My wife and I recently got our first pair of piggies and kind of went in blind even though we've always wanted them. Your channel has been so insightful and we both thank you for what you do! Piggies aren't the biggest topic on YT so finding this channel has been awesome! We'll learn a lot about our piggies through your videos. Thank you again!
It’s been 7 months since I got my 2 piggies and they are only now starting to trust me. I usually don’t have much patience but I was able to wait for them and give them the time they needed and with the extra help of your videos they are finally warming up with me. So I just want to thank you for teaching me most of what I know now and teaching me how to understand them better. You helped me a lot ❤️❤️
I'm lucky. I adopted a pair that were with people already, so maybe they were used to that, but within a few weeks they would crawl on me etc. I don't have a set schedule for lap time, I take them out every chance I get.
TYSM for this video I just got 2 baby female piggies they’re 2 - 3 months old. I’ve been watching your channel for months anticipating getting them I finally did there currently in a 2x4 c and c cage. Thank you for all the helpful tips on your channel ☺❤❤
Great video and it is so important to understand that it takes time! I adopt my piggies from a local shelter and I got them both about 2.5 years ago. The one didn't take long to trust me, but the other one, it has taken 2 years!!!! He's finally letting me pick him up, coming up to me, and relaxing when I hold him. Adopting from a shelter - you never know what their previous owners did to them.
Thank you for your video's, i am a first time Guinea pigs owner, i thought i had done a lot of research before getting them, but with your video's i made my piggies much happier thanks so much for your tips
I've had my to boys for a week now your video really helped me get ready for them and now I'm following your tips to tame them. They took some veg from my hand this morning (I was so happy I almost popped). Thank you so much, keep up the great work 🏆
While not ideal to keep a single reet-rat, they can have a good life as long as there is someone around almost constantly to interact with it. Kids, stay at home adults, retirees, just as long as the reet-rat isn't isolated. And if you have 2 or more, it's a good idea to have separation walls either in place or ready to be if the reets start fighting. A separation wall or barrier (like a square of C and C caging) allows the reets to see and smell and talk to each other without getting close enough to hurt each other. This also tends to make them friendlier to each other when given together/floor time after being separated.
I've wanted a guinea pig for years but my boyfriend and I have moved in together and decided to buy some. Your channel has been extremely helpful and informative. I feel comfortable knowing I'll be able to properly equip my piggies with a happy home. Thank you~!
You are amazing. My husband and I have never owned guinea pigs but we fell in love when an exotic rescue was featured in Pets Smart one day. We went for a routine cat and hamster supply run and there they were **shout out to Forgotten Kingdom** I picked up Moose and fell in love but they said you can't take just her you have to take her cage mate too. So we happily did. Moose died within 2 weeks of bringing her and Pepper home... 😭 So we contacted them with urgency to find our Pepper a friend. They had a piggie rescued that has never lived with a cage mate... It's been hard. Poor Ms. Mess had some bites from Pepper on her bum but not ears, neck, our feet. They have healed and occasionally she has a new bite on her bum. Ms. Mess doesn't really **I feel** understand guinea interaction. She is the submissive but still fights Pepper sometimes. She is our diva and has allergies. Only shavings will do otherwise she looses her hair. We had Pepper trained to use a pellet litter box but took it out when we got Ms. Mess. I'm happy, frustrated and love my piggies. Ms. Mess is very interactive with us because I think she has had only humans. Pepper is sweet but hard to catch. How do I make these two piggies from different worlds friends?
