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Old 02-10-2009, 06:14 PM
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Re: Did We Do The Right Thing Buying Guinea Pigs For Our Children?

It takes a long time to hand tame a small furry. They are naturally prey animals and are therefore a bit anxious being handled by a large predator aka humans. It's only been a week give them a chance. Sit in a room/garden wherever you have them with them on the floor. Ignore them completely and eventually they will come over. Give them a tasty treat maybe some carrot and eventually they'll be coming over happily. Then lift them for a few seconds give them treats for it and build this up.
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