LIVE FEEDER GUINEA PIGS!

Question
Hello

My locale pet store carrys guinea pigs and they carry LIVE feeder guinea pigs! The person who worked there said that the feeder ones are mean thou maybe she didnt want me to get a good pet for cheaper I wasnt sure, I have gotten feeder mice from that same pet store before to keep adn breed as pets they werent mean acctuly I could pick them up and hold them I could even sit them on my shoulder they didnt bite either, they would take treats from my hand thou they were in a poor condtion when I got them because ther was like thirty in a container the size of a ten gallon tank with little food and no hiding places! Anyways I was wondering if these "feeder" guinea pigs are as mean as she says I will ask to see them the next time I'm there but my question is; do you think that these "feeder" guinea pigs could be tamed and kept as pets and maybe bred in the future? I dont blame the poor things if there jumpy at first because they are probly kept the same way as those poor mice. Even if they dont become fully tame even enough to let me pick them up to change there cage adn to let them out and to have them take pieces of food from my hand will be enough.     

Thanks for any help you can give

Answer
Do you live in the UK as it is an offence to supply live animals for deeding to reptiles etc...  Of course they can be tamed!  They probably arent handled thats why they are jumpy but everything is when they are young.

Get them if you want them.  I dont believe in selling live animals as food for reptiles