Punishments? Suitable or not?

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I would tug the back of their necks - they are different to that of a cat or dog.

If mine are naughty and begin to chew furniture I just make a sharp noise that distracts them and then I continue to do it everytime until they walk away.

Not that they listen - you can't really punish something so small and fragile. Larger animals such as Dogs take things more into account.
 
Hanwombat said:
I would tug the back of their necks - they are different to that of a cat or dog.

If mine are naughty and begin to chew furniture I just make a sharp noise that distracts them and then I continue to do it everytime until they walk away.

Not that they listen - you can't really punish something so small and fragile. Larger animals such as Dogs take things more into account.
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To clarify, do you mean you wouldn't tug the back of their necks?
 
I never punish any of my animals.
The only time I ever do anything is if my cat shows any interest in the bird then I spray her with a water bottle, instantly she runs away and knows shes done wrong lol.
But with my guinea pig I'd never do anything, they are much too little and fragile to punish.
The best thing to do if they start to chew things is just move them away from it or you could always get a playpen or run instead and put them in there x
 
slackalice2k said:
No animal needs punishing. You have to take the good with the bad.
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You're joking right?! So if your dog chases someone on a horse, or runs after a kid, or jumps on the kitchen table, you don't tell it off?!

Animals need discipline like kids, if my cat jumps on the table he gets shouted at and put out the back, thus he knows not to get on the table. If you never teach an animal right from wrong, you get walked all over.

To be fair guinea pigs chew, that's what they do, and it isn't a bad behaviour as such so doesn't really warrant punishing. However when one of my girls nipped me once, she got a pinch on the nose...exactly what her sister would do to her if she nipped her. Punish them in their language and you'll go much further than using smelly sprays etc.
 
Surly punishing a guinea pig wouldnt even work anyway! They wont conect the unwanted (natural) behavour with the punishment.

I have never punished my guinea pigs lol.
 
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