How to tame your Guinea Pig
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Guinea Pigs can be wonderful pets and give you so much joy, if you change the way you think about them and tame them the way they need to be tamed. Many of the links above are affiliate links. These help support my rescue efforts. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases. They ad no extra cost to you.
Nate's gotten huge! He's mastered the potato pose lol
From hand of fear. Noooooooooooooooo to the fingers of friendliness.
My new piggie Jerry LOVES your whistles! 😂 he's going nuts!
Wow so guinea pigs really enjoy food. They are food orientated that makes sense now. You are really good at handling them ❤😀
Snoop looks a bit like Nugget from the Little Adventures herd
His face does! Two of my favorite guinea pig CZcams channels!
Yes she does.
yellow rat I KOWWWW
Red Bug Gaming my fave is Sylvester
Red Bug Gaming he’s so cute 🥰
I've had my girls Alice and Gertrude since december 21st 2018, and since the beginning of this year they've been so tamed that they seem to expect me to pet them every time I sit down by the cage! Sometimes they even start popcorning when they hear my voice 😍
They have the best ear wiggles when they are eating.💚
Adria P. Ikr 😍😍😭
Haha
I love your pigs so much and I am getting 2 pigs tomarrow I'm so excited, I use your channel to tech me most of what I know now thank u for the amazing videos❤❤❤
I just got my two girls on Valentines day, so thanks for this lol 💛
I adopted my 3 girls 7 months ago, after much patience on all sides we have an understanding. If they go to one part of their cage I can lay my hand in front and they'll climb up...mostly! We do this every day to reaffirm our bond and there's always veggies involved 😊 love this video, the platform is inspired!
Snoops' funny, I'll just take the whole Lettuce! Thanks! ;p
Great video, my tried and true method is taking them out everyday to hand fed around the same time..talking to them so they recognize me..and giving treats about the same time...definitely repetition and patience. :)
Thank you Holly! Any other secrets?
Lots of 💗 and patience.. and education. Keep they’re cage relatively close to everyday noises..find out their personalities..they are truly unique to each one. But once they know you..there’s no turning back :) I started at one now I’m at 7 of my own, plus fosters. And of course subscribe to your channel! And LAGPR
That is so cute! That is true about respecting they personality. My oldest guinea pig we adopted got used to us very quickly and we believe she was more used people before. She doesn't run when we show up and most times comes to use when we are near the cage. She will let us pet while she inside the cage if she is eating and she loves lap time (although she does not care for being picked up). The baby is waaaaay more skittish. She runs every time we come near the cage (although she is getting out more when she sees me during breakfast time) and she comes out to take food out of my hands. I found a trick that works well with my girls to pick them up without chasing: I take the hideys away and come from the side with both hands keeping a bit of a distance. With one of the fingers I start caressing them and by the time I get them they are calmer. The older one still squirms but the baby doesn't. It was very challenging getting the baby before since she is so fast! Thanks for your videos!! They help me a lot!
I recommend taking the tape off of the box you used as a hideout because they could eat it.
I fell in love with you during this video. 😊
Took me over a year to be able to touch my baby...hand feeding her every day! Now she comes up and stands on her pellet dish and begs to be pet! So rewarding! My other one was already tame, because she was my Mom’s before she passed away.
does your baby enjoy knocking the food bowl out of your hands while you refill it? because my son does. whenever im trying to give them pellets, Billi charges at me like a cat, cries, gets in between my feets AND on top of my feets, and when i try to put his bowl back down he just knocks it over and cries more because... whered my food go?
Celeste Loucks no her pellet bowl is attached to the side of the habitat, so she can’t do that!
I love your sweet little guinea pigs
Getting two lady pigs soon and your videos have been so helpful! Thanks Scott!!
Annie foster I just got 2 females 1 is 1 year old and she is a mom and then the other one is her daughter which is just 3 weeks old
We love them
Scotty: y r u running
me: UR HANDS LOOK LIKE DEMON HANDS WHEN U DO IT LIKE DAT MAN EVEN IM SCARED
With my younger piggie, who's an Aby, I have tried all these techniques and more, she simply will not let me pet her while in the cage or pick her up. She knows her name, she comes to get a treat and will take it from my hand or nibble it if I hold really tight. On rare occasions I've been able to extend a finger for quick nose scratch while I hold her treat but she'll quickly let go and run away. The only way I can get her out of the cage for cuddles is to corner her in a bed (or picket on a guinea dad liner). There are times that I've had to use my bamboo back scratcher to guide her to where I want her to go. The thing is tho, once I've caught her and I have her, she's just as snuggly as my other girl. She even gives kisses. She's just going to be a crazy Aby who makes my life difficult.
