She s still a little baby and she frightens easily.
Baby guinea pig floor time.
The smaller the cage the more important floor time is to the health and happiness of your guinea pig.
Floor time is highly recommended for guinea pigs at least 3 times per week for at least an hour at a time but daily floor time is ideal.
You want your guinea pig to feel as comfortable around you as possible.
Floor time for guinea pigs is when you set up a guinea pig proofed area and give your guinea pigs some free time out of their cage to explore.
During floor time your guinea pig is promoted to move around more.
The guinea pigs enjoyed floor time and popcorned and squeaked a lot instagram.
I just bought my baby girl chanel a few days ago and i adore her.
Giving your guinea pig exercise and exploration time.
When you pair up a young guinea pig with any other guinea pig young or old there is a chance that as the younger guinea pig goes through its adolescent period 3 5 months they will challenge the other guinea pig for top guinea pig position.
In that case the younger one may challenge the older one s position as alpha guinea pig.
Any cage size less than an unencumbered 10 5 square feet or 2 x 4 grids requires additional floor time.
1 hidey per each guinea pig plus 1 extra e g 2 pigs 3 hideys while your floor time supply list may vary the focus remains the same.
Sep 8 2020 explore kelly weston s board guinea pig housing and floor time ideas followed by 185 people on pinterest.
Two days ago i put up a border of magazines and shoe boxes into a rectangle and put some newspapers in the middle and put chanel in the middle so she could run around and play.
See more ideas about guinea pig house pig house pig.
For example if you are getting the guinea pig out of their cage to hold him her choose a quiet place preferably a room that they are familiar with like the room their cage is located in or the area where they are allowed to roam for floor time.
The open space allows both of you to interact better and connect.
Floor time also allows you to play and bond with your guinea pig.
During floor time provide your guinea pig with plenty of toys huts tunnels and obstacles to explore and play with on the open floor.
So here are a few things every cavy keepers needs to consider when preparing your guinea pig s floor time area.
Her cage is nice and large but i think it is essential for her to get some floor time.
Floor time is important for guinea pigs for several reasons.
