My Gp Hates Floor Time??

[CavyGuy90]

I dont know why but my GP just hates floor time, he doesnt do aything except for act scared. why does he do that? Does anyone know what to do to make him more excited about getting out of his cage?

 

[mom to cujo]

Piggies are so funny. My last piggie would sit like a lump on the floor or run up onto our lap. Cujo loves floor time. He runs all over the place, back and forth, popcorning the whole time. He runs laps around our coffee table, takes a rest, then starts all over again. Each piggie is different. Maybe putting things on the floor that he can safely investigate would peak his interest and get him moving.

 

[*guinealover*]

my piggie just runs and finds a place to hide lol my other one trys to climb stuff

 

[cavylover]

when you take them out dont take their houses away from them itll just frighten them even more.After awhile they'll get used to it and slowly come out of their houses

 

[CavyGuy90]

Thanks

Thanks for the advice, worked great! Thanks again

 

[cavylover]

No problem

 

[Malcsy04]

I agree...you should just try to give him things to play with...first give him hay but not too much! you dont want him to go to the bathroom all over the place....I just recently gave him a grocery back and he really enjoyed it...first he ran laps around it...then he sniffed it...then he kept running in and out and it gave him a place to hide and play~

 

[kennethlhm]

u only got 1 GP? i have 2 gals. during floor time, 1 will follow another 1 exploring & running around.

 

[GuineaTV]

See if you can leave your pig out in floor time for a whole day- - your piggies biological clock may not be meshing with the time you put him out for floor time - mine tend to run around nightly at 11 pm!

 

[cavylover]

I find If you just have one pig out hell be kinda scared.But once 2 or more are out adventure city for them.

 

[mom to cujo]

I only have my Cujo, but as long as I am laying on the floor when he is out he has a grand old time. He hops and skips and runs and jumps and I am constantly laughing out loud when he is out. If I leave the room or go up on a chair he will go under the coffee table and rest until I return. It really is kind of funny. i really do think that he thinks I am his mom or girlfriend. Either way he makes me smile all the time.

 

[ChadWPB]

I have six pigs, grouped in trios. Floor time is a party for the three piggies, running, jumping and playing all over the living room.

I'm wondering how a six-pig floor time would be, but I need some spaying/neutering done fist.

 

[CuteFluffyThing]

See if you can leave your pig out in floor time for a whole day- - your piggies biological clock may not be meshing with the time you put him out for floor time - mine tend to run around nightly at 11 pm!

thats possible , since a gp allmost never sleeps

 

[cavylover]

guinea pigs acutally almost always sleep.They probably sleep 20 of the 24 hours a day.

 

[CuteFluffyThing]

Piggies are so funny. My last piggie would sit like a lump on the floor or run up onto our lap. Cujo loves floor time. He runs all over the place, back and forth, popcorning the whole time. He runs laps around our coffee table, takes a rest, then starts all over again. Each piggie is different. Maybe putting things on the floor that he can safely investigate would peak his interest and get him moving.

we jave the same thing with our Gp's in their free run outside . The ayy line up (all 6 of them) : father , mother , child , cxhild , child , child and they start running around the tree in one straight line . Then they scatter and start popcorning when jumping on and off the exercise court znd the ramps . After an hour thye stop doing and all go ly down and rest ( longest time they rested : 1 hour without moving) its really fun to see

 

[Ruthies owner]

I guess all guinea piggys are different. Ruth doesn't really like when I put things on the ground ( hehe she just pushes them out of the way with her head!) She likes it when I just put her down in the kitchen and she'll run around underneath the cabinets and stuff. It's cute!

 

[loves2travel]

if your pigs is new, and if in their previous location they did not get floor time, it is natural for them to be cautious and submissive at first. after a few weeks of regularly being given floor time, they will jump right in exitedly and they will love you for it.

 

[FloppyRagzDolli]

even after six months of daily floor time, dollie will sit there and look pretty (though Ragz and floppy run around like nuts) of course, her pregnancy might have had something to do with it

 

[conniehsc]

My pigs didn't like floor time in the beginning. They were scared to death. What I started doing was, I left the cage door opened during day time so they can go in and out whenever they want. Now all five of my pigs go in and out all the time. Sometimes they even sleep outside of the cage because I have little houses and towels outside of the cage. You can't force them to like floor time, because it takes time for the pigs to get used to the activity. Try putting little houses and towels on the floor so they can hide when they feel intimidated.

 

[ice_on_fire]

give your piggie time.. i think he will gradually get use to it.. maybe you should put some familiar objects around during floor time so he won't feel so scared..