Learn from an exotic animal health technician and learn tips on how to handle a pet guinea pig in this free online video. Expert: Sarah Tingle Contact: www.extracareanimalhospital.net Bio: Sarah Tingle is a resident exotic animal health technician specializing in dog health care. Filmmaker: Hiu Yau
@waluigisgirl I suggest that you should make some noise before walking towards her cage. Its a normal instinct for them to be afraid and run away.
my dog bit my guinea pig zolia but she is ok now!!
I just bought a guinie pig the other day and what I found out us that she was a mother and she was never used to being held. At night I would sometimes here her and when I turn on the light she gets scared right away any tips on that?
@EasyTricker Do your reserch and start telling them about it, and how responsible you are and you will be with your guinea pig. They should soon come around.
how do i convince my parents i can get 2 piggies.
mine haits being picked up, but when hes out sitting with me he jsut sits there… dosnt run.. i find it funny
yeah, she was, i had just got her, but she died, now i have a guinea pig named parker, hes a dutch guinea pig.
@breebree218 same
@breebree218 so sort of a medium haired guinea pig
that guinea pig doesnt like her, AT ALL!
silkies are SOOOOO cute!!! mine is a mixture of a long haired guinea pig. ( american) and a short haired, it looks cute!!
ok, your guinea pig is testing its limits, its just a baby, let it get used to u. and tap it on its nose and say NO when she nips u.
me too, i get scared when she twiches and i try to pick her up.
@killweb2 mine nibbles because shes a baby, and out of curiousity.
well, mine i just got her, and her name is nut meg, and she is afraid to be picked up until i do, so i would try to hurry and pick her up, and hold her against ur body.
same with mine
my guinea pig doesn’t like being touched on the underside but she lets me pick her up and sit with her and talk to her and stroke her and… well there is a ton of things she will let me do she has never ever squeled or screamed
lol you got that wrong lady mine nibble’s my thumb in curiosity
@shainyy37
Sound very familiar! My guinea pig became calmer and stopped biting when she got older, though she sometimes still nips at me. I think it could be a combination of guinea pig-puberty and her personality. Some piggies simply don’t like being touched in certain places and are naturally more skittish, so my advise: try to avoid those places she dislikes being touched and give her more time to adjust. I’m sure she’ll warm up to you. ^^
damn.. shes got a BIG pair of…. no wait… just big forehead… big forehead thats all
I’ve only had my guinea pig a day and it actualy works to talk to it alot I,ve just been sittin on a chair and talkin to it almost every second of the day and it kind of curls in its corner of its cage and lets me storke it wich Im happy about but i wud really like to pick it up but there so quick sometimes I get a bit scared but hopefully ill get used to it
ok so my guinea pig is not like this…. she bites and if you touch her in the wrong spot she like nips at you…. is there something i did wrong or something i can do?? shes only 4 months old. And she still seems kinda sketchy of me. Help pleaseee
thanks
Leave your pig and l;et it get used to its surroundings for 30min-1hour then gently talk to it and pet it but dont pick it up!!! Some think u leave it for like a week but thats like if u adopt a child leaving it in a corner for a week with no interation!
I’ve watched more than a few of these videos with her and that guinea pig and that piggy doesn’t seem to like her! lol =]
just talk to it first then start stroking it and eventully it will let you pick it up