I had a guinea pig who loved a ball from a ball pit. He would push it into the corner of the cage, get his nose under it, lift it up with his nose and let it roll down his back. It was cute to watch. I've had guinea pigs who like to stare into a mirror meant for birds. I can't blame them for staring; they are very good-looking. Some of my guinea pigs have liked watching cartoons. One piggy would squeak at night until I put the cartoons on. Was like a kid not wanting to go to bed. Would put on cartoon and use the sleep timer on the t.v.

I don't have pigs. I don't have any pets, and I have no plans to have pets. I still love your videos... You can never have too much knowledge, your piggies are adorable, and you're so warm and kind that you put me in a good mood. 💜

"Food makes it fun" very true when it comes to piggy toys! 🐾

I love it when Scotty yells at his pigs like: Nate! Billy!

Yes, my piggies just like anything stuffed with hay. I create houses and tunnels from cardboard boxes and cut a skylight on the top to stuff hay through it. They will reach up and pull it through and seem to have fun with that. Great topic!

A toy that my guinea pigs have really liked is a plastic wiffle ball the size of a baseball. I chop up carrots and bell peppers and put them inside. My pig rolls it around so the veggies fall out. She also picks it up and shakes it and the veggies fly. Another toy along the same lines is a Funkitty cat treat ball. I put pellets inside. It has adjustable openings so my pig can roll it around and get pellets.

My piggies absolutely love cat jingle balls. They love to toss it around and it’s really cute.

One of my pigs actually chewed a hole in her snuggle sack and got herself stuck between the liner and the outside of the bag. The hole wasn't even that big! Thirty years I've had pigs, and that was a first. She was okay, though. Actually tried to wrangle her way back in when we got her out.

My piggies have always enjoyed soft plush toys (made for puppies or babies because they're safer). Not to play with, but to cuddle up to :-)

Mine do LOVE their fleece forest! Just took a plank of wood (about 2×6×33 inches), drilled 100 holes (4 rows of 25) and cut 100 fleece strips (about 1 inch wide and 15-16 inches long), pulled a fleece strip through each hole and tied a knot. I put velcro along the top bar of my c&c cage and on the bottom side of the wood plank so its secured. The fleece dangles from above, they always hide, zoom and popcorn when i put it in their cage. Definitely their favorite non-food enrichment item to date.

When you said they're more likely to chew on there house then there toys I felt that

My pigs love cat toys that have bells inside!

When I pass on, I would like to come back as one of your guinea pigs. 🐹

The only toy my pigs have had any interest in is the woven balls and stray balls

My son and I watched your videos for 2 years before we rescued our boys Peanut and Pumpkin ❤️ we love all the work you do with small animals!

Toys ...Saskia's mansion house, tunnel xl openings on both ends with a large opening in the middle , snack shak already filled, puppy stuffed animals.

What a sweet guy (the piggies too!)! I love how he always pauses to kiss the piggy :-)

My guinea pig growing up loved to play with a little ball with a bell in it during floor time, she would get really excited and play fetch with it. Of course since this ball had a bell inside she only played with it under supervision. She also loved when I would hide little treats around inside and under things during play time. Really anything we could do together rather then passively she seemed to really love and get excited for.

Terrific information. I especially liked the comment “What I can’t eat this ... get is out of here”. That’s definitely my guys!

I'm pretty sure I have watched almost all your videos. They have been beyond helpful. I feel that I have done a lot of research in two weeks before getting a pair of males. I wish we had a rescue here because I would rather adopt than shop but I have called all our rescues and no guinea pigs so I am left with the pet store. I am trying to get my husband to do a trip to L.A to adopt. But thank you so much for all the helpful information. I knew nothing about guinea pigs. My husband wanted to get a ball for them not knowing how bad they are for them. So glad I ran into your page.

Yay! Some decent bedtime viewing. Perfect 😀❤️

I use your idea of hay in a brown lunch bag 11:18, It’s great for providing hay when it’s floor time.

My Penny loves the wooden wicker styled balls. She picks them up and throws them all over the cage. My little girl Willow is more into houses and jumping on and off of them.

Wish we had health insurance like that for piggies over in England :/ I can only find one provider and it's so expensive just for a month of cover. I wouldn't be able to afford it

My nearly 8-year-old girl adores the yellow treat ball. I usually put pellets in it and she'll entertain herself with it for a long time during floor time. Two of the others have also figured it out now, though, so sometimes it's like watching a soccer competition. Agree on the apple sticks or any other type of dried sticks - they show no interest in those at all. They do love fresh willow sticks. They don't chew on them, but will peel off the bark and eat it. They also really like tunnels. I think every piggy should have one. Funny thing is, when you move or lift a tunnel for cleaning, as soon as you put it down, they just HAVE TO go through it.

