![]() ![]() I saw someone made a maze once with those mega large legos and hid treats throughout it, your son may have fun with something like that for floortime. You could also try during floortime, to place treats in little paper towel rolls or other 'hidey' type places that will make him explore(in a piggie safe zone of course). If you want your son to handle him have him lay a towel or something else warm for the pig to snuggle in, on his lap and have him hold a favorite veggie so the piggie gets the idea 'snuggle time means good things! I don't have any reason to be afraid'. Perhaps if you keep the cage on top of a table of some sort or in a room that he is not allowed in that would be much better (less chance for injury to the piggie) and less stressful for the pig and probably the dog.Īs for handling tips, being from a petstore (and probably a guinea pig mill) he was probably rarely, if ever, handled so a kid who is super excited to play with him is a concept he isn't familiar with. Your dog could also be a serious threat to the piggie. Since you have a whippet (which I think are an awesome breed by the way even though I've never had one!) and a small child I would make sure you have a top on your C&C cage so that your son can't get in the cage without you knowing. What kind of food (pellet and hay brands, and what kind of veggies) are you feeding him and how old is he? I ask because most stores only sell junk pellets (usually containing dangerous chemicals that can cause cancer and seeds/colored pieces of food) and often tell owners to use Vit C water drops which is not needed at all or reccomended. Petstores are known for miss sexing piggies. I did a C&C/petstore combo and it works great! Check out my photo albums (please ignore the ugly mix matched towels, we have since upgraded to solid fleece on both sections with a towel under the petstore side since that is where they do all of their business.) for ideas if you can't return your petstore cage.īefore adding any friends for your piggie (please seriously consider adopting!) double then triple check to make sure you got a male. Welcome to the site! I'm so glad your getting him out of the store bought cage and looking around the site to give him the best care! I also bought a petstore cage in the beginning (even though my pigs were from a rescue) and I got it off craigslist so there was no returning it. We'll see I guess! For now I'm being very careful about making sure Pretzel does not end up as a chew toy. He did fine when we had cats in the house previously.so I'm hoping he'll make friends or at least tolerate the presence of one or two guinea pigs. Any tips on getting him used to being handled?Īnother concern I have is that we have a Whippet, who likes to chase small creatures and has killed two squirrels in the past. He will take lettuce or carrots from my hand if I wait patiently- but my son is just too squirmy and scares him. Pretzel is currently very timid and hides in his igloo alot. He wanted to make our son happy, so he agreed to the guinea pig and I am hoping I can win him over by showing him how cute and fun they are!Īnyway, just wanted to introduce myself. However my husband grew up with ONE very pampered Sheltie who he had to groom himself as a weekly mandatory chore. I am an animal lover who grew up with many rescued cats and dogs, had pet rats, a stray bird, some lizards, etc. (Hopefully if I clean it well and put it back in the original box it won't be an issue) I am also hoping in the future to adopt a spayed female from a rescue as a companion for him- but I will have to sell hubby on that idea! We are expecting our 3rd child in a few months (we have a 2 year old daughter) and he does not want to "go overboard" with this "guinea pig thing". I have no problems trying to make "Pretzel" happy and am planning on making a C&C cage, but my hubby will only agree to it if we can return his other cage to petsmart. It was only after getting him and having spent $40 on a 30"x18" cage at petsmart that I came home and did some googling and found this site. SO, it was between a fish and a rodent the guinea pig idea won. He loves all creatures and calls them his friends (even the black ants that make their way to our kitchen sometimes). It was our son's 5th birthday we had not discussed things in depth but knew we wanted to get him some sort of little "friend".
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