I didn't realize until this video what a human hand looks like to a piggie. Seems like the talons on a raptor claw! Using the treats to pick them up is reprogramming their instinctive fear which in the wild helps them to survive. Thanks so much for posting. You are so informative, Scotty!
Two of my piggies are blind so when I go to pick them up I put my hands gently down their sides for a few seconds so they know that I am about to pick them up.They learnt this through practice.
My guinea pigs very quickly figured out that they'll get picked up if they go in the hideys, so they just refused to go into the hideys when I was nearby until I gave up on that method. XD
@@spoon7926 Like I said, they figured out that I would pick them up if they went inside. So they just refused to go into anything that could be picked up when I was nearby. Luckily I got better at catching them without hideys. :)
my guinea pig is so so tiny 😭😩she’s adorable and she finally learned that i’m here to feed her, so whenever i come by she doesn’t run away anymore! but still trying to learn to pick her up
You are the best piggy dad. I swear, the cutest, kindest man I have ever seen. Lucky little piggies to have you. Love the videos! And all your hard work.
Wow, I'm so impressed by your gentle ways with the piggies, Scott. Your immeasurable love for them it's felt through the screen! I love it! Thank you for sharing your advice! I'm eager to be a better human every day to my piggy ❤🥰🐹
Back here rewatching because I tried the first method and my piggies started NOT to take the treat from my hand anymore. They also kearned that I can pick them up in their hideys, so they avoid them now and just run in circles. I built a bridge from their cage to my bed and will coax them to come to me eventually. Also feeding them treats from my open palm, they started to tolerate lil chin scratches somewhat while eating. It took the shy on 3 full weeks to get used to the window opening and closing and the curtains being drawn open and closed, so my expectancies shrink each week 🤣
My girls don’t like being picked up so I use the technique of waiting for them to be relaxed in their cozy and then I pick up the cozy with piggie. I will try the other ones you showed...I appreciate learning new helpful things from you to be a better piggy owner...or rather a veggie providing slave. ❤️ to all your sweet boars!
We just adopted two 2 yo male piggies - their owner needed to redo me them.. (they have multiple kids and dogs and her husband passed away... So far it’s been an ok transition.. we’ve never had guinea pigs before... so we are learning a lot about them... I’m a new subscriber.. TFS..
These are great tips, Scotty. I’m going to start putting mine back in their cage as you showed. I get scratched up sometimes with how excited they are to be back home. 😬
You have given me very gods parenting tips I’ve only had my piggies for about 5 months now I find you videos to be very helpful because you know guinea pigs aren’t typical pets but there are lovable animals
Such a cute bonding burrito piggy. Sounds like it is a common problem for piggy carers. The bonus of this video is we get to see these gorgeous squeakhearts ♥️🌠
This is great info! I have had 4 guinea pigs in the span of 5 years. My first girl was so easy to handle! My girls and my boy are still skittish when I pick them up especially to clean their cages but are always eager for me to pick them up to go back in!
When I had mine, I opened up the cage door and trained her to come to me with treats. After a short while she would stand up and anticipation of me picking her up. It worked well as it gave her the choice.
That was really helpful. I put my hand in front of one piggies face because he's a struggler when putting back in cage and he didn't struggle at all. It was so easy.
