Foot thumping - do your piggies do it?

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Maybe a strange one, I'm not sure. Do any of your piggies foot thump?

My gerbils do the same thing but this is very common behaviour - it means beware or they are in heat. But I'm sure I've noticed my Floyd doing it from time to time.


Am I imaging it? or is this a real piggy bahaviour?
 
My gerbils do it quite alot but can't say I have noticed it from the piggies
 
Betty bun does it a lot when she gets startled.
 
Have you had him from a baby?

If he was a rescue my theory would be potentially he was previously housed with a rabbit and its a learned behaviour? ?/
 
When Misty and Storm (RIP) were together, Storm did it once. It was slightly odd and not done again, and not sure why it was done. They had never been kept with or near bunnies, so not learned. Maybe she didn't mean to and clanked her cage with her foot? xx
 
Abi_nurse said:
Never seen my pigs do it. But they do sideways kick each other when fighting for food?

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I love the sideways kick - teddy does this if he can't take his side being tickled anymore,he does the "oh I like this" noise for a minute and then gets fed up and give me a kick!
 
Actually Teabag stands on his ledge sometimes and stomps. Just hear this thump every few seconds. He's a very dominant boar so I'm guessing it's something manly, he likes to assert himself to everyone around.
Bit of a nuisance when you're trying to watch telly though :))
 
One of my girls flings one of her back legs all over the place! It's not exactly a thump, but it certainly has a mind of its own! :)) :))

She usually displays this when I reach in to pick her up, she is such a diva. It really is the strangest thing....I'll have to post a video of her doing it. rolleyes
 
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