Guinea Pig Pick Up and Holding Techniques Demonstrated
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The only time my piggies ever bit me is when I’m feeding them . 😂😂😂they always think my finger is food .
I've had that happen on occasion, usually when I feed them berries, you're fingertip is round and plump like a nice tasty blueberry and probably has berry juice on it. Can't blame them
Same
lol my guinea pig thought my finger was a carrot so then he bit it so hard my finger started to bleed,
you gotta love them💖
It's just ~F I N G E R F O O D~
Black Cat sameee mine be like that
THIS is the video that was missing from the Internet. There's a lot of conflicting advice out there and almost none on how to deal with a new unsocialized piggy. Our babies are 8 weeks old, we've had them 2 weeks and haven't been able to pick them up . We ended up having to catch them in a towel just so we could clean the cage. Thank you Saskia, it's great to see how the expert does it.
Tim Long I’ve had my two piggies for over a year and they let me pet their heads a little, but run and chitter if I try touching them in any other way. This video seems to be what I’ve been looking for so hopefully this helps me out!
Yes! Same here, i somehow just winged it with my piggy but i research a lotttt & could not find a good answer! Ive watched a few of her videos and she seems to be the only straight forward Guinea Pig educator. I always make the joke that I’m going to start a movement for the lack of representation, resources & supplies in the small pet community. Lol no, but seriously...is it just me??
"Guinea pigs are little plump potatoes" - Saskia from LA Pig Rescue 2019. :)
Well they are!! hahahaha
@@LosAngelesGuineaPigRescue Yes, it is true. :) I just found this to be a lovely statement. My pigs are very clumsy and constantly get into funny accidents.
There's a Facebook group about guinea pigs called potatoes with legs 😂
@@francisrivas9497 yes there is ! I am a member.
@@francisrivas9497 really?! I will check it out. Thanks
When one of my piggies is waiting for her dinner, all I have to do is put my hand on the floor palm up and she will jump on to it so I just lift her, lol she is adorable. She only does this when she is hungry tho, once I gave her dinner she will run if I want to pick her up. She is so used to me, she is turning 6 later this month I love my piggies so much.
so cute!
is she still alive
My pigs both stand up when they're ready to be picked up. One started doing it first and then the other boy copied him.
Mine will only do that after we put them in our mobile potty box. When doing lap time, about every 20 min (sooner if they give the signals) we put them in the potty box and tell them to go potty. We wait for them to finish pooping and peeing then put our hands back in and ask if they are done, or if they want to go back to the cage. They will climb onto our hands for us to take them out of the potty box (a plastic tote box with guinea big paper bedding in it).
My piggies jump out at me every time I open my cage because they want my attention like the never can get enough
@@iDaleesaDoHair how do u train them to poop in there
@@j_fizzle Thanks for asking. Trial & Error mixed with consistency. When they were younger we were always getting peed and pooped on, lol. (gotta love lap pads) I just started putting them in the box and talking to them in my 'piggie voice' lol saying/asking things like "does Elle have to go potty?" "go potty!" etc. I'd wait until after they go THEN pick them up and hold them for awhile. Starting out holding them for shorter periods and putting them back in the potty pox. I also would say things like "good job" or "yeah" after they go in the potty box before I pick them back up. It's very rare they pee or poop on us now. But I always put them in the potty box first to give them a chance to go before I hold them. Then keep an eye on time and any signs they have to go (wiggling, bitting, trying to get away, being vocal....specific signs that you will learn to recognize over time). We have 3 pigs. Each of them are different. One of them has a weaker bladder and has to go more often. Best wishes. Hope this was helpful!
"hold it like a burrito....basketball...or baby something"
This vid brought hope into me because i though my piggie just hated me, thx for the help
Just got my two girls today. Latté and Mocha. I’ve been researching and waiting for 5 years and your channel as taught me most of what I know :)
what a cute name!
I hope all is well with your girls!!
I love this taming tip! With the slow motion finger pet!! I've been doing this all day on and off and its worked like a charm!!!! The other one works too, they are getting used to the way I put them back in the cage but this one you mentioned here.... GOLD... even after one day my piggies are more at ease and not running away as much! They werent super skittish because I have been working with them but this has made them grow leaps and bounds!! Thank you so so much Saskia!!! I wish I could send you pictures of my piggy family so you can see what you have done for them and me!!! You're the best! 💕 and you too Ersela ( sorry if i spelled your name wrong! )
did you keep their access to the hide open? i want to try this but knowing my piggie hell just run into his hide and stay there😭, but i want him to know he still has a safe space and that im not invading it. i know you commented this a long time ago but any help would be nice lol
Thank you so much! I am a manager at Petsmart and I always go by your videos. I tell my customers that all our cages but 1 (the oxbow you showed) is the smallest size you should give a Guinea pig... I learned to tame and practice with all our little piggies from your past videos and I only go by you! I tell them not to listen to anything pet stores say 😹 as a pet store manager i say listen to rescues advice!