That’s PERFECT! The cuddle sack..I’m going to get one tomorrow! It IS really difficult bc my two run like it’s their life at stake! I didn’t hand raise them. My little one I have raised is much better yet still gets scared at times! I use a bed for her & it usually works but not always, Whereas the sack is perfect! I thank you Scotty! 👏🥰❤️
Wow I'm amazed 🤯 my guinea pig runs away and is athletic,but this... This is amazing 👍 now my guinea pig can let me pick her/him (got three) up. thank you Scott
Scotty I watch ur vids all the time. You and Saskia have helped me more than you know! I ordered 4 cuddle cups they seem to like being held that way 😊 it has even prolonged to time being held not much longer lol but seems more comfortable. Thank you
Awesome techniques. I have two extra extremely skittish piggies. If I’m sitting on the floor or the bed with them, the rules change and I can pet them and pick them up without any issue. But while they’re inside their enclosure, I’m not allowed to touch them. They jump and run. SOMETIMES I can pet one of them while she eats. I followed Saskia’s technique of following behind them calmly with my hands and they will eventually give up. It works, but it wears me out every time lol. Also, I find if I have my hands under all four feet when lowering them back in, they wait til the elevator stops and step off nicely :)
I’ve done the nose cover release technique for over a year now. Maybe from this video but I feel like it was an older video you also mentioned it. I love it though, works great and prevents the instinct to jump and damage joints. Thank you 🙏
I have been binge-watching all of your videos! And every single one of them are helping me out so much learning about my newly adopted 2-year-old hairless guinea pig. I started watching the videos and doing my research before I brought him home so that I was pretty much ready. But I'm still learning 😁 Y'all are awesome
Love your channel. I've been watching for the last day and I've found it very helpful for me and my little baby. I love seeing other people who have the same type of love and affection i have for my guinea 🐖
It’s funny I was just reading last night about what it means when they run . Says they are happy and playing. Popcorn too. It also said and I’ve noticed more now than as a kid. They do recognize their care giver. 🐹 They have their own personality. And are very personable in communication. You learn their language kind of. 🐹
LOVE your video I've got two 6 week old guinea pigs (females) were from the same litter they get on together both are pregnant I was told that by the pet shop when I bought they were mixed with male guineas in the pet shop. I wanted to save them a life of being bred constantly are living a good life now I've had guineas in the past and have had these two for 2 weeks now they are still very nervy of me I bought them a pen which they go in for an hour each day for some freedom for there cage. Im hopeing they become less nervy of me soon.
Love the idea of a cuddle *sack*. Our version has been the "Snak Shak" logs; if one of those lands in front, they go in... then when it's picked they need to basically back into your hand with massive force... probably for the cuddle aspect! I might see about a plush tunnel that holds its shape like the log does.
I’m going to try your way of putting them back down! I tried the ‘gently holding on until they’re calm’ one time but my boys are still so young I don’t think they grasp that I’m trying to help. I felt horrible after lol. I may try when they are older and trust me much more. But from now until then I will just cover their little eyes! Thank you so much!
I love the muzzle technician for releasing them because Saskia’s technique never works for me. And my kids and I will do the 15 minute technique as well. Thanks Scotty ❤️
One of my guinea pigs are so easy to catch and one is hard but I kinda swoop my arms on the cage or put them in the tunnel . Your Guinea pigs are adorable
I always scoop my piggies, usually they run into a corner and that's where I scoop them up. Just like in the video - great to know that I'm doing this correctly!
I do the scoop method with mine more often than not, since one of them hates cuddle cups and tunnels, and the other still isn't quite tame. But of course bonus to this is saying "the claaaaaaaaaaw" as you scoop them up.
Food doesn’t work...my piggy will yank the food out of my hands and run to his little corner under a part of the cage😂he loves cuddling tho so if he wants cuddles he needs to stop dodging my attempts🤣
I just tried the first method with my daughter's guinea pig Katana. It worked on the first try! I even tried covering the nose before letting her down and that worked too! Now I am rethinking the whole cage environment. She is an adventure guinea pig going everywhere. I had my own guinea pig years ago that I adopted because it had a stroke, Charlie. Not active, but charlie tried moving around. Charlie Really loved being held and loved. One day he looked at me and whistled for a long while and died. It took years before I agreed to another guinea pig, katana.
