It depends what you want from a pet. If you want cuddles and playing all the time I'm afraid you have chosen the wrong pet. Guinea pigs are prey animals so they are naturally nervous and will hide. Some will never enjoy being picked up or cuddled.Yes but in the end they are fun? That you can play with?
I let them out on the floor with boxes and hay and hidden food. I sit with them but I let them go about their business without bothering them constantly. If they come to me I will give them a stroke but if they aren't enjoying it I stop immediately.What do you do with your pigs?
I enjoy when i give them big piles of hay and they make tunnels through it and eat there way out, it is always a big laugh! I also love letting them out in the garden, but they will need to be fully settled in to do this, it can be quite frightening for them.What do you do with your pigs?
Hiding food around the cage is always lot of fun for them and us, i love cheering them on and watching them find it, they always gobble the food up quickly to try and get moreI let them out on the floor with boxes and hay and hidden food. I sit with them but I let them go about their business without bothering them constantly. If they come to me I will give them a stroke but if they aren't enjoying it I stop immediately.
Is there anything special someone here has done with them?
Play? training?
What do you mean?
Can't males and females communicate?
They are constantly communicating !
They shouldn't be alone but it is worse for a male and female to be togetherBut then the male will be left alone!
They are supposed to be together, not alone!
What do you meanRead what?
I think they mean reading this thread)I have anxiety from reading this (sorry if rude) :