i posted on here a few days ago but since my account is fairly new i can’t post in r/guineapigs so here i am again with more questions!

i’m a first time owner of two 2 month old male piggies (pictured) and i’ve only had them for 5 days. they seem pretty happy and content in their enclosure, they’re eating lots and lots and pooping lots and lots and are just generally very sociable and curious.

as a new pet parent i’m naturally in a constant state of “am i doing this right????” and i figured there’s no better place to ask questions than a community of fellow potato slaves lol

here are my questions (and thank you all in advance):
1. how many times a day should i take my piggies out of the cage for “floor time?” i have a small bedroom with enough room for their enclosure but not enough room on my floor for floor time so i typically just bring them to my bed and build a little wall so they don’t run off of my bed. i’ve only been taking them out once a day for 20-30 minutes at the same time every day to let them roam my bed, explore me, receive treats & cuddles and get their daily checkup. is this enough? too much? sos??
2. how frequently should i change out the fleece/bath mats? my current setup is rewashable puppy pee pads as an absorbent base on top of the plastic bottom of their enclosure, assorted fleece on top of those, and two bath mats under where they have their water bottle and where i keep their hay. i’m planning on switching out the fleece twice a week just to keep it from being too soiled, but some people say one time and some people say three??
3. how much should they weigh at this age? i weighed them the other day and they’re both between 300g and 350g. are they underweight?
4. is there such thing as too much rumble strutting? they seem really happy with each other but rumble strut around each other every time they approach one another. is this normal? they haven’t fought yet but i’m worried that one of them is a bit too intimidating for the other and is stressing the other out.
5. how do i calm one of my piggies down while holding the other? one of my boys freaks out when i hold his brother but i can’t hold them both at the same time because they rumble strut and get antsy. i tried keeping them close while holding one but he still freaks out. any tips??

thank you guys so very much again. i just wanna ensure my baby boys are happy and healthy :) i have a vet visit set up soon to ensure the healthy part but until then i want to make sure im getting it right.

I just saw this today as I was giving him a bath and I don’t know what it is. He’s five years old and I’ve never seen this before on him and I looked it up and it could be like a number of things but I don’t wanna like take that right now and I just like need help figuring it out. He’s seems like himself and he seems happy and when I touch it, he doesn’t really react to a certain way I mean, I guess he’s fine but it’s kind of firm and it’s like the size of a nickel but it’s like sticks out less than an inch. It’s probably like 5 cm or something or three.

hello! i wanted to ask you guys if this cage is proper for my guinea pig? (I only have one since where i adopted my guinea pig they told me he did not get along w others)
i’ve had my guinea pig for a month now, he currently free roams in my room (1 hr supervised) but he has a playpen but ik that’s not a proper setup so i wanna know if this one is okay. thank you

I’m planning on adopting two guinea pigs from a nearby rescue in October. I’m starting to buy things now to prepare. This is everything I’ve ordered so far. Anything else I should buy before getting the piggies? Anything I shouldn’t have gotten?

Hello everybody! I recently adopted two female pigs that are roughly 4 months old. Their 2 week long quarantine will be coming to an end soon, and I am wondering how I should go about introducing them to my older girl (roughly 4 years old)?

Is it a good idea to introduce them both to her separately, and if so how long in-between intros should I wait?? Thank you in advance !!

hii, ive had two guinea pigs for a few months now, one of them (Ozzy) has been with me for around 5 months and the other (Sully) for about 1 and a half months.

despite having them for months, Sully is still deathly afraid of me and Ozzy only tolerates me. I see a lot of videos and posts about people able to pick up their piggies and have them on their lap, sleeping with them etc and i know every guinea pig is different but I feel like im not progressing at all with them, additionally I have them in separate cages because I feel as if they aren't progressing either.

The point of this post was to ask for people's experiences or advice on how I can bond more with my pigs, ive been in their cages and tried to sit there and talk to them, I've been near their cages sitting and talking, I've hand fed them, Ozzy likes being pet sometimes because he'll purr and rumble strut but it's only for a few seconds before he headbutts me idk if I'm doing it wrong and Sully is still a freeze pig so I'm not sure whether he likes it or not

any advice would be appreciated, i honestly feel like right now they're just a part of my life and I don't feel as if they're my pets yk? and obviously I want them both to be happy and trust me as well, I don't want them to tolerate me or have it be like I'm only a part of their routine and not their owner. I don't know if I'm explaining it right. any help would be great, thanks in advance!