ayemee
Adult Guinea Pig
Since having the pigs moved into the shed, Peaches has become a different guinea pig. Before she was bossy, and very much a diva. Now shes become more reserved.
The only thing I know about her background before I adopted her, was that she belonged to a hoarder. She was kept in a small space with over crowding of guinea pigs so I am presuming the open space in the shed has freaked her out a little. She spends no time downstairs.
She constantly stays in the upstairs section of the hutch only coming down when I daily sweep. Even then she will wait at the bottom of the ramp until I'm finished then run back up.
New girl Martha seems to have her on edge too, for no reason at all. Martha barely takes any notice of Peaches yet she becomes very skittish and runs from her when shes near by. I think this is mainly caused by her being on edge from the open space to begin with. I don't mind Peaches staying in the upstairs of the hutch, she has a bottle, bowl and hay rack up there, but I worry she won't exercise as much, will get bored, or sit in her own wee (she is a rather lazy pig anyway). I took her to the vets with Mabel a few days ago for nail trim and a check over and there was nothing wrong.
Peaches still greets me in the mornings, wheeks for her veggies as normal. Shes eating and drinking fine.
I had the idea of taking out the hutch and diving the shed with grids, so Peaches could have her own space but bigger, or split the 6 pigs into two smaller groups. Although I'm not sure thats required?
Sorry for the long post, I would just really appreciate some feedback on this. Thanks.
The only thing I know about her background before I adopted her, was that she belonged to a hoarder. She was kept in a small space with over crowding of guinea pigs so I am presuming the open space in the shed has freaked her out a little. She spends no time downstairs.
She constantly stays in the upstairs section of the hutch only coming down when I daily sweep. Even then she will wait at the bottom of the ramp until I'm finished then run back up.
New girl Martha seems to have her on edge too, for no reason at all. Martha barely takes any notice of Peaches yet she becomes very skittish and runs from her when shes near by. I think this is mainly caused by her being on edge from the open space to begin with. I don't mind Peaches staying in the upstairs of the hutch, she has a bottle, bowl and hay rack up there, but I worry she won't exercise as much, will get bored, or sit in her own wee (she is a rather lazy pig anyway). I took her to the vets with Mabel a few days ago for nail trim and a check over and there was nothing wrong.
Peaches still greets me in the mornings, wheeks for her veggies as normal. Shes eating and drinking fine.
I had the idea of taking out the hutch and diving the shed with grids, so Peaches could have her own space but bigger, or split the 6 pigs into two smaller groups. Although I'm not sure thats required?
Sorry for the long post, I would just really appreciate some feedback on this. Thanks.
I even tried pellets, she loves pellets. She would start to eat them then get spooked by the littlest thing. Shes ok being upstairs, but I just dont know if theres a better option for her.