Yesterday I adopted a 2 year old male hairless guinea pig named Lip ☺️ I had actually been looking for a puppy or younger dog to adopt. My 13-year-old dog passed away just a few months ago and my heart has been broken. But then all of a sudden looking at all of these dogs and puppies, I see this goofy little face looking right back at me. A naked little dude with a tiny little tuft of hair on his nose and orange lips from hims carrots. I couldn't say no! It was definitely meant to be 🥰 So now we are continuing to get to know each other, and I would like to start taking short videos and give him his own little channel.
I live in Chico (north of Sacramento) there's a super sweet outdoor local water float rental/dive bar and outdoor place called "Scotty's Landing" you ever up on the area I should take you there! It's right on the water, great nature place. You would love it.
All well and good, but could somebody please do a video about how to get you owner to pick you up when you want cuddled? I have Shark pretty well trained to know that if I am doing big stretch in my one corner I want to be picked up, but sometimes even she is really slow about it. Sometimes a little princess just wants some snuggle time, you know?
"love you for your ability to serve them vegetables" LOL! The way to a guinea pig's heart IS through their stomach.
Yup!
So what is names
True lol
The second way is how I had picked up the class pet
True
I love the way he randomly kisses them when talking 😂 it reminds me of what I do a lot ❤️❤️
Its normal!
i always kiss my guinea piggies
Aww glad u love the guineas I kiss mine too !
Yay
Cool
I didn't realize until this video what a human hand looks like to a piggie. Seems like the talons on a raptor claw! Using the treats to pick them up is reprogramming their instinctive fear which in the wild helps them to survive. Thanks so much for posting. You are so informative, Scotty!
Two of my piggies are blind so when I go to pick them up I put my hands gently down their sides for a few seconds so they know that I am about to pick them up.They learnt this through practice.
Awww poor babies
Happy they have you!!
Cool
My guinea pigs very quickly figured out that they'll get picked up if they go in the hideys, so they just refused to go into the hideys when I was nearby until I gave up on that method. XD
Use a carrier case! One of the zipper ones, wait for them to walk in then pick them up!
@@spoon7926 Like I said, they figured out that I would pick them up if they went inside. So they just refused to go into anything that could be picked up when I was nearby. Luckily I got better at catching them without hideys. :)
Sarah: oh i didnt see that part im sorry! I meant to put I in front of my other comment! Whoops!
Same with my 5.
Mine does the same thing! It’s crazy how they catch on to our tricks! lol
my guinea pig is so so tiny 😭😩she’s adorable and she finally learned that i’m here to feed her, so whenever i come by she doesn’t run away anymore! but still trying to learn to pick her up
My piggies won't wait 15 minutes. They pee in revenge for being caught. 😂
oof
Oh no
Mine flings poop at me 👁👄👁
iiBoba_bloom OwO oh gosh
LMAOSOSKE
OMG helped so much. Thank you! My guinea pigs always jump out before I put them down. Its dangerous and scary for me when they do that.
New drinking game. Take a shot every time Scott kisses the piggies. Update I’m hammered.
i love how nice he is to the pigs, and he is so confident with them! ☺️
You are the best piggy dad. I swear, the cutest, kindest man I have ever seen. Lucky little piggies to have you. Love the videos! And all your hard work.
There's lots of other kind folks who watch and comment on my videos
@@ScottysAnimals Yep!! ☺️
I love your videos. They are helping me so much with my piggies.
Wow, I'm so impressed by your gentle ways with the piggies, Scott. Your immeasurable love for them it's felt through the screen! I love it! Thank you for sharing your advice! I'm eager to be a better human every day to my piggy ❤🥰🐹
Back here rewatching because I tried the first method and my piggies started NOT to take the treat from my hand anymore. They also kearned that I can pick them up in their hideys, so they avoid them now and just run in circles. I built a bridge from their cage to my bed and will coax them to come to me eventually. Also feeding them treats from my open palm, they started to tolerate lil chin scratches somewhat while eating. It took the shy on 3 full weeks to get used to the window opening and closing and the curtains being drawn open and closed, so my expectancies shrink each week 🤣
My guinea pigs hate being picked up so I hope that I’ve found a solution to that with this video!
