"got all anxious reading that - hope you get it back"
I now have 2 guinea pigs in the fucking hedge. Stressed. The other 2 are in a run on the grass but seem to be totally traumatised by missing their pals so they're not making any noise at all. I've put treats out and a tube, as well as one of their cages.
It would actually potentially be helpful if there were cats about, they might chase them out. |
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Put your other guinea pig in a run near the bush with some tasty treats in it. It might draw the escape artist out. Failing that petrol and a lighter goodbye bush. |
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"Put your other guinea pig in a run near the bush with some tasty treats in it. It might draw the escape artist out. Failing that petrol and a lighter goodbye bush."
I've no idea about guinea pigs but wouldn't the fire starter risk the goodbye guinea pigs too 
Hope they return after they've got bored of roaming.
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When my cat escapes and won't come back in I just shut the door: in the morning he's there looking all sorry for himself.
Not sure it would work on Guinea pigs but it didn't teach my cat any lessons either. |
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"Put your other guinea pig in a run near the bush with some tasty treats in it. It might draw the escape artist out. Failing that petrol and a lighter goodbye bush."
Yeah...not going to set fire to my garden.
Also, the other guinea pigs ARE in a run not so far away. And if I put tasty treats in it...guess what?! They get eaten!
Really not loving this. Need an extra pair of hands or 3! |
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"Put your other guinea pig in a run near the bush with some tasty treats in it. It might draw the escape artist out. Failing that petrol and a lighter goodbye bush.
Yeah...not going to set fire to my garden.
Also, the other guinea pigs ARE in a run not so far away. And if I put tasty treats in it...guess what?! They get eaten!
Really not loving this. Need an extra pair of hands or 3!"
id help if i was nearer
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"Put your other guinea pig in a run near the bush with some tasty treats in it. It might draw the escape artist out. Failing that petrol and a lighter goodbye bush.
Yeah...not going to set fire to my garden.
Also, the other guinea pigs ARE in a run not so far away. And if I put tasty treats in it...guess what?! They get eaten!
Really not loving this. Need an extra pair of hands or 3!
id help if i was nearer
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Thank you. Not even sure they're in the hedge any more. Guess there might be a hole in the fence behind it. So sad! |
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The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do! |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!"
how easy are they to catch ? - take a big towel and throw it over them and catch them that way |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!"
Think by nature they are burrow animals so likely to be under shed or such like, don't know if that helps but at least should be safe. |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
how easy are they to catch ? - take a big towel and throw it over them and catch them that way "
They're very hard to catch and they're hiding in a hedge which is a good metre deep so I can't get to them. It's also now pitch black there. |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
how easy are they to catch ? - take a big towel and throw it over them and catch them that way
They're very hard to catch and they're hiding in a hedge which is a good metre deep so I can't get to them. It's also now pitch black there."
going to have to be a dawn raid then  |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
Think by nature they are burrow animals so likely to be under shed or such like, don't know if that helps but at least should be safe."
In the wild they use the burrows of other animals. The don't dig. They're in the hedge hiding. My shed is brick so nothing can get under it. |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
how easy are they to catch ? - take a big towel and throw it over them and catch them that way
They're very hard to catch and they're hiding in a hedge which is a good metre deep so I can't get to them. It's also now pitch black there."
Re previous response this is what happened to a friends pet Guinea pigs and they happily survived and bred, the family just kept putting food out, just trying to say they're survivors  |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
how easy are they to catch ? - take a big towel and throw it over them and catch them that way
They're very hard to catch and they're hiding in a hedge which is a good metre deep so I can't get to them. It's also now pitch black there.
Re previous response this is what happened to a friends pet Guinea pigs and they happily survived and bred, the family just kept putting food out, just trying to say they're survivors "
Well these are 2 girls so at least I won't have feral babies. |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
Think by nature they are burrow animals so likely to be under shed or such like, don't know if that helps but at least should be safe.
In the wild they use the burrows of other animals. The don't dig. They're in the hedge hiding. My shed is brick so nothing can get under it. "
I was sat in the garden at my sisters today and her guinea pig was wandering around the garden as my sister lets it out...he always goes back to his cage when he is thirsty...that's why I said it earlier..
although guinea pigs in the wild burrow, domesticated ones have had that gene bred out of them so I don't think they will be digging for victory anytime soon |
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"Can you leave a cage open for them and they might scuttle back in during the night?"
2 cages left for them but they don't have one way doors and they'll probably feel safer in the hedge so they won't stay in the cages. I'm going to try to find somewhere I can buy a humane rat trap tomorrow. Doesn't stop me stressing out now though! |
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Ours escaped m, broad daylight, 2 bushes with a space inbetween and they still eluded us for a good while!
We used their tubes and a scary children. It probably looked hilarious 
Difficult task though! |
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"The little buggers are in my garden, that much I know. Unfortunately no closer to catching them and now all upstairs cats keep coming to terrorise them. I'm really worried but there's nothing I can really do!
Think by nature they are burrow animals so likely to be under shed or such like, don't know if that helps but at least should be safe.
In the wild they use the burrows of other animals. The don't dig. They're in the hedge hiding. My shed is brick so nothing can get under it.