He's making all that noise back there!☺🥰

My experience is that it's hard to predict what a guinea pig will like. They're all so different in character! I've had a little windchimes for over a decade now hanging with the piggies. It's one where the staves are not hollow and the middle trigger thingy is non-existant. For "generations" (adoptive generations) I've seen piggies who loved to ring those chimes and piggies who didn't care for it. And those who rang it, some rang it hard and some loved to make ambient music. One of those "musical" piggies also loved to pick up and throw down a ball with bell in it. Most piggies just love the snack ball. Because, duh, it's food related.

i have something just like the snack shack except it’s made out of timothy hay

Love the Burrito Sack 😁 When I first got my piggies I bought a bunch of chew type toys, definitely a waste of money they didn't touch them but they do like the woven balls sometimes and cardboard boxes of course :)

Toys can be a waste of money usually, some piggies will play with toys. Mine stare at them like what's this. Mine like to run through tunnels and hide in them.

2/4 of my pigs like the wooden apple sticks and it cracks me up because they carry them around like dogs 😂

My piggy's love to run through the bird bells. Also the snack wheel

2:40 thanks Scotty I was so close to buying an exercise ball for my piggies

I love the Cuddle sack

My guinea pigs have a cat ball with a bell inside it and they LOVE rolling it around ❤️

My piggies have fun with their tubes, mainly the fleece ones but I have ones in other materials. They run through, they try to steer them with their noses when inside! Because they're lightweight they also like rolling the tubes along to push them out the way! The best trick is when two piggies enter a tube from either end, leaving their bums sticking out!!! Wicker balls are mildly interesting for them. They also like the 'boredom breaker' forage board where they can sniff out treats in holes and pull them out. Its interesting what you say about the plastic balls. When I had hamsters, I felt it a shame to put them in to just bump into things. I preferred to handle them and let them crawl up down the sleeves of my baggy jumpers! More recently, the tube arrangement with the hamster cage was fun, except when it got 'funky'! Theres definitely a tube/tunnel theme here! I wish I had room to build a tunnel like Pipsqueak's!

I love watching you we give our 4 Guinea pigs bpa bath cups that are found at Walmart in the baby section! Our Guinea pigs love them like our bunny does. We give our Guinea pigs the oxbow toys they go nuts over them, like the bunny does!

I have one Guinea pig unfortunately because the other passed away, but it loves these 2 mini stuffed animals and is always plays with it ❤

My piggies enjoy willow balls, or willow balls that have hay inside too. The only toy, so to speak, they like, is Small Pet Select fidget sticks, they're different grasses twisted into a stick shape, they love the willow balls with different things inside too. Right on, Scotty!

The wicker balls, I found dangerous and I through them all away. The CORN soft ball they loved

Dont forget about those hamster wheels or disk things! Ive seen people using those too.

Our two girls like the soft puppy toys to snuggle up with. I get the little cloth squeaker toys that are washable. Merida loves to have one near her food bowl so rest / sleep on, and her fave is a flat blue sheep that she will move around the cage and sleep on. I also have one of those bendy bridges used as a tunnel. Tiana likes to run thru when she has her zoomies.

My guinea pigs loove the wicker balls, they throw them, shove them and chew them :) They love cardboard tunnels too They only like apple sticks if I hold it for them to chew

I have some wooden toys where you can hide treats behind little hatches. The piggies can open the hatches by pushing with their nose or manipulating with their paws. They are very excited when I give it to them and often they react very territorial to each other while searching for the hidden treats.

A hangmat may be fun for a piggy, and I've known piggies to enjoy pushing paper balls around. Sometimes with a treat in it. But the plastic balls can even be dangerous for hamsters, mice and rats too. Theyre often left in for too long. We're lucky to have a great source of info from you and others who care. There's so many dangers that petshop workers aren't informed about, and they sell us these things. We must be well informed, as others who are supposed to be responsible, aren't.