Sounds just like my girls, Ralsei and Grillby!! Ralsei also loves giving kisses. My daughters named them after characters from Undertale.
I have the exact same problem
Typical abyssinian
this man has mastered the way of the Guinea piggys
I got two guinea pigs for my birthday a couple days ago, reesie & sundae. Sundae will eat from my hand but reesie will not. She often gets scared when I approach her. I hope she eats when I am not present and doesn't let her sister dominate her. I worry like a new guinea pig mom lol your channel is really helpful
If you want to know if she is eating, hold her in a towel for an hour. If she poops she is eating. Guinea pigs must eat constantly and if they stop eating it's very bad. I am sure she is eating
Thank you for replying, I think she's eating too I always here nibbles when I'm not looking and look to see her out of her hidey house. She is shy but they are so cute when they snuggle together ❤️
My kids and I are huge fans of your channel. We've enjoyed watching Billy, and also Gari. Your videos has helped us with our guinea pig.
You and your piggies are lovely!
My mom just asked if u are single😂
descusting
Oh my
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What?
@@knbbg what? wondering if a kind man who can love small animals is available to love her as well? what is wrong with you.
@@amytuggle7820 sorry if I offended you, but my brother was researching guinea pig stuff and didnt really know what he was saying (as shown by the misspelling of the word "disgusting") sorry if he caused anyone any inconvenience
I love Nate’s nostrils! They look bigger because of the coloring 😂❤️
Thanks so much for this video of your little piggy family 😍I am looking forward to getting two guinea pigs this week so glad to have found your channel as you are such a wonderful daddy to your little sweeties thanks again😘from Teneal in Australia 😎😁
I also find holding the piggie every time you feed them veggies gets them excited about your hands and or being picked up after a while. I also will give them thier veggies and then place my hand flat on the bedding next to them while they eat, not touching them just next to them so they get use to the size of my hand and it's presence. But there are also piggies with personalities who resist you and your have no matter how much you try. That thier personality just fights ever getting comfortable with you. I have one piggie whom I have had for a couple years and most of the time she will run.
Love your lessons. We have a herd of five girls and have learned several things from you. This just confirmed my idea to move their home up from the floor. I hadn't thought of the easy access door to let them feed like that. Right now their tamest moment is when we sit with our leg alongside their home and ask them to put their front paws on our leg to get greens. They will also put their front paws on our hands/wrists to feed. Only one of them (the youngest) hops up completely to our lap, and "tolerates" being held briefly. We've refocused our training to mimic this video with some of the handling you showed.
I found a guinea pig on my offer up site and he was only 15$ with the cage and food and hay and water bowl. I seen this post for a week I did my research and found out that they have to have a friend they have to have a way bigger cage kaytee is not good hay. They eat veggies. They live for a long time guinea pig treats are trash. They are prey animals. All in a week I found out this much stuff I messaged the person and said I'm interested after I went and adopted another boy piggie bought two mid west cages and the oxbow treats and good Timothy hay not alpha. I did all my research and when I met up with this guy he was not feeding him everyday veggies bad cage everything was bad you should seen when that piggie came home I did not have to have them separated for long about a week had no idea what I was doing they love each other but are happy healthy and I have you to thank I watched all your videos thank-you and saskia
Michelle Dean what’s wrong with kaytee Timothy hay ?
All those taming videos where at the first steps pigs are already way calmer and trusting than my new piggies.
It's a bit discouraging but I'll keep at it.
This is the first video ive watched an his laugh is so cute an those piggys are so damn adorable
This is an awesome idea 😊 I am going to do this with my C&C cage
Thank you for your videos I’m a new guinea pig mama unfortunately I lost one baby made the mistake of buying from a pet store instead of a rescue
Awesome!! 😎 Thank you!! 🐹🐾🐹🐾 I adore all of the names!! 😊
I fall so fast in love .with these sweet boys. I need my piggy tatoe fix every day. 😘😍🤗💖💖💖
You are such an inspiration, Scotty!❤️
I love guinea pigs too. And you are a very handsome young man .l love the way you care for your piggies as well.😂😂😂😂😂
I think Scotty is as cute as his piggies. Wow.
