aamfarris
Active Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2012
- Posts
- 29
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2012
- Messages
- 29
Hi Everybody,
I am a very new owner. I just received my two girls yesterday. While looking online and calling humane societies I came across a woman unable to care for hers anymore and that's how my girls came to fall in my lap. I read a lot about guinea both on this forum and other sites before deciding to adopt. They currently are in a pet store cage (its what the woman was using), but I am in the process of buying the Midwest Guinea Pig Habitat Cages. They are very similar to C&C cages, but without the work of making them!
I'm here on the forum looking for advice on how to tame and care for them and hopefully respect their bubbles so that they will trust me.
Also, they are not currently named! I've considered a few options that sound kind of cute.. :
Fiona + Cake
Pashmina + Penelope
Peach + Daisy
Eris + Calypso (My husband suggested this)
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. So you might have a easier time thinking of names I'll tell you a little about what they look/act like.
Looks:
They are almost identical (I assume they are sisters. I often refer to them as "My Twins"). They are both long haired and black with some brown highlights. The bigger of the two has what looks like a white mane and the younger guinea pig has just a tuff of white hair on her back.
Act:
The bigger sister is also the more dominant one and more often than not will run and hide if I come near the cage. She also purrs or growls? when I walk by the cage or pet her. The smaller sister is more friendly and will most often accept hay and pellets from my hands. Shes very docile and calm compared to her sister.
I am a very new owner. I just received my two girls yesterday. While looking online and calling humane societies I came across a woman unable to care for hers anymore and that's how my girls came to fall in my lap. I read a lot about guinea both on this forum and other sites before deciding to adopt. They currently are in a pet store cage (its what the woman was using), but I am in the process of buying the Midwest Guinea Pig Habitat Cages. They are very similar to C&C cages, but without the work of making them!
I'm here on the forum looking for advice on how to tame and care for them and hopefully respect their bubbles so that they will trust me.
Also, they are not currently named! I've considered a few options that sound kind of cute.. :
Fiona + Cake
Pashmina + Penelope
Peach + Daisy
Eris + Calypso (My husband suggested this)
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. So you might have a easier time thinking of names I'll tell you a little about what they look/act like.
Looks:
They are almost identical (I assume they are sisters. I often refer to them as "My Twins"). They are both long haired and black with some brown highlights. The bigger of the two has what looks like a white mane and the younger guinea pig has just a tuff of white hair on her back.
Act:
The bigger sister is also the more dominant one and more often than not will run and hide if I come near the cage. She also purrs or growls? when I walk by the cage or pet her. The smaller sister is more friendly and will most often accept hay and pellets from my hands. Shes very docile and calm compared to her sister.
