Bad Idea??

[guineapiggy]

Acctully I do spend time with them (Or I did) I would hold them and pet them when I fed them but Squiggles was kinda "Mean" and jumpy and everything when I got her I dident notice couse she was real scared and dident act mean or anything but when I setteled her in her new cage and everything she never liked being picked up but I would try to hold her everyday and she still acted Mean. I also think I am making the right choice by getting them new homes I hope I am doing the right thing I realy like them but dont have the right home for them.

[Catlady711]

Guinea pigs need to be handled from a young age to be properly tamed. I got my oldest one when he was 9 weeks old and it took a bit longer to tame him down. If you piggy was older when you got her and wasn't handled she may have not been tamed properly from the get go.

It's better to recognize that a pet is better suited to a different home and to find a proper owner for the pet than to just ignore and neglect the pet.

My mom always made me do alot of research and call vets to verify information so I could thouroughly (sp?) explain to her how I could properly take care of any pet I wanted. I've always stuck with that even now, and believe it's a very good idea for anyone thinking of getting a new pet.

I hope you find good homes for your piggy's with the right owners.

[Blue Dragonfly]

Can I ask why you got the guinea pigs in the first place? and not just one, but two?

Guinea pigs all have different personalities, just like other animals. if your piggie is mean, it is doubtful that she will ever completely change. I have had about 20 piggies in my lifetime, as well as breeding some of them. They have all been pretty good, but there was this one boy named Coffee, and he was just mean. As soon as you picked him up he would start to twist his head around to bite you. And boy his bites would go deep. After heaps of handling, his personality still didn't really change, but i did. I learnt how to hold him in ways to avoid getting bitten. Also, instead of holding him all the time, i spent more time sitting in his running pen and letting him play around me. He just wanted the freedom to move, and would always come up to me, or jump on my tummy if i was lying down. Even though i couldn't cuddle him for very long, he became one of my favourite piggies ever just cause he was so unique. also, in animals, usually the aggressive animals are the smartest. Their aggression is just their way of communicating how they feel. We just have to be smart enough to listen.

At the moment i only have one piggie, and he is fairly new. I have had him for about 4-5 monthes. I got him when he was 4 weeks old from a pet shop, he is a biter. my mum calls him little nipper. lol. I have been snuggling with him every night, and now he will fall asleep on me, but he tells me when he has had enough. He is so smart though, and uses the nips to tell me when he needs to go to the toilet. I have also taught him to spin. (It only took 1 week!) I have also curbed a lot of his biting habits with a spray bottle. I won't hit my piggie, but a little spray of water works a treat.

Anywayz... i hope you find your piggies a good home.

By the ways. Here is a pick of my current piggie Sahara doing his "spinning" trick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udQILEb5GOM

[Catlady711]

That video is so cute!!! Love the color of your piggy. My Cinnamon had one blotch over part of his face that color and I always thought it looked neat.

I never taught mine to spin but I did teach all 3 that I had to sit pretty. Actually I would just say 'two feet' and they would sit up high on their back legs only. One piggy book I had said they can't do that, but I guess someone forgot to show that part of the book to the piggies. ROFL

One of these days I simply have got to get that scanner fired up and get my piggy's pix on here. I might do that yet tomorrow.