Did you?
Did you now?
@@mei.4951 Im still wondering 😔
Did you?
@@clumf3592 i dont think he uses that account anymore sadly..
sharing the lettuce “can i have some too?”😂🥰 thats adorable
You really can see just how much you love these guys 💙
I do
Thank you so much for this video! I picked up my piggie for the first time by following what you said.
Love it how you are so affectionate towards them 💕
You make it look so easy...
Passion and confidence.
When I put my boys back in their home I find turning them to face me as I put them down works for me. My Milo is a jumper!
Nice technique
It is too
My girls don’t like being picked up so I use the technique of waiting for them to be relaxed in their cozy and then I pick up the cozy with piggie. I will try the other ones you showed...I appreciate learning new helpful things from you to be a better piggy owner...or rather a veggie providing slave. ❤️ to all your sweet boars!
We just adopted two 2 yo male piggies - their owner needed to redo me them.. (they have multiple kids and dogs and her husband passed away... So far it’s been an ok transition.. we’ve never had guinea pigs before... so we are learning a lot about them... I’m a new subscriber.. TFS..
Billy is looking so good and super cute in his fleece tunnel!
“And then I swoop up under him, got him” 😂😂😂😂 I love Nate, one of my girls is timid too ❤️
got a guinea pig but watched all your video's before hand . Your information helped a lot and will continue to watch thank you 😘
A fellow man who loves these little creatures; awesome!
You can really see that he cares about his piggies. And he kisses them randomly like me.
Same here.
These are great tips, Scotty. I’m going to start putting mine back in their cage as you showed. I get scratched up sometimes with how excited they are to be back home. 😬
“Can I have some to?” I love it 😂😂😂
The strap in the fabrick bag for guinea pigs is a very smart safety measure!!
I got it from the guinea pig slave rescue in Arkansas has a wonderful shop. They call it it a bonding burrito
@@ScottysAnimals Bonding burrito!!! Lol!!! That's adorable ♡ thanks, I'll check their store!
Scotty's Animals that is so cute 😂
How can they be afraid of you when you give off so many chill vibes lol
You have given me very gods parenting tips I’ve only had my piggies for about 5 months now I find you videos to be very helpful because you know guinea pigs aren’t typical pets but there are lovable animals
OMG Nate looks so cute in a little comfy baggie 😭😍
Such a cute bonding burrito piggy. Sounds like it is a common problem for piggy carers. The bonus of this video is we get to see these gorgeous squeakhearts ♥️🌠
I just love those pigs! Each one is so special, you're a great owner, Scotty!
Handsome Dude. The human as well.
Oh wow! That ginger pig is such a beauty!
Thank you its the best way, my piggies are so scared when i go around them lol ,i just bought them today
You might be able to find a rescue near you for health checks and supplies. Www.scottysanimals.com
thank you for these videos. They are SO dramatic and now I know I am not hurting/scaring them when I pick them up.
Very useful. Even I have guinea pigs for more then 20 years now, I always learn something new and useful.Thank you.
This is great info! I have had 4 guinea pigs in the span of 5 years. My first girl was so easy to handle! My girls and my boy are still skittish when I pick them up especially to clean their cages but are always eager for me to pick them up to go back in!
you called one “piggy smalls” i love it😭
Such great videos. You have a huge help to our family! Thank you
When I had mine, I opened up the cage door and trained her to come to me with treats. After a short while she would stand up and anticipation of me picking her up. It worked well as it gave her the choice.
This channel is SO good for kids and adults who own or want to own g.p.s! Thank you so much!
Thanks for the pointers how to best take care of our babies. You truly have a gift❤️
That was really helpful. I put my hand in front of one piggies face because he's a struggler when putting back in cage and he didn't struggle at all. It was so easy.
