How can I introduce my guinea pigs to floor time?

[Kezza]

I have two guinea pigs Snuggle and Squeak they are 2 year old brothers.
They have an outdoor hutch which connects to a run so they have excise in the spring/summer.
In the winter we bring their hutch into the garage (our garage has never had a car in it, so no need to worry about fumes etc) I am now thinking of buying an indoor cage so in the winter they don't have to be in the garage but they can be inside. Unfortunately I don't have enough room for a C&C cage but a normal indoor cage is ok. I understand they need excise in the winter as well, so floor time is what I am going to start to do with them this winter. My guinea pigs aren't litter trained very well. Will the kitchen be a good place for floor time (we have laminate flooring) there are no appliances in our kitchen only in the utility room. So if I block of the utility room their will be no danger, our kitchen is pretty big. How can I introduce them to floor time?? What if they just sit there on the floor and don't move??

Thanks

 

[Maria]

What I did with my rat is just get her out and hold her, and if she wants to run around, I let her. Only have him out for about 5-10 minutes the first few times. If your guinea pig wants to go back into the cage, let him. Do that a few times and once he starts to get more confident and interested start having him out for more longer periods of time.

 

[chizz]

u can put old towels down or an old sheet is u want to do it somewhere else, my guinea pigs normally run around and they like to look around and see where they are and u can give them a treat if they do

 

[Peachess]

naww.. ive got 2 guinea pigs of my own , 2 girls ( betty and sharka) .
it really isnt that hard to introduce them to floor time. And trust me the guinea pigs wont just sit there, they love it! At first for like 5 min they'll sit there and be like woahh whats happening but you just give them a nudge and show them they can move haha.
So basically you just sit with them when you put them on the ground they will probably hang around you but then they will start playing follow the leader and run around chuckling, that's mine do
the problem is catching them, most of the time i have to dive after my 2 girls because they never wants to go back into their cage

i hope this helps kinda