My potatoes only like toys they can chew on. Stuff like those grass balls are their favorite. I've also seen Diablo taking bites out of the side of his house. They also love paper towel tubes. I stockpile them so I can throw a new one in as the old one becomes gross or is devoured. Fat Nuggets' favorite toy is that wooden structure that looks like an atom. I've seen him dragging it around and chewing on it and he likes it so much I have a new one on standby in case he chews it up so much that it becomes a choking hazard and I have to remove it. They also have a new game they like to play where they turn the litter box into a catapult. I have no idea how they do it because I've only ever seen the aftermath, but I'm assuming one of them is springboarding off of it and launching the bedding I use as litter all over the place. Then they sit there and look cute and innocent when I investigate what that sound was while they're both covered in fluff. (I don't even know why I bother with the litter box...they mostly use it as a bed rather than a litter box.)

I think my girls favorite "toys" are cardboard boxes and tp tubes stuffed with hay or paper bags. I do have a treat ball, they love rolling it around so pellets fall out. The only other toy that I've bought is from Oxbow, it's a tiny clay flower pot with a simple lid on it, you can stuff it full of forage and it hangs on the cage. They goes nuts!

I recently got my girls a wooden bendy tunnel much like the ones you have Scotty, and a natural edible tunnel which I've stuck hay inside it which they really seemed to enjoy. I think it entertains them but of course I agree that it will prob get dirty after a short while.

My guinea pigs like boxes. Boxes get destroyed with love.

Your videos are awesome and a lifesaver. Thank you for taking the time to make these.

I followed your recommendations with adjusting the cage and Play area for my guinea pigs and for the first time my two boys had the Zoomies this morning and I know that they love to run it's so funny to see how fast their big bodies and tiny little legs can go but my Sebastian was prompting Valentino to chase him and they really had a lot of fun this morning. So I suggest the best toys is plenty of space to run and a lot of tunnels to run through. Thank you this video was great thanks for posting 💗

So much good info. I’ve had good luck with the sandwich bag stuffed with hay. The pigs like to burrow and dig for good hay. I think they like the crinkle sounds, too. Billy was so mellow and patient today. He needs extra treats. 🐾

Scott my girls have the yellow ball you showed, They is a flake treat you put in there, They push it around and get the treat as it falls out. They do push that ball around.

I made large barns for my pigges out of thousands of popsicle sticks with doors and open backs. They look cool in their home, and they love running through them/using them as shelter. It took about 2 weeks of cutting and gluing popsicle sticks, but it was definitely worth it. I even painted them like barns with non-toxic paint.

I read horror stories of the wicker/willow balls where it can come apart and wrap around the neck or it breaks off and stuck in its throat I remember angus from skinnypigs1 had a little wood block chip stuck on his throat she got just on time.

I got some little wooden things, like two wheels on an axle and like a dredle-shaped one. They weren't overly interested but they did have a nibble and throw them around a bit. They just came with my hay feeder so I'm glad I didn't spend any money on more toys

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My boys love the oxbow play table they tip it over and do it again and again once I put it back up

You can buy these hay boxes that have I believe alfalfa and dandelions in them, and my screamers LOVE them x

My boys like natural chew balls. I have one or two chucked in their cage. They’re small, so don’t really take up space and they’ll chuck it about and push it, and chew it a little. I avoid the balls stuffed with things that have large gaps, as I’ve seen Guinea pigs get their head stuck in them when reaching in for more. Then ones I use are small willow balls (or wicker, like you showed). I had a slightly larger one, and as they destroyed the outer tighter layers I decided to remove it as it was leaving bigger gaps between the strips of willow. It wasn’t all that sturdy and probably would’ve been okay, but I didn’t want to chance it after so many horror stories of their heads getting stuck! As you say, guinea pig hypochondriac!! Those hanging chew toys you showed, my chinchilla loved them! She went crazy for pumice 😢 I’ve kept a lot of her chew toys that went unused, I can’t let go of them yet. That’s where the balls came from. They don’t get enough out of them for me to go out of my way buying them. But it’s been nice repurposing the balls, which they seem to get some entertainment from 😁 Maybe I’ll occasionally get a ball in the future, they are pretty inexpensive. Their favourite thing is piles of hay, and natural wooden hides like the fiddle sticks ☺️ Ps- if you use rolls, cut them down the side so they can’t get their head stuck. Make sure to avoid ones with glue/staples in them too :)

Got a 12 pack of 1 inch tennis balls with a bell inside each - have 3 boars. All under 6 mos so all quite playful - we have an Abyssinian who is the “leader” and then two American shorthairs who are best buds. They all seem to get a kick out of knocking the jingle-y balls around, and I haven’t seen them try to eat the tennis balls either which is awesome…I take the balls away though when I can’t be around them just in case. They are in my wife and I’s master bedroom and it is so heartwarming to see them peek out at us all day and they call to us when they want head scratches and hay…we love our little boys!!! EDIT: Our youngest (suspected) is so adorable, we have a very roomy cage so if he see us getting the hay bag out he will stand up on his back legs like a meerkat and whistle so loud, to wake his slumbering buddies up and let them know it’s fresh hay time…then they all trot out and find a place to sit around the hay bowlthey make my wife so happy when I can’t be there and they are so cuddly, they enrich our lives and we enrich theirs

I just recently got 2 guinea pigs and this video helped a ton, I was clueless as what to get them and I actually thought a ball would be cool for them but after watching this video I understand them alot more now.