He said you’re not grabbing me when he ran.
6:44 is so cute 😃
Love this channel
Snoopy was so determined to misbehave lol 😅
I love Billy he's such a cute big boy
Gorgeous ! Top video ! Love your videos 😊 cheers from down under 🇦🇺
Nate's awesome.
Love your cage setup. It's great. Thanks for your videos!
Scotty, "Well they're not dogs." And I course I think to myself, "But technically Snoop is a D-O-double-G!" Lol I have 4 Midwests on a rack. My kids can reach the bottom three cages, and they constantly bring treats and feed the pigs in those cages with the doors down and my kids don't try to pick them up unless I am there to help. As a result all of those bottom cages have pigs that are extremely tame and trusting because of this. They will come right up to us and let us pet them without running away. Only my husband and myself can reach the top cage. And while those pigs do get lots of treats and attention from us, they are both extremely wild and skittish. It's also very hard to pick them up and a traumatic experience seeing this huge hand reaching in chasing them when I have to take them out for cage cleanings and nail trims. I'm probably going to set up another rack next to this one and move them down to a lower shelf and give them a little more space between shelves so it's easier to reach in and pick them up. And also attach the Midwests to give some of the piggies on the bottom shelves more room to zoom. Or I might build something completely different. I want something with a flip down front panels like you showed in your video to make cleaning easier. I could just flip down the side and hold the trash can up and scrape the bedding into the trash can. The scooping out of the bedding takes so much time. And I wish the doors of the Midwest were larger. Without an open top, reaching in and picking up squirmy pigs with only one hand is really difficult for me and traumatic for the piggies. When I finally figure out my design, I'll be sure to share it with everyone!
Anne oh, it sounds like you have a vision! Nate is part of the dog pound as well. We lost the real Nate Dogg r i p
The only thing they are trusting is that lettuce.
with mine I just carefully took him out of the cage trying not to scare him, then if he didn’t want to come out and hid in his hide I grabbed him out of his hide and basically forced him to spend at least 30 minutes with me. he came running up to me after only about 5-6 days after I got him. sadly he went to a rescue because he was aggressive to our other males and we didn’t have enough space for him. he loved being out of his cage, though.
also I wouldn’t recommend this with genuinely submissive guineas because it could really scare them and you could delay the taking process. if you have a dominant one it can be great to do it this way imo
I love the names you give them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Scotty, this is so nice. I do though have a concern about the top of the ramp that has a metal piece protruding at the top. Looks like an easy fix, can you wrap and connect the the two metal pieces with electrical tape? Seems like an injury can occur with the way it currently is. Fyi I used a plastic rain gutter with an inside lip for my ramp, I then used a nail/screw to make holes at the top, then cable tied to the cage. I used a skinny somewhat burlapish mat from the 99c store, but and it slipped right into the inside lip of the rain gutter.
What a gorgeous piggy! I have one that looks so much like him in facial structure, my piggy Velvet has a short face like that, with a small nose and they kind of look like bunnies,lol!
Omg I heard myself right off the bat “Hi Sweeties!” 🤣
My piggies are outside, and they’re quite tame, I think the outdoors helps 😊
Just built a 2x5 c and c cage with a 1x2 loft for two guineapigs im adopting I hope they like it 😭
Nate is so precious 👌❤️
Snippy a savage. She/he just straight up snatched the 🥬 out of your hand XD
Guinea pigs hate their bums touched lol
tiny piggy update
i filled The Boyzs cages with hay. Caramel bounded into Billis cage. He climbed the hay pile like a mountain (or a bed?). he managed to get hay on his head and walked a bit before pausing, to realize, oh how did i get hay on my head.
