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How to get my shy new guinea pig to stop fighting when I hold her?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Female

My New Guinea pig is shy and won’t let me hold her she always fights me what should i do ? FYI it’s been 4 days

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on August 25th, 2018

Hazel is a great name. Guinea pigs can be very shy. I would recommend giving it a few days for Hazel to get use to her new environment. I than would recommend finding a really yummy treat and slowly start giving them to her. You might have to put it in her cage and work up to hand feeding her. Typically once they are more comfortable they are pretty friendly. Hope that helps

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