Guinea Chronicles

Latte would be very happy to see so many friends in this petting zoo. So many kawaii guinea pigs!

Now that Latte's been with us quite a while, he's starting to regconise who feeds him and who scares him. Apparently, he's afraid of my dad. The loud opening and locking of the doors, who doesn't? Whenever I pass by the cage, Latte will wheek out loud. Nice. I'll chat with him and he'll respond with nods and shakes.

He's happy whenever my sister arrives home too because his hiding place will be cleared of poo. He's still running away whenever I'm trying to stroke him despite him calling for my attention. Ironic, huh?

Latte's been choosy about his hay. He refused to touch those stick thin hay that is hard. Picky eater. The new hay does not get less during the day when usually, he would finish all or nearly all when I reach home. Is he hinting something to me? Get hay with more leaves instead of stalk?

Toilet training is difficult. Although he is responding to questions that we ask him, like "Are you Latte?" He would nod. "Do you want to drink?" He nodded. Other times, he would shake his head when we told him to be more obedient. Bad pig.

He loves being talked to and would respond if he felt like it. Bad pig. Otherwise, he loves the small house that I made for him. His favourite safe and hiding place. Shall have to change a new one when the coroplast is too smelly.

I added a small slice of carrot and orange for Latte. He spurned them, turning away, as if he was still angry by the noise made by the kids. Not my fault since they haven't been coming to my place for a long time since they started studying. My parents missed them because my mum had looked after the eldest for a long time.

I placed both into the small bowl and hoped that he would try them. I'm starting to feel that he's a picky eater. He spurned the apple that I placed a second time. I guess he'll need a buddy who loves to try new food to spurn him into eating all sorts of food. However, I'm afraid that I won't have the space to enlarge the cage space.

I placed some old T-shirts as new bedding to absorb his pee. It's not much but better than the newspaper being soaked. Photos would be lacking for a while here till I get a new camera.

I have managed to put Latte in a temporary box while I cleaned his cage. Serious, he loves to escape from my grasp. Took quite a while and this time, I decided that the smell had to go. There is no way the cage should smell. I grabbed him firmly and placed him in the box with his food bowl.

Asked my youngest brother to help me look after him while I washed the cage and prepare some things. As the dish bowl that my friend had bought for me was large enough for him to sit in (for now), I placed some of his poop as a start to toilet training him. I used a smaller bowl for his food and another for the hay. Stole those bowls from my sister as she used to own hamsters. :D

Last night, he jumped in his cage once. I think it's called popcorning. Cool.

Was thinking about getting a hay ball so he could exercise while eating the hay. Besides giving him a treat for letting me carry him, anyone is able to suggest other methods?