"Feed me Seymour!" Only mine do that to me? Lol
I sing that to mine sometimes
@@CavyConsciousness so does my dad lmao
Aww I need your help! I’m happy u did this video I have 2 guinea pigs and their baby boy at first the male guinea pig(sushi) used to be so playful and he didn’t mind me petting him but he got an infection ( he is recovering now) from about 2 months and I’m the one who catches him to apply the medicine or at the vet I always hold him for the injection and now I feel like he is traumatized because I give him food and he eats from my hand I can pet him only between his eyes if I went a lil bit on his back he will flinch and I don’t know what to do I feel really sad because he was the cheerful playing one :( plz help
Hi! I am a big fan of your channel and your videos have been quite helpful! I was just wondering where you get your cages and cage material, my guineas cage is big enough but who wouldn't want to give their piggies more room to run around! Thank you and keep spreading guinea pig love
Hi Wendy! You can usually find the grids in a lot of places I have a link to some for $18 on my website scottysanimals and the plastic is called coroplast and you can find sheets of it at home stores or hardware stores
I needed this video, Scotty... my piggies run away from me.. ha! Gotta go buy them some lettuce.. this surely helps, thanks! :D
there so cute!!!!
Thank you!
such beautiful colours :) i have a black one with a white stripe down his nose :) hes 14 months old in 4 days :)
i have guinea pigs and there baby's and I'm going a cuddle sack for them like you suggested
This its love.
Snoops is So cute!!!
Snoop, you are so pretty!
All of Scott's pigs are just adorable but Snoop has just such an expressive face.
A great way to catch them when they run from you
Is to also have a cosy hat they can run into....that way you can pick them up in a place they feel safe😊
Awww baby boy’s so cute
When I'm trying to build trust with my rats, I go under them or to the side instead of over. I think because they are prey animals, they feel less threatened when something is not hovering over them.
Thanks bro
Great video! How often should you feed the guinea pigs veggies? Once daily or twice a day? Love your videos❤
It's not about frequency, it's about volume if you give them too much volume of fresh veggies they will get soft poops. A good amount would be one big piece of lettuce and a chunk of cucumber or green pepper and you can spread it out during the day. You can give them more but if you see soft poops back off. Make sure that they're eating delicious hey 80% of the diet is hay
@@ScottysAnimalsThank you! Keep doing what your doing you're definitely given me some knowledge. I am planning on getting two female guineas... ordering a cage next week it's a 2x5. I just read somewhere that you only give one cup of veggies to each guinea..how do you keep your veggies fresh? Sorry so many questions lol thanks again Scotty❤
This method of training seems to be working better for me and my two little boy piggies, I tried Saskia's advice about holding them until they would stop squirming but it actually backfired on me so I had to start over. At least Luigi comes to me for food and now and he actually rests his little paws on my hand when he's chewing,but his friend still sneaks around even with food, I'm not a fan of being peed on but I found that there's some diapers for them online, 😁by the way Scotty your view is awesome you have such a beautiful huge house it looks like.
You are a darling male
AM also bussy with met guineapigs 🤗😘💋 love i
Why is Billy still on his own
I got gruff a buddie and sense then you can’t take one out without the other these animals are to amazing
Omg I love the first part off your video 😂😂😂 I had a feeling you were going to do that when you kept sticking your hands in there 😂 then you sounded like a commercial! Love it!
Very food motivated, I see
I just got my two girls about a week ago and I’m trying to pick them up, hand feed them hay and nothing is working.. they still run away I’m getting discouraged 😢
Cat x some may take more than a week. You can also try feeding them veggies
Mine froze up when I attempted to touch them, even though they didn't show any other signs of discomfort and awaited me and veggies eagerly.
Only now, after 4 months, one of my three piggies allows me to gently pet her head.
Keep trying, I'm sure they will trust you in time!
@Madelyn Ranke Yep! They deff don't
Keep trying
I love the bond you have with your piggies! Where did you get the hinges for the grids on the loft? And how did you attach them? For some reason Percy my piggy is still not wanting to use the ramp! Ugh, this is so annoying for me! I have a 2x2 space up there not even being used.. I'll have to modify where the ramp meets the upper level.. I love Nate and Snoop's cage!! I took Percy to the vet and am deciding not to neuter him because of the risks of infection.. So I've decided to expand my cage and get another boy instead.. Hopefully this works! Any tips on bonding a 10 month old piggies to another? Would a baby boy be best?
5:05 I feel blessed by the Guinea Pig's spiritual father's laugh. I shall use this comment everytime I get upset while trying to tame my piggies. 🙇♀️👌
Thank you @scotty animals My girls Jade and Willow are seven weeks old today and they still run from me. (except when I have food lol) it breaks my heart because I want them to allow me to cuddle and pet them. I know it takes patients so I'm hanging in there.
