How To Make Your Guinea Pigs Trust You: 5 Best Bonding and Taming Tips
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Top tips for how to make your guinea pigs trust you! Trust is an important part of taming and bonding with your piggies, so follow these tips and you will start to see your guinea pigs become more trusting and tame!
00:00 - Guinea pig taming general advice
01:29 - Tip 1, Guinea pig housing. Guinea pigs kept indoors in an open cage will be easier to bond with. For more on indoor cages vs hutches: Why I Keep Guinea Pigs Indoors: Indoo...
02:25 - Tip 2, use sound to tame them? Hearing is one of the most important senses for guinea pigs, along with smell. Just spending time by their cage and talking to them will help them learn to trust you. This is the first step to taming and a great place to start if you have new, scared or young guinea pigs. For more on settling in new guinea pigs, see this video: Terrified Guinea Pigs?! 5 Simple Step...
03:35 - Tip 3, food is your best friend! Yep, guinea pigs LOVE food, so spend time with them whenever you bring them tasty treats such as vegetables. Practice hand feeding regularly by offering food in and out of the cage. If your piggies are very skittish, try these three hand feeding methods, at 05:14 in the video.
06:31 - Tip 4, build up to handling slowly. It is very rare for guinea pigs to tolerant being picked up without struggling at all. See how I pick up Willow and Lyra using different methods in the video. Also check out the full lap time video here: Guinea Pig Lap Time Routine: How to C...
07:44 - Tip 5, understand your guinea pig’s behaviour. Guinea pigs are sociable herd animals, with a wide range of behaviours. Research what different behaviours and sounds mean when you are bonding with your piggies. This will help you learn what they do and don’t like.
08:58 - Don't forget this!
We hope you found this video useful! If you did, please leave a like and comment below, and visit our channel for more guinea pig care videos.
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00:00 - Guinea pig taming general advice
01:29 - Tip 1, Guinea pig housing. Guinea pigs kept indoors in an open cage will be easier to bond with. For more on indoor cages vs hutches: Why I Keep Guinea Pigs Indoors: Indoo...
02:25 - Tip 2, use sound to tame them? Hearing is one of the most important senses for guinea pigs, along with smell. Just spending time by their cage and talking to them will help them learn to trust you. This is the first step to taming and a great place to start if you have new, scared or young guinea pigs. For more on settling in new guinea pigs, see this video: Terrified Guinea Pigs?! 5 Simple Step...
03:35 - Tip 3, food is your best friend! Yep, guinea pigs LOVE food, so spend time with them whenever you bring them tasty treats such as vegetables. Practice hand feeding regularly by offering food in and out of the cage. If your piggies are very skittish, try these three hand feeding methods, at 05:14 in the video.
06:31 - Tip 4, build up to handling slowly. It is very rare for guinea pigs to tolerant being picked up without struggling at all. See how I pick up Willow and Lyra using different methods in the video. Also check out the full lap time video here: Guinea Pig Lap Time Routine: How to C...
07:44 - Tip 5, understand your guinea pig’s behaviour. Guinea pigs are sociable herd animals, with a wide range of behaviours. Research what different behaviours and sounds mean when you are bonding with your piggies. This will help you learn what they do and don’t like.
08:58 - Don't forget this!
We hope you found this video useful! If you did, please leave a like and comment below, and visit our channel for more guinea pig care videos.
SQUEAK DREAMS LINKS:
Facebook: Facebook: SqueakDreams
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squeak_drea...
My Etsy shop with guinea pig cosy beds: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SqueakDr...
My website is now live! https://www.squeakdreams.com
Find links to all guinea pig related products I use and recommend in my regularly updated Amazon Storefronts! I receive a very small commission from items bought using my storefront links (thank you!).
Storefront UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/squeakd...
Storefront US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/squeakdreams
Like the music in my videos? Get a free 30 day trial to Epidemic Sound here:
https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
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