behaviour

Hi, I’ve recently bought two guinea pigs from a breeder, they are two beautiful sows called glimmer and Greta, the breeder I purchased off informed me that they aren’t from the same litter but have lived together since birth. I’ve previously owned guinea pigs but I was a young kid and wasn’t in...

Hey guys, Two of my three boars, Storm and Angel, are actively scared of the scent of wool. My mother crocheted me some woolen wrist warmers some time back, and now she's crocheted me some patches of wool to put under fleece covers in their cage so they can better regulate their temperature in...

I'm struggling to work out what all their different noises mean Could anyone help me? Not sure how to show the videos on here though

Help please! We have 2 boars who were bought at the same time at around 8 weeks old but then at around 12 weeks old they had a fight where one tore an ear and the other cut across an eye. Had them checked at the vet and their injuries have luckily healed. I had separated them since the fight...

So I have two male guineas (almost 2 months of owning these two) living together and there's a big cage with lots of hay where they usually poop and pee. There's also an extension that goes from the cage outside where there are some comfy hiding houses! Ever since my last cleanup I noticed...

Hey there, I have 5 piggies and I have noticed especially in the last 5 weeks that they all like to take a big nap in the hay. I have a 7x3 cage + an extra 1x3 room for hay, and they all like to go in there and take a big nap, but not at the same time, maximum 2 at the time. Whenever 3 or more...

Hey there, I got 4 sows and 1 boar which were all adopted from people who didnt want them anymore or because they lost their cage friend. Anyways, my boar: Elvis always seems very confused as of what he should do. He could come out of a tunnel then look around then just go back in and come out...

Hi, 1 week ago I adopted 2 boars, two year olds and already bonded. One of them had been consistently asserting dominance and the other pig doesn't seem to question it. The dominant pig is constantly chasing the other, and though they aren't fighting, the non dominant piggie is teeth chattering...

Is there a reference post or helpful website page listing the meanings of the various noises? I've recently switched a few things around and there's being more aural communication than before, so I want to be sure I'm interpreting things right. I've seen that there's a couple mentioned in the...

Hi everyone, still I’m feeling like a very new PigMum, Daisy and Delilah surprise me every day. Today especially. Is there anyone who could educate me on the following displayed behaviours please? Both are rumbling at each other, a lot, this morning, also pecking. The little one is trying to...

First I’ll just provide a link to my previous Guinea pig URI, Vicks, just need some comport. In short, I got my Piglet at 4 weeks old and she came home with a URI. She is now approx. 13 weeks old. After taking advice from this forum, I decided against getting her a friend knowing that she was...

Hey, I'm a bit bewildered at my guinea pigs behaviour and have tried searching it up everywhere but have found nothing. It is honestly like she's a human in a guinea pig body, she even looks a bit human in the eyes. Like she understands me. When my other piggies are drinking or eating, she'll...

Hi everyone! since I got my two ladies about 2 months ago, they’ve been regularly peeing in their food bowls. Initially they only had one for dry food and one for veggies, so I assumed it was a territory thing, since there’s two of them. However I have gotten them bowls each, which are regularly...

Hi everyone, I just got a new fleece to line my cage but one of my piggies Madison keeps burrowing underneath it! Since it’s not a C&C cage I can’t clip it to anything and it fits the cage perfectly so can’t tuck it under/over anything. I’ve tried putting her bowl in one of the corners but she...

Hey! I would like a bit of insight as for the past week or two I've been dumbfounded by my pair of guinea pigs. (They are 10 weeks old, I got them at 6 weeks) since the 7/8th week they are so relaxed around me thats its scary 😂 they will eat from my hand, sleep on my lap (with eyes closed)...

I'm scared to post this as I know everyone's gonna come at me over this but atm things are a struggle for me especially with my local area currently being in an extremely strict lockdown. My female guinea pig has started acting different today, all she wants to do is burrow under her fleese...

Hello lovelies! Id like to think my two guinea pigs and I had bonded really well. They’d run up to the mesh to see me, squeak, popcorn, zoom etc. But I went away for a week and my partner looked after them. I got back, so excited to see them again and they didn’t come out of their huts, one...

Hello - I’ve tried to find info about this online but literally can’t find a thing. More recently my guinea pig will run up to the side of the cage when he sees me and if I put my finger through he holds it in his mouth shortly - not even nipping just holding it. Is there any significance to...

Hi all I wonder if you can offer advice. I have 3 sows. My youngest sow Poppy is going to be 2 next month. I have one boar, who will be 2 in around June/July time. All 4 have lived together without any real issues since bonding Stuart, my boar, with the 3 girls in June last year. They have a...

Hi! Does anyone else’s guinea pigs kick the other? I don’t think it’s a problem but I find it quite funny as you can tell when one is readying a kick, he backs himself up and aims and then drop kicks the other haha.