Whats worked for me to avoid a jump on returning to the pen is what Scotty shared in one of his vids; keeping a hand under their chin until the feet touch down. Works every time! Thanks to both of you.
This is so helpful, I just adopted 2 Guinea pigs. One is 8 months, the other is about a year a half. Neither will let us anywhere near them, they’re terrified, and this is the first video I’ve found that tells me how to deal with that. I feel more confident now and not as scared of hurting them/myself as I was before.
These videos are SO valuable! I’m about to get my first piggies and have been learning so much. Thank you for doing these videos. You’re helping to ensure pigs end up in good homes with well educated owners who are informed on what they are getting into. Keeps pigs out of shelters. ❤️
Love the video, very informative. I teach all my piggies from the start - I put my left hand down under their front feet, they put them on my hand, then slide my right hand under their cute little bottom and I pick them up. Takes me about 2 month to teach them. You're doing a great work, keep it up! Wish there was more places like yours xx
So glad you made this video; I'm getting my first guinea pig in two days.
i just love the existence of guinea pigs!
very helpful. Always confused about how to hold my guinea pigs the right way. Thanks for showing me and explaining how to put them back safely as well
See, you are a true Guinea Pig whisperer! I have to try this now! I thought I was doing that lol obviously there is a way to pick up all Guinea Pig's. GOOD VIDEO AGAIN!
Thank you Saskia
A dry bathtub with a couple of towels on the bottom for traction can be a great place for a young child ( well, actually for anyone) to learn to intact with and handle us.
Amen to the guinea pig handling with children!! They aren’t toys... Love your videos
Thank you for making this! I myself am a child, who recently got guinea pigs. I am trying to do as much research as possible and certainly don’t want to scare them! This will be super helpful for when I pick them up! If anyone has any tips about guinea pigs, it would be appreciated!
Thank you for re sharing this video! Harriet still doesn't like to be picked up, though once i have her, she's fine. Since i have weak muscles on my right side, I have learned to adapt a safe way to pick her up. I use her cozy cup and she goes in there and i also get her when she is in her hidey hut . I use my left hand. I always bring her from her home to the room in her cozy cup. She loves it and feels safe!
So my mom has a class guinea pig for her class at my school and every morning I come in with her to feed him some lettuce or spinach and I’m super excited because I get to take him home on Monday and care for him the whole summer! I’ve been watching tons of guinea pig videos just in case and make sure that he will have a good time
thanks, Saskia! i just happen to have five guinea pigs, but i've had even more in the past. several of them are very skittish. as you might have guessed, i'm quite experienced in this subject, but every little bit helps.once again, thank you!!
Basically, Guinea pigs will always hate being picked up, but, Saskia technique is so effective, that it makes the guinea a little less scared. It's like when you see a big doggo for the 50th time, and you know that doggo. But it always runs up to you, and you instinctively get scared for a moment, but then decide not to run or just run a little then stop, realizing that there is no reason to run. The doggo is nice. This is what guinea pigs feel once they start getting used to you. It's very nice to see.
saskia- good boy
Guinea pig- if I'm I a good boy can you please put me down now
This is actually really useful for me.. i am currently studying animal care and we have 3 guinea pigs at the care location and they are all pretty skittish.. there is one that is alone wich i’ve not had any issues with myself as she usually hides under the bedding so i can easily scoop her up because she will stay there and feels safe under the bedding.. the other two however are super duper skittish.. so the explanation of how to grab them the best really cleared stuff up.. (i did already hold them the way you did but i grew up around animals and am used to holding animals that way as for me it’s the easiest way to hold them.. and the most stable aswell.. )
Thank you so much for this video . We have just adopted our first guinea pig and we were told he had been handled a lot ... nope full on lie . Hes just like those two skittish boys in your video. This will really help thank you
I love how at 12:24 the other guinea pig is like "T R A I T O R. How could you let hooman pick you up?"😂😂😂😂
I bet she is a great mommy! Lessons learnings and stuff!
