PeggyAndBettysMum
Junior Guinea Pig
I have two sows that I adopted about 6 weeks ago, they were used for breeding.
One of them (Betty) has started to gain confidence and is happy to eat from my hand and is quite inquisitive. The other, Peggy, prefers to hide away. I don’t think they had the best starts in life but they have everything then need now.
But they don’t seem to play or do anything they shouldn’t I give them floor time about 3/4 times a week. Always plenty of hideys and in a sheltered area that’s sectioned off as I’ve found that they prefer this rather than open space.
They have fabric tubes, cardboard tubes, paper bags, boxes, hay cookies, willow balls, those logs you fill, stuffed toilet rolls, egg cups with treats in them... you name it, I’ve given it them during floor time or in their cage. They just don’t seem to know how to play or amuse themselves! I’ve never had a guinea pig who hasn’t chomped on a plastic igloo, devoured a cardboard box etc...
I’ve covered their cage with a small blanket, set them up with little things to keep them amused before I leave for work but they just sit there and stare at me Why aren’t my girls destructive and chomping everything
One of them (Betty) has started to gain confidence and is happy to eat from my hand and is quite inquisitive. The other, Peggy, prefers to hide away. I don’t think they had the best starts in life but they have everything then need now.
But they don’t seem to play or do anything they shouldn’t I give them floor time about 3/4 times a week. Always plenty of hideys and in a sheltered area that’s sectioned off as I’ve found that they prefer this rather than open space.
They have fabric tubes, cardboard tubes, paper bags, boxes, hay cookies, willow balls, those logs you fill, stuffed toilet rolls, egg cups with treats in them... you name it, I’ve given it them during floor time or in their cage. They just don’t seem to know how to play or amuse themselves! I’ve never had a guinea pig who hasn’t chomped on a plastic igloo, devoured a cardboard box etc...
I’ve covered their cage with a small blanket, set them up with little things to keep them amused before I leave for work but they just sit there and stare at me Why aren’t my girls destructive and chomping everything