I got my two guinea pigs back in November 2008 Peanut was only 4weeks and Tico was about a year old.(What I was told)
I got them from a friend of a friend of a friend, because she was giving them into a rescue so I thought I'd take them and do something nice as I was looking to get guinea pigs for a while. So I have no idea what type of housing they had, handling or anything like that. I don't think it would have been great as my Tico didn't even have a name?! I'm not sure if he was used for breeding purposes or anything.
So the point of this thread is that he really doesn't like being handled and it makes me feel awful, no matter if its me or my boyfriend he starts doing the high pitched scared noise and most of the time tries to bite:sad:. I talk to him softly and I've tried all the things it says on this site like feeding him from my hand, spending more time in the cage with them like cleaning, placing hay and food. He seems alright but is really jumpy when I touch him and tries to escape from my hands when I'm holding him. They are currently just at the end of their treatment for mites so I'm thinking its nothing to do with mites or anything as Peanut is fine being handled and petted. So really I'm just looking for a little more help if anyone can.
I got them from a friend of a friend of a friend, because she was giving them into a rescue so I thought I'd take them and do something nice as I was looking to get guinea pigs for a while. So I have no idea what type of housing they had, handling or anything like that. I don't think it would have been great as my Tico didn't even have a name?! I'm not sure if he was used for breeding purposes or anything.
So the point of this thread is that he really doesn't like being handled and it makes me feel awful, no matter if its me or my boyfriend he starts doing the high pitched scared noise and most of the time tries to bite:sad:. I talk to him softly and I've tried all the things it says on this site like feeding him from my hand, spending more time in the cage with them like cleaning, placing hay and food. He seems alright but is really jumpy when I touch him and tries to escape from my hands when I'm holding him. They are currently just at the end of their treatment for mites so I'm thinking its nothing to do with mites or anything as Peanut is fine being handled and petted. So really I'm just looking for a little more help if anyone can.