I was sat in the garden at my sisters today and her guinea pig was wandering around the garden as my sister lets it out...he always goes back to his cage when he is thirsty...that's why I said it earlier..
although guinea pigs in the wild burrow, domesticated ones have had that gene bred out of them so I don't think they will be digging for victory anytime soon"
This pair are my least tame. A third one was in the bloody hedge earlier, but he's my most tame one and I tempted him out with his favourite treat easily. |
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"Ours escaped m, broad daylight, 2 bushes with a space inbetween and they still eluded us for a good while!
We used their tubes and a scary children. It probably looked hilarious
Difficult task though!"
If I had an extra pair of hands or 2 i'd have got them hours ago. But as it's just me on my lonesome and my nearest family member is over 30 miles away and was otherwise indisposed today it's been a nightmare. |
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"Ours escaped m, broad daylight, 2 bushes with a space inbetween and they still eluded us for a good while!
We used their tubes and a scary children. It probably looked hilarious
Difficult task though!
If I had an extra pair of hands or 2 i'd have got them hours ago. But as it's just me on my lonesome and my nearest family member is over 30 miles away and was otherwise indisposed today it's been a nightmare. "
Sure there'll be safe overnight, just checked and didn't realise they no longer exist in the wild!, and think they'll be too big for cat to attack.
If wasn't too far would have chivalrously come round to help you. |
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"do you not have a willing neighbour"
The ones I know are: a 70 something year old man.
A miserable cow who doesn't even respond when I say hello.
The chavs upstairs who upon me telling them haven't even courteously kept their cats in, let alone offered help. I've done all I can for the day. I will have to just hope that I can do more tomorrow.
Anyone know where I can buy a humane animal trap which isn't online? |
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"do you not have a willing neighbour
The ones I know are: a 70 something year old man.
A miserable cow who doesn't even respond when I say hello.
The chavs upstairs who upon me telling them haven't even courteously kept their cats in, let alone offered help. I've done all I can for the day. I will have to just hope that I can do more tomorrow.
Anyone know where I can buy a humane animal trap which isn't online? "
try pets at home or pampered pets shops also try the pdsa |
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"When my cat escapes and won't come back in I just shut the door: in the morning he's there looking all sorry for himself.
Not sure it would work on Guinea pigs but it didn't teach my cat any lessons either. "
Good job you two don't live near each other...  |
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"Well the update this morning is that I've seen one of them so i'm hoping they're both still alive and kicking! My mum is coming round today, hopefully we can catch the little angels!"
Blimey the little rebels!
Good luck, hope you get them |
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"Well the update this morning is that I've seen one of them so i'm hoping they're both still alive and kicking! My mum is coming round today, hopefully we can catch the little angels!
Blimey the little rebels!
Good luck, hope you get them "
I managed to catch one of them before my mum arrived. We've seen the other, but she's smart to my lure! I'm sure we'll get her before darkness falls! |
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"Oh my god, I thought you had them by now!"
The hedge is unfortunately too deep to reach in. Plus they move quickly so if you're lying on the ground they can cover 8 metres of hedge a lot quicker than me! |
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"Oh my god, I thought you had them by now!
The hedge is unfortunately too deep to reach in. Plus they move quickly so if you're lying on the ground they can cover 8 metres of hedge a lot quicker than me!"
Can you block them off with a plank or something? |
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"Well the update this morning is that I've seen one of them so i'm hoping they're both still alive and kicking! My mum is coming round today, hopefully we can catch the little angels!
Blimey the little rebels!
Good luck, hope you get them
I managed to catch one of them before my mum arrived. We've seen the other, but she's smart to my lure! I'm sure we'll get her before darkness falls!"
This seems more positive news!
I'm sure they're having a ball of a weekend running the rings round you, hopefully the one remaining will get bored and return to the land of other guinea pigs.
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"Oh my god, I thought you had them by now!
The hedge is unfortunately too deep to reach in. Plus they move quickly so if you're lying on the ground they can cover 8 metres of hedge a lot quicker than me!
Can you block them off with a plank or something? "
We caught the explorer with a plank, although initially she jumped over it a couple of times. With a concerted effort and 2 pairs of hands she still had us at it for 30 minutes the little angel!
They're all back together again now, and my boy pig is happy to have his hareem back! They're safely in their shed...not using that awful chinese/online purchase run again! |
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"Oh my god, I thought you had them by now!
The hedge is unfortunately too deep to reach in. Plus they move quickly so if you're lying on the ground they can cover 8 metres of hedge a lot quicker than me!
Can you block them off with a plank or something?
We caught the explorer with a plank, although initially she jumped over it a couple of times. With a concerted effort and 2 pairs of hands she still had us at it for 30 minutes the little angel!
They're all back together again now, and my boy pig is happy to have his hareem back! They're safely in their shed...not using that awful chinese/online purchase run again! "
Aww yay!! Little sods. Glad they're back again. x |
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"Now you've got them back safe & sound I did think Scarlets post read as ' Cant you knock them off with a plank' ~ which I thought was a tad harsh "
I'm not quite that mean. 
Like whack-a-gerbil. They'll think twice about running away next time.  |
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"Now you've got them back safe & sound I did think Scarlets post read as ' Cant you knock them off with a plank' ~ which I thought was a tad harsh
I'm not quite that mean.
Like whack-a-gerbil. They'll think twice about running away next time. "
Aww no my poor little munchkins!
I'm in the process of building a huge chicken coop (not for chickens!) which will keep the little darlings out of the hedge! |
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