likes being pet but she doesn't like being picked up. She doesn't walk around much and explore much when I take her out of the cage. What can I do with my piggy if she is always scared? Her eyes always are wide open and look terrified. I take her out, put her on a towel, give her treats and food but she still doesn't like to be taken out. Then again, I barely take her outside the cage. How do I bond with her and make her excited and happy when she sees me? I want her to know that she has nothing to fear and I want her comfortable in my arms instead of terrified. I want to get close with her. So, I will be taking her out more and make sure I don't neglect her. Any advice?