Tunnels and snuggle sacks are a great idea for picking up piggies, great video scotty lots of great tips.
That’s PERFECT! The cuddle sack..I’m going to get one tomorrow! It IS really difficult bc my two run like it’s their life at stake! I didn’t hand raise them. My little one I have raised is much better yet still gets scared at times! I use a bed for her & it usually works but not always, Whereas the sack is perfect! I thank you Scotty! 👏🥰❤️
Always informative , ty Scotty
I love your demonstration thank you so much for sharing your awesome videos and you’re a piggies are so so cute super cute!❤❤
I love how caring and loving you are, You are awesome my guy, keep up the good work.😍 😎
Aww u can tell he has true emotions for them
You are amazing.. love the way you care them
I’m going to become a guinea pig owner close to the end of the month so I’m trying to learn everything I can. You have been very helpful
Wow I'm amazed 🤯 my guinea pig runs away and is athletic,but this... This is amazing 👍 now my guinea pig can let me pick her/him (got three) up. thank you Scott
Scotty I watch ur vids all the time. You and Saskia have helped me more than you know! I ordered 4 cuddle cups they seem to like being held that way 😊 it has even prolonged to time being held not much longer lol but seems more comfortable. Thank you
Your vids are really helpful. Im a first time guniea pig owner and his name us java bean. Keep up the awesome work!
Cute name!
Awesome techniques. I have two extra extremely skittish piggies. If I’m sitting on the floor or the bed with them, the rules change and I can pet them and pick them up without any issue. But while they’re inside their enclosure, I’m not allowed to touch them. They jump and run. SOMETIMES I can pet one of them while she eats. I followed Saskia’s technique of following behind them calmly with my hands and they will eventually give up. It works, but it wears me out every time lol. Also, I find if I have my hands under all four feet when lowering them back in, they wait til the elevator stops and step off nicely :)
Thanks so much for these videos. We are new guinea pig owners and have a LOT to learn!
I’ve done the nose cover release technique for over a year now. Maybe from this video but I feel like it was an older video you also mentioned it. I love it though, works great and prevents the instinct to jump and damage joints. Thank you 🙏
Very helpful first few videos I'm watching and it's making me more confident on raising my guinea pigs much respects and God bless 🙏💯
This video is really helpful because I've got two guinea pigs and they dont like being picked up and I needed tips thankyou
I have been binge-watching all of your videos! And every single one of them are helping me out so much learning about my newly adopted 2-year-old hairless guinea pig.
I started watching the videos and doing my research before I brought him home so that I was pretty much ready. But I'm still learning 😁 Y'all are awesome
Love your channel. I've been watching for the last day and I've found it very helpful for me and my little baby. I love seeing other people who have the same type of love and affection i have for my guinea 🐖
When he ate the lettuce with the guinea pig.... OH MY FREAKIN GOSH YESSSSS
Thanks Scotty! That really helps😍
You're welcome
Ty this helped my guinea pig doesn’t like being picked up so this helped a lot!
It’s funny I was just reading last night about what it means when they run . Says they are happy and playing. Popcorn too.
It also said and I’ve noticed more now than as a kid. They do recognize their care giver.
🐹 They have their own personality.
And are very personable in communication. You learn their language kind of. 🐹
I Love The Way U Bond With Your Guinea Pigs 😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️ So Amazing 😊😊😊
Very helpful video!
LOVE your video I've got two 6 week old guinea pigs (females) were from the same litter they get on together both are pregnant I was told that by the pet shop when I bought they were mixed with male guineas in the pet shop. I wanted to save them a life of being bred constantly are living a good life now I've had guineas in the past and have had these two for 2 weeks now they are still very nervy of me I bought them a pen which they go in for an hour each day for some freedom for there cage. Im hopeing they become less nervy of me soon.
