behaviour

Hi guys, We adopted two new girls a few weeks ago and they were very scared of humans, I don't think they got much contact in their old home. I noticed the day we picked them up that when they're scared Anya, the more confident of the two will climb onto her sisters back? This didn't bother...

Yesterday at lap time I had Dennis on my lap and Christian next to me waiting for his lap time. Then my son brought in Meg and that's when the trouble started. They could both smell GIRLIE! Dennis immediately climbed of my lap and got to Meg first and started nipping Christian (who is the more...

So it's pen time where I sit in a pen with them so they trust me and I give them strokes but this time Beans was in a tube and Toast was going in too. Beans was shooting wee out of her onto Toast like a water gun. Is this normal and what does it mean?

Hiya! (I've never done one of these so i have no idea if i'm doing it right!) I just wanted to come on here and see what you guys think about one of my little piggies, Nina. Her and Nelly are only 13 weeks and so are basically balls of energy at the moment. I get them out for regular runs and...

Unfortunately everything is happening a once. Sadly we lost our oldest female, Taini, this time last week, Which, unfortunately has happened around the same time we've gained two new piggies. Very suddenly last Sunday, Taini our 7 year old female who was living with a boar called Bear and two...

The other day I noticed my boys were being rather aggressive towards each other. The less dominant one since I have had them was jumping on the dominants one back and seemed to be doing something that looked like humping. After this it got worst and the dominant one was throwing the other off...

Each guinea pig is different. One of my rescue piggie, now sadly passed away, was the most cuddly friendly piggie ever! She probably didn't know how to be shy. Then with my other rescue Carly, she didn't want anything to do with me. Here is how I bonded with Carly and got her to be tame. 1: I...

We have had our 2 female piggies for around 3 months now and it has become apparent that one of our guinea pigs (Okie) enjoys lap time, happily eating and once fell asleep on me. However, our other piggie (Cocoa) does not enjoy it and after a minute or so scrambles around and pleads to be put...

This is/may be a stupid thread but after already making a thread on poop I don't think I can get any weirder! :lol!: Basically Mo has been climbing my arm recently when I put it in his cage to get his bowl or move his tunnel or pick up stray poos etc. He doesn't *idk* hump it.(stay with me)He...

How do I get my piggies to do lap time? With years of having hamsters I'm still a bit jumpy...but I know I need to get used to getting them out. MoMo my older pig is used to being held by her previous owner but she still isn't fully confident with me just yet. But noodle is around 5 months old...

Hi, I'm sorry if this is the wrong topic to post this in! I recently adopted another guinea pig, he's around 2 or 3 years old. Unlike my first piggie, he drinks from the water bottle by putting his entire mouth around it. I'm not sure if this is cause for concern, I was thinking he may choke...

Hi all! I'm getting used to Teddy's, (my lone, almost blind, rescue boar's) sounds, movements, and behaviours, but I just wanted to check with you all what they actually mean to make sure I get it right. He does a quiet teeth chattering sound when I bring him food or when I come see him and...

Hi there, just wondering if any other piggy owners have experienced dog behaviour from their pigs! My boy plays tug of war with his chew sticks, and also chases them around! Though maybe that behaviour is more cat like, as he doesn't fetch! Just tries to catch it as I drag it along in front of him!

We have just bought two female sows a week ago and they've been together since. We are inexperienced guinea owners but have read up on a lot before and since purchasing them. However, there is a lot of contradictory information around and its always something else to see behaviour rather than...

Hello, First time guinea pig owner and adopted a 2 year old guinea pig and i have a few problems. The guinea pig is very fat, the woman who I adopted him from told me that she just fed him all the time and kept him either in the cage or on her knee so he hasn't had much chance to run about. The...

I've had my two boys for two months now and I was really starting to make progress with bonding and taming them but recently one of the has taken a real dislike to being picked up - he enjoys lap time once he's out but trying to get him out of the cage is a nightmare.. He even kicks out at me...

As usual, Friday night is spent with my two girls who certainly know how to relax... Let's just say Bears signature pose in the evening is the pancake. Haha. I love my girls far too much! (Bear top, Florrie Bottom)

Help! I have two girls (Biggie and Smalls) who are currently around six to seven months old. I've had them since they were little baby piggies and I notice a huge change since they've been going through puberty. Biggie and Smalls used to be very skittish, but with patience and constant handling...

Hello! I currently own two female sows just over 1 year old and as the youngest one is very playful I was thinking of bringing another sow to the pair so she has an equally energetic pig to enjoy her younger years with. The older girl is quite dominant and previously has chased and been quite...

Hi everyone! I have two 'rescue' boars which were bought from Pets At Home (yes I know, bad choice) about a week ago. They were in the rescue and adoption section because they were too aggressive to be houses with the younger piggies especially in the small enclosures they seem to have at the...