I often have wondered whether a guinea pig is upset when the hidey is lifted up. Like he thinks I am safe here and then all of a sudden his cover is blown.
Exactly how I think about it haha 😂 piura guinea pig
Great info! Very well done.
Great instructions!! Its about helping the pig feel secure. What about using a towel? I use a towel or cuddle cup when holding pigs. Then I wrap the towel or close the sides of the cup around pig and put the pig back in cage letting the pig walk out of the towel/cup. I continue to hold it until they have completely walked out making sure no feet are caught in towel.
This helped me a lot! First time I’ve picked my guinea pig up since I got him a year ago! He was scared at first but I gave him pea flakes while carrying him and it calmed him down
Thanks for sharing so excited for our first Guinea Pig
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I FINALLY PICKED UP MY GUINEA PIG TODAY!!
Fantastic!!!!!!! I am SO happy to hear that.
This was so informative thank you one of my piggies is super used to me and lets me pick her up whenever but the other one I thought she just hated me but I am definitely gonna try these techniques and hopefully she will get more used to me
LA guinnea pig rescue... hmmm I definitely like this video!
One of my guinea pigs is easy to pick up. Her I can pick up with one hand and she will stay still. When on the floor she comes to me and puts her front paws on my hand and then I scoop up her but.
My other guinea pig doesn't like to be picked up. In the cage I can pick her up using two hands. But when she is on the floor I use a different method. I trained her to go into a fleece house. Then I pick up the house and carry her to the cage. She now nows to stay still untill I tell her to come out.
So if your guinea pig really hates to be picked up, train them to go into something. That way you can avoid a lot of stress.
4:27 oh-oh. nowhere to run.
Great teaching vid! Bravo.
Thanks for your video I've found this really helpful. I have recently just bought 2 males and it's day 4. I've read listened asked questions and so on......i found there's been lots of what i felt like conflicting information. I say this because I've been slowly introducing my piggys and some say don't grab if they run....but I've kept a rouitne if sliding my hand in from the side and pat them before I pick them up so they know I'm not going to grab them.
Its interesting it's like holding a baby,that's how I see it anyway. I have also introduced the cuddle sacks so when my kids hold them it's a bit easier. Love you video thankyou again. ❤❤🙂🥰🥰
Thank u!!!! I am a first time "skinny pig" owner and this was very helpful!!!
This was so helpful thank you!
Very educational! Your training guides on how to handle piggies are always so good. They have been a great help to me with my guineas.
My piggie house has a removable lid perfect for blocking the exits
I guide mine into a pigloo and pick them up from there, seems the least stressful option for them.
That’s good!
At first my piggie wouldn’t let me go near him at all for a pretty long time but now he lets me pet him and he stands up to puts his paws in my hand
Great video saskia, I’ve just seen so many pictures that make me cringe how they are holding these guys! You just know it’s hurting them!!
Thank you this really helped me bond with my Guinea pigs (Coco and Cola)
This helps a lot thanks
I am glad you make these videos 🙏
I'm going threw the same thing. Awws but I love my babies. And I love the feedback and knowledge your giving to guinea pig owners love you and my 3 guinea pigs Kentrell precious and jayjay❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just got 3 guinnea pigs and this helps a lot thanks
I'm glad you uploaded this!! It is difficult for me to pick up one of my pigs, so this is very helpful for me! :)
Hi!!! Love your videos!
Wow shes beautiful 😍
le red eyes are badass
I always walk up to the cage and say "piggy up" then put one hand under the belly and one on the butt. Once they learn the cue usually they will run and pee. I keep a blanket handy for holding. She has great information on here. I also find food is a great motivator with piggies.
Thank you
patience and practice 🤗
Oh no this made me so anxious! Please please support their bums! They are very back heavy and this can cause long term injury if you continue to handle them like this. Also they should always have all four paws facing the ground when being carried for maximum comfort for your piggies.
I'm so glad I saw your video about how to hold an end and take them up and stuff cuz I have a guinea pig that's just as skittish as they are and I'm learning how to you know do this saying procedures that you just taught you know I kind of just learned it myself reading the videos I saw on the UA-cam but thank you I just want to say thank you for that was very informative and I needed to see video
I have given up on picking them up but they love being tickled lol
Before seeing this video I've always done a similar technique. Mine is placing a hand in front which gets my piggies to pause. Then I follow through with a hand behind, which picks them up. It's worked on every piggie I've owned.
Also with placing a piggie down that tends to want to jump or flee, simply cover their eyes with one hand while lowering them.