My first piggy was abused and has bitten us so we give him love, attention and lots of hay and snacks. Our two girlies are calmer but one came from an outside pen and freaked out when she got here. The other lets me do lots with her. She’s my sweetie but all get eats equally
My bonding is going great. Amaya comes running up too me when I go and see them, sticking her nose in the air and letting me scratch her chinny chin chin. So cute. Bela still hold back, but she loves lap time and exploring. Picking them up palm up has really really helped. I'm no longer a bird of prey attacking from above but it is taking Bela more time to get over my mistake. Everytime I open the fridge now, Amaya is screaming at me. So hard not to get a leaf of lettuce out or slice of cucumber as I'm grabbing the milk. They learn so quick.
your videos are such a big help I have watched your videos over and over like ten times. could you make a video on things you can buy at the doller tree for guinea pigs please!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great advice, as always!! I asked you previously about getting a friend for my rescue (he was dumped at the pet store where my daughter works, and he BITES!) But as he is trusting me more he is biting less. So following your advice I got him a friend, a baby boy that had some minor health issues that have resolved. They bonded nicely and both seem happy. I'm following your videos to keep them that way and hopefully get them to trust me more... It may be time for a third!! 😏
Thankyou so much for all your videos, have learnt alot & have just started buying stuff ready to welcome our first pair of piggies next month! (we have already visited a rescue, they will let us know which pigs are ready for us then 🥰) me & my children(11&6) love watching your channel 💖
Hi Sarah, I love the way Phoebe and Rocky stand up on their back legs to beg for pea flakes which several of mine do too! They’re all so adorable and super- cute 🥰 Thanks for a lovely video as always xx
"They eat so fast". My baby piggies don't. "Guinea pigs like to have a flat surface." My baby piggies jumps and climbs on the houses... I think my 2 year old might be right: maybe they are cats? Decided on ordering a new cage, that is more than twice the size of recomended minimum size. Learned so much about guinea pigs before getting them from watching your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowlegde!
Haha they will get super speedy at eating once they aren't as distracted by everything else around them. The new cage sounds amazing! I'm sure they'll love it! 😍😃🎉
Hi Sarah! Great vid, your herd is so cute. Just lately the more skittish of our two boys has started resisting being picked up less, which is great. The older boy just sort of relaxes into it like he really likes the cuddles...right up until he remembers that snacks are part of the cuddle routine and he starts trying to nibble my fingers. Sort of 'hey, I let you catch and cuddle me, now pay up.' 🤣 I think the younger one might be catching on to the scheme too. 😆
Thank you so much for this, it really helped me! I've had my piggies for almost a year now, and they are still pretty jumpy (but that could partially be because they are outdoor pigs, only because my house is tiny). However, they do do this weird thing where I go to collect them for lap time and they are absolutely terrified of me, but when they go on my lap they lay down and vibrate very quickly and I'm not sure why. You seriously should hear them when I they smell me cutting grass outside though, they go absolutely mental with the squeaking. Muffin (The pig on my profile pic) is by far the loudest of the three >.
I have 8 piggies now in a large cage. My oldest and most experienced piggie, Mia, has become a teacher for the others. Our relationship is to the point that 9 times out of 10 when I am in the cage for any reason she approaches and "kisses" my hand. I can stroke her neck and under her chin and she laps it up. The other piggies watch and have become less stressed with me over time. I do pay attention to body language as each piggie is different. I can now rub the top of my Oreo's head and rub my Cookies chin. I use a cuddle sack to pick them up. Its funny to see them line up at it when its floor time.... It just takes time and patience.
Could you make a video of Do's and Dont's with food? I always check before I give them a new veggie, it would be SOO HELPFUL if you cleared everything up!
I have a new guinea pig, male that I am working with, to go along with my older guinea pig. The new is a little skittish. So when I want to take him, Iput him in a crocheted totem bag , I made last year when I had fallen and fractured my right hip. When I take my boys out a a bit, I want make the new one feel comfortable.
Hi! I’ve been thinking of getting a pair of guinea pigs as my parents have agreed :] I was just wondering if it’s ok to give them a whole room and not a cage?
Can you make a video on how to make some of the soft hidies and beds and such you have in their cage? I'm hand sewing liners (thank you for on how to do that) for a bigger cage I'll be building, so I'd like to try making some of those as well.
I would really like if you made a video about how to make your guinea pigs not scared of you or if a video like that is already done can someone send me the link please :D
My shy pig, Kaylee, used to live in a 1x2 box. For a while we had a 6 square foot cage, but I got a bigger one. I thought she'd be happy with the 10 square foot cage we have, but she's just gotten more reclusive. In the small cage she was happy to cuddle, but now she just hides and never comes out except to eat and drink. I'm worried about her. I think she's so used to small spaces that she doesn't /want/ to live like a proper guinea pig.
