Cooper & Chris Farley
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all,
New to the forum but very happy to be here. I adopted two 1 year old male abyssinian piggies at the beginning of March. Cooper is my sweet guy, likes pets but not cool with being picked up, although his previous owner would have cuddle time with him nightly. Chris is just now letting me pet him under his chin occasionally but it’s a rarity because he does nottt like a lot of attention, just very food motivated. Chris will sit in my lap during dinner (veggie) time and only let me pet him then, but when the food disappears he is OUT. Both of them are still pretty skittish around me.
I guess I’m just looking for any advice.. as it’s been about 3 months and I’m so scared they will never bond with me/they don’t like me or let me pick them up like their previous owner (who raised them from 4 weeks).
Anywho, any advice is much appreciated.
New to the forum but very happy to be here. I adopted two 1 year old male abyssinian piggies at the beginning of March. Cooper is my sweet guy, likes pets but not cool with being picked up, although his previous owner would have cuddle time with him nightly. Chris is just now letting me pet him under his chin occasionally but it’s a rarity because he does nottt like a lot of attention, just very food motivated. Chris will sit in my lap during dinner (veggie) time and only let me pet him then, but when the food disappears he is OUT. Both of them are still pretty skittish around me.
I guess I’m just looking for any advice.. as it’s been about 3 months and I’m so scared they will never bond with me/they don’t like me or let me pick them up like their previous owner (who raised them from 4 weeks).
Anywho, any advice is much appreciated.