My boys LOVE mini pillow pets...and I mean loooooove ♥️ They sleep on them or just lay their heads on them. I have several for each boar, including Santa pillow pets, for the season 🎄 Occasionally I have found them chewing on them, but it’s not often enough (nor is there any damage done) to be worried about. My guys haven’t played with many of the toys I’ve bought them..I have definitely fallen victim to the cutesy, colorful chew blocks and such, but they look at me like I’m nutso 🤣 I like that they add a bit of color and dimension to their cages though..so it’s not all wasted money lol

I once tried calculating how big a hamster wheel had to be to be safe for a guinea pig. The size of the wheel had to be so big to reduce the curve so as not to give the piggies back problems that I ended the calculation before I got the definite number. Because it was way easier to just make a giant pen for them. But theoretically you can make a wheel for them. But the theory is just not practical to realize. But the question is still cool if you like math. ;)

Before getting my skinny pig sisters I did a lot of research thankfully. The previous owner had those hamster balls and I tossed them out immediately and upgraded them to a midwest cage too. I do fill toilet paper rolls with hay and they love that and got them a wooden bendable bridge they like to run through and I sometime will hide a veggie in there for them. The favorite is a snuggle snack they like to sleep together so it is perfect for both of them. Glad I saw this video sounds like it will save me a lot of money on toys they won't play with. I do want to get them a fleece forest to put above the hay litterbox they love.

i hanged a little metal jingle Bell to the ceiling, an d y guinea pigs sometimes like to make it sound. i had one that instead of wheeking for food she just went to ring the Bell instead(like crazy). my actual gp likes to make it go circles

There are actually quite a few toys my guineas do love. I had a Guinea (r.i.p.) that used to love pushing balls around with his head. But for the most part, my Guineas enjoy toilet paper rolls and cardboard boxes!

I've found the exact opposite. My pigs love toys with bells in them. When I get them new ones they get so happy.

So glad people talk about how bad those plastic balls are for animals, I got a larger one for my Guinea pigs and I have never used it cause I didn’t know how bad it was.

One of my pigs loves to throw things around. And my other pigs is a chewer. So I put some of those apple sticks in the cage for the thrower. And put a few apple sticks woven through the wire, so they are secure, for the chewer to chew. The other thing my pigs like are a timothy hay tunnel. They like to go in it and chew on it. It lasts pretty long until its eaten down so it falls over. I might replace it with one of those colored stick tunnels, that you showed. I was reluctant to buy because I worried about what they used to make the colors. I bought a uncolored one, but it’s really not big enough for my giant sized piggy.

I give my piggies toilet paper and paper towel rolls all the time. I have saved lots of money too. They have a snack shack that they get during the day and a snuggle sack at night. Thank you for making this video.

I’ve always kept toys in my piggies cages!! They like the ones that you clip to the cage with bells, but #1 favorite toy is the dollar tree plastic cat balls (the big ones,size of a soft ball) with a bell inside. My pigs pick them up and toss them, push them with their noses, move them into their favorite hidey. They’ve never liked the wicker style balls, I think my piggies like stuff that makes noise :) they also loveee tunnels but tend to go potty a lot inside which makes it hard to keep in their cage long term :/

The only thing my guineas like are hanging toys that are edible. It's the eating part that engages them.

My piggies love fresh cut branches of haselnuss or some fruit trees. But they have to be fresh. Iff they are dried, they don't care about it.

Billy is a sweetie. Cuddle cups are the best toy for owners :)

I have two and piece of paper in their enclosure is the BEST DAY EVER for them apparently 😆 much zoomies and popcorning! They also love stripping the layers off a piece of cardboard. Easily pleased piggies haha

They are SO CUTE!

My two boys, Warlock and Bucky love boxes. We've tried other houses, but ever since we started using amazon boxes with the tape peeled off and cutouts made, that's their favorite thing. We put extra fleece underneath to make it super cozy. Cardboard paper rolls with hay are their second favorite so far! Honestly, getting them earlier this year was the absolute best choice we've ever made.

