Hi I am a new guinea pig mom and have had Wilbur and Jitters for a week and a half now ... they are both approx. 4 months (not sure of the correct age since they were purchased at a pet store but the vet said that they are def. babies) I have learned my lesson about getting critters at the pet store since Wilbur is sick with an upper resp. he has less than a week left on his medicine and he seems to be improving ! but after researching more about guinea pigs online I will def. adopt one next time! They are currently living in a pet store bought cage but I do plan on making or purchasing a C and C cage within the next week or two. Wilbur is really sweet and doesn't mind too much about being picked up ... Jitters on the other hand scares me a bit because he is all over the place and hates to be picked up (hence the name Jitters) ... my questions are what is the best way to go about bonding with them? and Do guinea pigs bite often and how hard do they bite? I'm scared to put my fingers close to their mouths... I have been bit by an african grey parrot are their bites anything like that? I'm asking too b/c I have a toddler and a baby on the way (of course I would never let my kids near them without strict supervision but I want to know just in case) I can't think of any more questions right now but sure enough I will have more later I think there is a pic of them as my avatar (Wilbur is the brown with wht stripe and Jitters is the one with the longer white brown and tan fur)
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