Love the idea of a cuddle *sack*. Our version has been the "Snak Shak" logs; if one of those lands in front, they go in... then when it's picked they need to basically back into your hand with massive force... probably for the cuddle aspect! I might see about a plush tunnel that holds its shape like the log does.
Scottys shirts are everything 😋
1:17 nate kissed him back wtf lol
The vegetable embassadors, showing how delicious vegetables can be.
Thank you! Super helpful!
This was so helpful!! Thanks ♥️♥️
I’m going to try your way of putting them back down! I tried the ‘gently holding on until they’re calm’ one time but my boys are still so young I don’t think they grasp that I’m trying to help. I felt horrible after lol. I may try when they are older and trust me much more. But from now until then I will just cover their little eyes!
Thank you so much!
"Piggy Smalls" 😂😂
Piggy Smalls!!!!!!! Best name ever! 😍
I love the muzzle technician for releasing them because Saskia’s technique never works for me. And my kids and I will do the 15 minute technique as well. Thanks Scotty ❤️
Don't they bite? Thanks
Thanks for the helpful tips. I adopted 3 pigs but they are very jumpy and fast
One of my guinea pigs are so easy to catch and one is hard but I kinda swoop my arms on the cage or put them in the tunnel . Your Guinea pigs are adorable
I always scoop my piggies, usually they run into a corner and that's where I scoop them up. Just like in the video - great to know that I'm doing this correctly!
I do the scoop method with mine more often than not, since one of them hates cuddle cups and tunnels, and the other still isn't quite tame. But of course bonus to this is saying "the claaaaaaaaaaw" as you scoop them up.
Food doesn’t work...my piggy will yank the food out of my hands and run to his little corner under a part of the cage😂he loves cuddling tho so if he wants cuddles he needs to stop dodging my attempts🤣
Same 😂 every time when I give my guinea pig food, she will take it and run anyway 😂
same with noodle and sop they are so strong!
You really love them 🐭
Tysm for your help like I really needed that I’m getting one today or tomorrow so I’m really nervous but Tysm for your help
I just tried the first method with my daughter's guinea pig Katana. It worked on the first try! I even tried covering the nose before letting her down and that worked too! Now I am rethinking the whole cage environment. She is an adventure guinea pig going everywhere. I had my own guinea pig years ago that I adopted because it had a stroke, Charlie. Not active, but charlie tried moving around. Charlie Really loved being held and loved. One day he looked at me and whistled for a long while and died. It took years before I agreed to another guinea pig, katana.
I had to lol when you ate the same as he! Funny man! 😂👍🏾
I can't stop kissing my Guinea pigs. Even when I'm not holding them, I look over and kisses fly from my lips into the air onto their widdle face😚🥰🥰
Billy looks so cute with his two little feet sticking out. the back of his cuddle cup.
Yesterday I adopted a 2 year old male hairless guinea pig named Lip ☺️
I had actually been looking for a puppy or younger dog to adopt. My 13-year-old dog passed away just a few months ago and my heart has been broken. But then all of a sudden looking at all of these dogs and puppies, I see this goofy little face looking right back at me. A naked little dude with a tiny little tuft of hair on his nose and orange lips from hims carrots. I couldn't say no! It was definitely meant to be 🥰 So now we are continuing to get to know each other, and I would like to start taking short videos and give him his own little channel.
I live in Chico (north of Sacramento) there's a super sweet outdoor local water float rental/dive bar and outdoor place called "Scotty's Landing" you ever up on the area I should take you there! It's right on the water, great nature place. You would love it.
Wow really helpful!!! Thank you so much!
All well and good, but could somebody please do a video about how to get you owner to pick you up when you want cuddled? I have Shark pretty well trained to know that if I am doing big stretch in my one corner I want to be picked up, but sometimes even she is really slow about it. Sometimes a little princess just wants some snuggle time, you know?
🌞💖👍
you really love them!
I love our vids you change my life and my pig😁
Great video🌞🌿👍🌿🐻