I just got 2 males today, one is young and not full grown, and I’m not sure how old the other is but he’s full grown. They’re both skittish and timid but will allow me to feed them by hand if I take my time. Anyone have any other tips that worked for them to get them comfortable and tame? Thanks
i dont know if youve done this already but can you do a video on how to properly pick up guinea pigs? The way your guinea pig reacted to you going to grab her was interesting as she was so calm and still, whereas my pigs dart and run as soon as they seen more than one hand coming for them!
Okay so i'm 12 years old and I have 2 guinea pigs named Pumpkin and pie. Now pie is way more comfy with me then Pumpkin. Pumpkin is a year old and shes had about 2 liters of babys, she really scared of everyone and idk what to do. Can you give any ideas?
Do you have any tips for balancing guinea pig care with work/school? I go to school at 8 and get home at 4 on weekdays and then I usually work sat morning and all day Sunday. Along with homework and other responsibilities it’s hard. I’ve had guinea pigs for 8 years but I haven’t been this busy before. I don’t want to rehome them but I can’t see another option.
My three boys are so loud there’s two brothers and diff they always come up to us squeaking loud, only one lets me stroke them in cage the other two run and they don’t like lap time tbh I don’t know what to do
Try persisting with laptime, maybe take two out at the same time, to a quite area of the house away from the cage, you could hand feed some veggies and stroke them gently if they'll let you. Have a blanket for them to snuggle in. Sometimes even when pigs are super fidgety at first, after 5 minutes or so they settle down. And in the cage try and get them used to you stroking them when you feed them veggies and they are too busy eating to run 😄 Patience, persistence and trying different things will eventually work 😀
@@SqueakDreams aww thank you very much they always talk to one another when they are all out together they happily eat from our hands which is good it’s just stroking and picking up from cage is a struggle
We've had our two boys for a couple of months now...they are super sociable and always stand up on the sides of the cage when I come in the door or basically any time they see me! One of my piggies loves pets but our skinny pig REFUSES to be touched! I'm not sure if its just because his skin is so sensitive but if you touch him anywhere he bolts like someone poked him with a taser! Any tips for getting him to calm down a little?
Ah this sounds a bit like my Phoebe! And you're right it could have something to do with him being a skinny pig. But also because you haven't had him that long and so he's still wary of you when you get close. I think laptime can help with this, you can try learn where he doesn't mind (or hopefully likes) being touched - maybe along his nose or behind his ears, look out for him pulling a relaxed face or even laying down when you stroke him to know that he likes it. In the cage can be tricky though and will probably just take time, I've had Phoebe 14 months and she will still run away when I go to pet her, some pigs are just so flighty!
Haha, not usually something people have a problem with, but I would recommend making sure they never run out of nice fresh good quality hay to eat, and giving them their pellets and vegetables at the same time each day - they'll learn the routine and, for example, won't expect to be fed in the morning if they always get it in the evening or vice versa :)
I’m also a first time guinea pig owner. I’ve owned mine for 7 months and i’ve learned a lot. A few things I found help is 1. Wait for them. By this I mean wait for them to warm up and come to you, don’t force them to get used to you because it usually pushes them more away from you. 2. Watch them play and just go on about their day for you to learn their personality and behavior types. It really helps. 3. Males are more territorial, they need more space and usually won’t want to cuddle with you while females are more friendly to humans. (keep in mind all guinea pigs are different so you could get a friendly male or a anti-social female. It really depends on the piggies itself.) Doing these things will help you learn about your piggies individually which will help you tame them in the way they will actually learn :)
@@ThatAnimalHousethanks, what am curious to know as well there cage cleaning not many speak about the main thing i guess for carpet owners usually i see they clean cages every 2 days or so but if they pee every 15min or so wouldnt it drip or leak on other surfaces
