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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2015
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- Joined
- Jun 25, 2015
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Hi 
How is everyone? Well I hope.
I've been stalking the forums somewhat the past month, looking for information ect on getting some new Piggies, which I have now done - So I figured I should stop being a creeper and say hello. I have two female Guinea Pigs, which are now 10 weeks old (They were 8 weeks when I got them) - Named Ruby (The one with the brown bottom and half brown face) and Sapphire (also brown and white, but has more brown markings on her back) by my son.
I've never had Guinea Pigs before, so everything is a little new to me, I've had my Piggies for two weeks and we're still in the 'getting to know' you stage, where they're still slightly nervous and running off - I'm hoping very much to get them to love me! So far only Ruby will eat from my hand, and they occasionally let me stroke them, neither one of them like to be picked up, but Sapphire is more allowing of that than Ruby. Currently they seem to be happy and like me (I think!) when I wake in the morning and go in to the lounge they make wheeking noises (Or UFO noises as my son says) and popcorn around the front of the cage. I'll go sit by the cage and talk to them a little bit and give them some fresh water and grass from the garden (I've read this is OK - we don't have other animals so the grass isn't deficated) - they no longer jump when I make sudden movements near the cage, and will come to the front when it's open, but they'll run away if I put my hand in to them (They'll come to my hand if I leave it still). Whenever I come back in to the lounge or go near the cage they start wheeking and popcorning around, I'm hoping this is because they're excited and not because they're terrified of mehmy:.
After a few days of haying the Carefresh bedding, it drove me a little insane and seemed to constantly look messy, so I switched to fleece, which seems to be a lot easier to clean and they now tend to do most of their business in the toilet. I also got rid of the mixed food in the first day after reading that it's not very good for them, and stick now to their pellets, veggies and grass (Ofc the incredible amount of hay that they seem to inhale too)
So I just thought I'd say hi! No doubt I'll be asking some silly noob questions around the forums as I don't want to do anything wrong and want both of my ladies to be happy and healthy - so any advice you can give will be very much appreciated.
How is everyone? Well I hope.I've been stalking the forums somewhat the past month, looking for information ect on getting some new Piggies, which I have now done - So I figured I should stop being a creeper and say hello. I have two female Guinea Pigs, which are now 10 weeks old (They were 8 weeks when I got them) - Named Ruby (The one with the brown bottom and half brown face) and Sapphire (also brown and white, but has more brown markings on her back) by my son.
I've never had Guinea Pigs before, so everything is a little new to me, I've had my Piggies for two weeks and we're still in the 'getting to know' you stage, where they're still slightly nervous and running off - I'm hoping very much to get them to love me! So far only Ruby will eat from my hand, and they occasionally let me stroke them, neither one of them like to be picked up, but Sapphire is more allowing of that than Ruby. Currently they seem to be happy and like me (I think!) when I wake in the morning and go in to the lounge they make wheeking noises (Or UFO noises as my son says) and popcorn around the front of the cage. I'll go sit by the cage and talk to them a little bit and give them some fresh water and grass from the garden (I've read this is OK - we don't have other animals so the grass isn't deficated) - they no longer jump when I make sudden movements near the cage, and will come to the front when it's open, but they'll run away if I put my hand in to them (They'll come to my hand if I leave it still). Whenever I come back in to the lounge or go near the cage they start wheeking and popcorning around, I'm hoping this is because they're excited and not because they're terrified of me
hmy:. After a few days of haying the Carefresh bedding, it drove me a little insane and seemed to constantly look messy, so I switched to fleece, which seems to be a lot easier to clean and they now tend to do most of their business in the toilet. I also got rid of the mixed food in the first day after reading that it's not very good for them, and stick now to their pellets, veggies and grass (Ofc the incredible amount of hay that they seem to inhale too)
So I just thought I'd say hi! No doubt I'll be asking some silly noob questions around the forums as I don't want to do anything wrong and want both of my ladies to be happy and healthy - so any advice you can give will be very much appreciated.