Thank you for your amazing videos! I recently adopted two young guinea pigs and they are very shy and so I have a question. How to spot clean and in general clean their cage when they are still quite unsure about my presence (they are slowly getting used to me) without stressing them too much? My heart breaks when I see them scared. Of course they mostly poop in their hiding places so they are most messy. Should I leave them alone for the first week or so or keep on cleaning around them so they get used to it? Would love some advice about that
it's really hard for me to "tame" Cooper because of my dog. Charlie literally freaks out any time someone talks to Cooper. Cleaning the cage is a nightmare. Holding Cooper, Charlie has to be gated in another room while he cries and has like an anxiety attack. I wish I had a bigger house. I have 2 bedrooms but Charlie just claws the door and cries and freaks out. I feel like I cant punish Charlie for wanting to kill Cooper because hes a dog. It's in his nature to hunt (and hes part Poodle so it's really in his blood). I just dont know what to do anymore. I will not give up on either of them though. I know that for sure 100%.
I hope this isn't turn into another heartbreaking story like I hear way to often. It is not giving up to make sure that you provide your guinea pigs with a safe home. If a dog gets in once and you think that that would be the end of it is that a risk you're willing to take? I literally hear horror stories all the time at the rescue and in emails
@@ScottysAnimals I have Cooper in a cage up on a table. It's a midwest cage. My husband is in the process of making him a stand for it. It's in the livingroom because I dont want him alone in the other bedroom. He always has supervision by myself or Mark. Charlie is not tall enough to reach the table on his hind legs. I would never do that to any animal Scott ☹
Oh dear this story scared me. I know you want the best for your fur babies. But your pup is miserable and Cooper may be nervous 24/7! See if any of your good friends would adopt Cooper that way you could visit him often. Otgerwuse I think this is not good for either of them, they are both unhappy.
@@kayesguineapigs they're not though. Charlie just goes through his emotions when someone pays attention to Cooper and Coopers really not bothered by him. He runs around his cage with zoomies, he popcorns, he wheeks constantly. He knows hes protected inside his cage. I guess I need to go onto a dog channel because talking it out shows me that Charlie is the problem. Cooper shouldn't have to conform to his needs. I'm not here to scare people (and I could care less if I get judged), I posted because I'm frustrated and need help and would like suggestions. Again I see I need suggestions for Charlie and not Cooper lol
Maybe take Charlie outside while taking care of chores or hanging with Cooper? I don't know if you have a yard or live in a big city or something but that's what I would do (: To me though, I think adding a friend to his cage would help him have some company. Atleast if you don't pay attention to him while the dog is around he has a buddy to hang with
funny enough i started with one finger on my own content with just being aloud to touch a nose when they stood up to get treats or veg. Yesterday Lucy let me give her a little rub one finger down her head and back. the other i have been able to approach with an underhand low to the ground and give them chin rubs and maybe a little head pet
What a gorgeous human being. I wish I was one of those cute piggies getting their kisses 😘 😁💓
How long does this process take? I have two 5 week old boys and I need them to be friendly and trustful as my daughter wants to hold them. She is gentle, but I want to teach her too how to approach them
And them not Running away from her
Yessss so true I was finishing up my video about how I tamed my girls still working on Tuvok 😁😁😍
Is Billy a Cuy? In my eyes he's always been much more bigger compared to your other pigs.
im new to your channel and youve helped me a lot with my new boars! Im assuming these are boars housed together, are they full adult? do you have any issues with them establishing dominance and is it just the two boys housed together?
Hey Scott can you do a video on how to make a lofty and ramp!!!😊😊😊😍
I have a one piggy her name is zoe
So my pigs will eat from my hand. And occasionally I can pet their nose while they eat, mostly the oldest one, the young piggy gets scared easily. I know they are happy because they popcorn through the cage and when I fill their hay thingy, they also come hang for a bit while I clean their cage so they are not THAT afraid. They just don’t want to be picked up I guess. But maybe it will take time, I have definitely seen improvements since I first got them. Just not cuddles like I would like. 😌
Thank u for all the workkkkk
Guinea pigs :)
RIP Sylvester
Oh Nooooooo!!!!!!
I was wondering, I have boars ( age unknown) I got them from someone on Craigslist. They will take food from us but hate being picked up no matter what we try from your other videos. Its been 9 months. Should we stop trying to pick them up? Is it too much stress. One tries to escape non-stop and the other will sit most of the time but I don't think they like it at all. They refuse snacks when we pick them up.