Guinea pigs are very skittish animals when you first meet/get them. The reason I chose my little boy, Taffy who is in my avatar, is because he was the only one that would let me pet him in his cage at the petstore. Once they warm up to you they are the sweetest! Taffy loves to cuddle with me while I watch tv or while I'm on the computer.

The reason guinea pigs are so nervous is because in the wild they were the prey and anything bigger than them, like humans, were predators. They still have that nervous instinct at first, but they do get really loveable and sweet! They do occasionaly still get nervous, mostly around new people is what I've noticed with Taffy, but he isn't as nervous as when I bought him home from the petstore. (All of 7 years ago....Long time!)