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Jerome

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Hi- I am a mom of a girl who got a guinea pig for Xmas . Cuddles is 3 mths old and we have had her for 5 days now. We can feed her from our hand and she likes to sniff us but we cannot pet her yet or catch her. Should we press the issue on catching her or just continue with what we are doing? I looked at the piggie elevator and love that idea!

Thanks for the help!
 

Kimberly713

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Begin holding her. Sit down and put her on a towel so she feels safer, just talk to her, pet her, and give her a veggie treat every minute or so for reassurance that it's a good thing. When I got my pigs I quickly learned carrots were their favorite thing so every night after dinner I held them for 20 minutes and when I put them back in the cage they immediately got a carrot. I think it helped a lot to get them to enjoy lap time better.
 
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