Currently we just bought another piggie that play bites. When he play bites he'll run around, flop and popcorn, and even be very vocal. Then he'll come back to play bite my hand. And repeat his little happiness. Not all piggies are the same.
I use a veggie to coax them out🥦🥒🍅
Okay! I’ll try that!
Petunia is so cute omg hahaa
I want to adopt a guinea pig from you but my mom works the days you guys are available for appointments
This helped and the taming video now i am not scared of picking one of my guinea pigs
Is that coroplast around the cage? Mine won’t stop biting the bars
What were those cute animals at 14:06? Chinchilla guinea pig hybrids? They look so cute, like a baby armadillo
sometimes my guinea pig will climb onto my arm/hand when hes trying to esape his cage, but if i try to pick him up manually he always jumps haha
Good stuff
Guinea Pig Guru! Piggy Lovely Goddess! Lol
I pretty much corner mine and grab them - they're both babies so they're not used to being handled yet. They're getting better though - especially when I have food.
my one guinea pig that is this skittish is the same color as the skittish one you showed us
I have a g pig that is very scary of me, I have tried to tame her using your video and others but nothing seems to work. When I do need to pick her up for cleaning her cage and other things, more recently she has been biting like crazy when I even try pet her. So now when I pick her, I’m left with bites that break the skin. What do I do?
Riley .H Thank you, I’ve heard things similar but not this. I’ll try this today! Thank you again
Could two guinea pigs have cage 100cm x 60-70cm?
Awesome techniques!
This was very helpful thank you so much
Bless your soul😇 you are an amazing person and im grateful for your videos. Just got my child a guinea pig and i was wondering do i have to get another?
My Guinea pig is scared of me I tried to do some bonding time and I leave him in the cage with my other Guinea pig he's ok with us walking around the cage but when I go to pick him up he just goes to the other side of the cage the the house that's on the other side ( they are both a 1/2 months old )
My guenia pig is really good and has gotten used to me so dosent run away but I'm getting a new one soon to keep my old one company
My Charlie bug will either try to jump into my hands or climb up the sides of his home to be picked up and cuddled OR he completely acts as though I’m the boogie man and runs away 😂 lol. He’s a goofy guy 💁🏽♀️
I have a question in regards to the water bottles in the background (attached to the cages). Is there a reason they are all slanted? Does that help them not leak?
I love piggies. Mine are so spoiled. They love getting picked up and love when i hug them. These piggies look scared are hell. Why?
Kay Naraine it’s based on socialization as babies some are worse than others
Depends. how long have you had your piggies?
I wish I lived in California, I would love to work with you
This video is nice but I can not even touch my guinea pig (Jack). So what do I do in this case?
This is a very helpful video!… my guinea pig is soooo skidish! I wish he would let me pick him up and hold him! Or even pet him. :(
should you always have snacks available for a guinea pig while they are being held
oH my heart- just look at those adorable lil guineas fhdighdhgds
I have been looking into finding a pet that likes to be cuddled and is small enough that an apartment manager wouldnt have reason to worry. When I first started my research, I had read an article that talked about small animals and if they like to be handled. It was so misleading that I told my mom, maybe a guinea pig. Now I'm honestly starting to second guess myself because I wanted a dog, but I just can't have one right now, and I wanted something that could be ok with me wanting to love it all the time. I was getting ready to make plans to go see Saskia and get a couple of piggies... I just am so torn now. When it comes to small animals, I've handled a rabbit and a hamster. I was much more comfortable with the rabbit, it was still very young, but years ago I was bitten by an adult one after being instructed on how to pick them up, so I still have a bit of anxiety at the thought of getting one for myself.
Gosh, maybe I should just get a fish...
where can i buy those corner piggie houses? any way to get them online?
BanKooBah on Amazon. There’s a link in the description:)
thanks guys
Make sure yo go through AmazonSmiles and designate Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue as your charity. Then they get a portion of the money!
Got em
Mine are still babies so I'm getting them use many pets before I pick them up and they don't really freak out anymore
Thank you for the tips! My guinea pig is very skittish so this helps a lot!!!:)
First off I found out about ya thought Scott's animals 2nd off when I had guinea pigs I let them rest on my shoulder they did like it but now looking at this I wish I knew this back then
My 2 boys are very skidding, though they are much better then what they were last year when I first got them
My pigs are not as skid fish as this the boys were but also not as good as the other ones
I seen the mistake and I’m not fixing it
After half year my guinea pig still don’t like to be hug or touch, they run back home all the time but only attracted by food and hey