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hi please can anyone give me info on taming , any tricks of the trade apart from daily handling, hand feeding and squeeking at them x my babies are getting braver but run when i approach and run off if i move , yet quiet when holding them x>>>
 
Yep that pretty much covers it I think slow and steady wins the race.
 
oliver has only just settled in took a while but now he jumps on top of home before i go to bed & we have a little chat been with me since september & only just started doing it

i dont know if this is ture but when you pick them up for a cuddle rub your nose against their nose xx
 
Turn everything you do into a little ritual. Guinea pigs have a keen ear for melody, so use the same phrase and the same melody for the same process all the time, like feeding, cleaning, greeting, picking up, putting back etc.

That will help them make sense out of what at the beginning is just random violence by smelly predators!

The rest is patience and persistence...
 
It would be funny if we could all posts audio clips of our squeaking techniques :))
 
I learnt that sudden movements or appearances made them jump. So whenever I walk into or near the room of their cage I talk to them in a slow soft voice, always the same so they don't jump. It is working because I adopted my girls and they were use to a certain house smell and high pitched little girls voices. Now however, they love to hear my husbands voice because they know it's food. I use a different tone for stuff like nail clipping, bathing or when they are misbehaving. Voilet is very frightened and I'm still working on her, I haven't given up hope.
 
I agree they really react to different voice tones. I used a high pitched tone when they were getting hay and grub and they would go mental!

You could almost have a full on conversation with them answering you in excited wheeks! :))

Like others have said it's all about time and patience..................and bribery through their tummies!
 
All my pigs came from RSPCA cruelty cases so they have all being terrified wrecks. Just a few pointers I would suggest:

* Talk to them as you walk in the room, you'll sound mad but it works!
* Clean up their cage, move stuff around etc so they get used to you putting your hand in.
* Always approach from the side.
* Subtle movements.
* Put your cage at waist height. I personally don't like piggies cages being on the floor, from experience they are much easier to tame when they are higher up (makes sense, you don't seem as big and scary).

Also, this is probably not revelant to the OPs question but if you have nervous piggies, putting them side by side with confident pigs doesn't half bring them out of their shells!

Eventually you just get into a routine, although they will probably always run away when spooked but when they get to trust you and hear your voice they soon come trotting back.
My pigs are most confident with me as I spend more time with them - I'm always shouting at my partner for not 'telling them' he's coming over and scaring them :))
 
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