Jojessgaz
Junior Guinea Pig
hi all ..... just coming up to 3 weeks with my new girls now, things are moving very slow but I can see progress , I try most of the time to pick them up by the tunnel as its less stressful for us all,
where I got them from the lady has over 20 years GP experience and was lovely and very helpful, but she was of the opinion that the tunnel wasn't as good as getting them
used to be picked up, but I still prefer using the tunnel for my own benefit also
I have posted a couple of times as I have had a nip and it put me off a little. I have sat and read for the last 2 hrs as much as I can take in re help and advise and have gone through all the links for new owners, still refer back to it as there is so much to take in. if its ok I still have a few questions ...
1/ a lot of newbies seem to have indoor piggies....... can anyone offer advise on outdoor ones as I cannot spend as much time outside , we have lap time which started at about 5 mins as one is very scared of everything, the other has started moving round and investigating a little more. re the scared one flossy, she seems to be getting worse ?
she used to just sit there now she borrows under the towel and will not eat or anything, I am just leaving her there with food and the odd stoke over the towel but then
the other now comes and joins her? so I put them back then rather than seeing them both stressed. should I be keeping them out longer ?
2/ I will be opening up the two tier hutch to them next week, hoping they have a look downstairs as its too small for them both just on one level, they both jump onto the carrot house so hopefully they will master the ramp, can you have too much in the hutch ? I have taken away the corner litter tray as they were not using it at all just pushing it round so there
was no room at all for them to move around much.
3/ I also took the tunnel away which is in the bedding area they seem to live in for about half an hr after lap time yesterday as tilly the braver one will come out for food and a little nosey but flossy will live in that tunnel all the time and I have to very slowly hand feed or put down a little veg for her or she gets none of it before tilly has scoffed the lot,
taking the tunnel away she moved around the hutch a bit more , probably looking for her tunnel ! I put it back then and she went straight back into it, is this wrong as she clearly depends on it totally now to hide
sorry a little long winded..... everything sounds good reading it, its putting it all into action and doing the "right thing " that's the hard bit ! thanks a lot for any help especially from outdoor owners
where I got them from the lady has over 20 years GP experience and was lovely and very helpful, but she was of the opinion that the tunnel wasn't as good as getting them
used to be picked up, but I still prefer using the tunnel for my own benefit also
I have posted a couple of times as I have had a nip and it put me off a little. I have sat and read for the last 2 hrs as much as I can take in re help and advise and have gone through all the links for new owners, still refer back to it as there is so much to take in. if its ok I still have a few questions ...
1/ a lot of newbies seem to have indoor piggies....... can anyone offer advise on outdoor ones as I cannot spend as much time outside , we have lap time which started at about 5 mins as one is very scared of everything, the other has started moving round and investigating a little more. re the scared one flossy, she seems to be getting worse ?
she used to just sit there now she borrows under the towel and will not eat or anything, I am just leaving her there with food and the odd stoke over the towel but then
the other now comes and joins her? so I put them back then rather than seeing them both stressed. should I be keeping them out longer ?
2/ I will be opening up the two tier hutch to them next week, hoping they have a look downstairs as its too small for them both just on one level, they both jump onto the carrot house so hopefully they will master the ramp, can you have too much in the hutch ? I have taken away the corner litter tray as they were not using it at all just pushing it round so there
was no room at all for them to move around much.
3/ I also took the tunnel away which is in the bedding area they seem to live in for about half an hr after lap time yesterday as tilly the braver one will come out for food and a little nosey but flossy will live in that tunnel all the time and I have to very slowly hand feed or put down a little veg for her or she gets none of it before tilly has scoffed the lot,
taking the tunnel away she moved around the hutch a bit more , probably looking for her tunnel ! I put it back then and she went straight back into it, is this wrong as she clearly depends on it totally now to hide
sorry a little long winded..... everything sounds good reading it, its putting it all into action and doing the "right thing " that's the hard bit ! thanks a lot for any help especially from outdoor owners