While watching this video I got a great idea for the hamster balls. Yes they hated the things. Luckily, I didn’t just toss em in the trash. I was able to turn them into partial underground homes for my piggies that they love.

Lol pipsqueak always telling secrets with Nate!!🤣🤣 it is so funny! I always think that they are gossiping over there lol

I already bought toys for my guinea pigs but I wanted to see if I got the right ones, and yes! I got them a wooden ball that I can stuff with hay and I made “toys” from toilet paper rolls!

not me getting out of bed to take one of those seed sticks that hang on the side of the cage out

My guinea pigs only are really interested in those weaved willow ball things. But the one type only tends to last a few days so it gets quite expensive. So I still buy those but I mostly stuff toilet paper tubes with hay now. Because it barely cost anything now except the hay. And they love it! As for wood chews my two boys will chew on them but none of the girls will.

Thank you thank you thank you!!! For that warning about the running ball.

Scotty thanks for all the help man! I watch all your videos, much love, from Pittsburgh! Ps. Luna & Lacy say wee weeeek!

I love your piggies

Totally got the cutesy chew blocks. All fun shapes and different colors along with apple sticks and wooden balls... they all became new things for the boys to pee on! Now it’s tp rolls and balled up paper towels! 😍

Love your videos scottie:) the piggies are adorable 🥰

My Guinea pigs love their snuggle Hammock. I had to stop using it because they like using it more as a place to sleep and they made a mess out of it.

I get a stick bundle and they love chewing on it. It’s just a bunch of sticks wrapped up together and they work to unwrap the sticks.

Our family pet guinea pig loves corn on the cob bought from a pet store. It's like watching a kid opening a gift for Christmas every time it gets a new one, about once a month.

I basically bought all the stuff that piggies dont really care about except the running ball. I am also unsure about the plastic accordion tunnel I bought from a UK pet store. The stuff that they love is a ball with a bell inside. I also made them pillows which they rest on and throw around :)) thanks for the helpful vid as always! I wish I had seen it earlier before I splurged 😅

Awesome info!! Guinea pig toys=tunnels YESSS!!!! thank you! There seems to be a trend starting with people who do cages of their subscribers and they re always recommending toys toys and more toys. Like the balls and rabbit chew stuff. I get it, it's great to have stimulation but tunnels are the perfect way to accomplish this. And the hay balls are such a great reminder too. I love this video. I feel like this is such valuable info that is much needed again at this time!! Thanks Scotty!!!

I HIGHLY recommend not buying bendy log hides like the rainbow one he recommend. I used to like them too but it caused me a LOT of vet bills and I was lucky it didn't smash my piggies jaw in as he may have had to be put to sleep. They was playing in the cage, running in and out as they was playing chase games and one of them turns their head sharp and bashed his face. He cried in pain and he lost a tooth. He had to be at the vets for loads of dental work for YEARS as it weakened his bottom gum area. He'd grow his teeth back and then loose them. He's a strong boy and for him to cry like that was not normal for him. If you have this bendy log please monitor your piggies. I was in the same room it happened but it was too quick and I got up and ran over to comfort him. I gave his pain killer until we could get to a vet. I use only soft things in the cage like hides and I have a fairly big cage bigger than a standard C&C.

SO thankful someone told me to check you out. We just got 2 piggies and i am new to this BUT been educating myself watching and I have them honey sticks someone gave me 3 packs of them and my piggies love them BUT i took it out just now seeing this video. I do NOT want to risk them choking! thank you scotty !!!

Oh hey! I'm glad to know the little food log is good for them, my dad gets very excited about crafting my piggies hidies and ramps and all kinds of stuffs, he made a little hay feeder that's basically a vertical box with holes that's attached to the cage, with no top or bottom. My laziest piggy grabs food from the bottom, but the other is always getting on her back paws (rests her front paws on the other holes) to reach the highest holes and eat from there x) It's fun and cute to watch

One of my guinea pigs loved the woven grass balls and timothy twists from oxbow. She would drag them around the cage with her, toss them, and when she got bored of them, she could eat them. They also loved those wooden castles from etsy with tunnels and bridges. For chew/throw toys though, they seemed most interested in things that were also edible.

Really helpful!

i feel my Guineas like the sticks because they will go up and down with their head. its very funny also cute ❤❤

My boys loves the treat ball. Especially when I put the vit C candies inside. They are like little football players. Thank you Scotty for another amazing video!