Can piggies get jealous?

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I was laying on the sofa, holding both boys on my chest when all of a sudden they started snapping and squeeking at eatch others. But as I started stroking them both, they cuddled up again.

Can piggies get jealous of their owner or is it just normal boy behavior again? rolleyes
 
well this has just happened to me freddie was lying across my chest basil came up from lap around back of freddie and freddie nipped at him so basil turned his back to him and lay facing me mine were ok when started stroking both . i think they could really they have brains so who knows
 
Its funny, my girls DO get jealous...so i have to take turns or run the risk of being bitten in the middle of a 'slap fight'( human girls hitting each other...not really trying to hurt each other) They both live in the same cage and get along gr8. I'll take one out and Dan will take one out....after about 5 minutes...they will start wheeking as if to say "Where is my sissy?!?" so he'll hand his over to me and BAM! They both want mommie's attention...and will get into a tiff. Yes, i believe they are jealous!x)
 
Do they cuddle with one another when they are in the cage?

But it's the same with my boys. You don't dare to take only one out because the other one will start screaming/squealing the very instant.:(|)
 
Oh, yes, they can be jealous! Even with humans!

The day after Llewelyn had gone on testosterone overdrive, Dizzy stepped between us at breakfast time, bum facing me and ostentatiously cuddled Llewelyn. Then she threw me a REALLY dirty look over her shoulder. Licked Llewelyn some more, gave me another look to make sure I had got her message and went back to breakfast!
He was HERS and I'd better leave my paws off him! rolleyes
 
Katinchen said:
Do they cuddle with one another when they are in the cage?

But it's the same with my boys. You don't dare to take only one out because the other one will start screaming/squealing the very instant.:(|)
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Mine sometimes cuddle...not all the time...they seem to want to 'lay out' and spread out a bit!
 
I think they do get jealous.

Ralph gets upset if I take Arnold out, he chatters his teeth and whines.
If I take them out together, Ralph constantly snaps and Arnold, as if to say "THE LOVE IS MINE!" @)

I have to hold them one at a time because Ralph seems to get very jealous.
Arnold on the other hand...Doesn't care. :))

So yes. I believe they do get jealous.
It's the only explanation I have.
 
They definately get jealous it's like a no win situation sometimes in this house :)) I have a cuddle with all my four every day as I feel it is important for them to have the interaction for vet visits etc..

It is like a stratigic manover as I have 2 husband and wife pairs (prior to which I had the two boys together who fell out really badly). I have to get one of the girls out first due to scent issues and then the corresponding boy. Then I have to get the girl from the other pair out next to dull the smell of the previous male. then I can get final male out.

I learnt this the hard way by getting george and tiger out one after the other as the second one teeth chatters and runs up me and sits by my face chattering quite agressively (obviously not pleasent when they are so angry and so close to your face).

At first I didn't understand what was going on but soon realised it must be jealousy as the other boy got a cuddle first!
 
Briony_Y said:
They definately get jealous it's like a no win situation sometimes in this house :)) I have a cuddle with all my four every day as I feel it is important for them to have the interaction for vet visits etc..

It is like a stratigic manover as I have 2 husband and wife pairs (prior to which I had the two boys together who fell out really badly). I have to get one of the girls out first due to scent issues and then the corresponding boy. Then I have to get the girl from the other pair out next to dull the smell of the previous male. then I can get final male out.

I learnt this the hard way by getting george and tiger out one after the other as the second one teeth chatters and runs up me and sits by my face chattering quite agressively (obviously not pleasent when they are so angry and so close to your face).

At first I didn't understand what was going on but soon realised it must be jealousy as the other boy got a cuddle first!
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NEVER underestimate a piggy's sense of smell! And juggling two separated males is a major diplomatic undertaking! RESPECT!

I also learned that lesson the hard way when I had a bonding go haywire and a guinea pig biting me because I smelled of "the enemy"!
 
Vickyt said:
NEVER underestimate a piggy's sense of smell! And juggling two separated males is a major diplomatic undertaking! RESPECT!

I also learned that lesson the hard way when I had a bonding go haywire and a guinea pig biting me because I smelled of "the enemy"!
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That made me chuckle so much. I had never thought of it as a diplomatic incident but it is so close to one :))
 
Cuddling up together is a fairly rare thing, in my experience. I have two girls here - Delilah and Sophia - who are very close, they will share a pigloo and they will sit very close to each other. I also have a few who are entirely the opposite - Gwen especially is something of a loner: an evident part of the group, she has her position in the ranks, but she spends almost all her time on her own somewhere in the cage.
 
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