Pohtaytur
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi, so it's been about a month or so since I've had my pigs, and I've noticed a few things with my piggies. Harold (photo below) really likes standing on his back legs during feeding time, and he gets the zoomies or sometimes twitches with some squeaking when I pull out some fresh hay, which I think is him popcorning cause he doesn't usually do it otherwise. Sometimes Henrietta (my other pig) tries to copy Harold and stand up too, but she does this sort of crouch stand instead. However, I saw that apparently it's not good to encourage them to stand on their legs? I sometimes put lettuce on the tops of their hides to find and we've been trying to get them to learn to stand on command, but should we stop doing that actually? They didn't initially try standing on their legs during feeding since I mainly put it on the ground but it seemed like Harold was lacking some stimulation and hence having him work for his food by standing and/or following.
Another thing after feeding, for the first time Harold was lying on the floor in the open! It just happened today so I was kind of excited since he normally lies down in the hide after feeding time. I saw that he did this chewing/twitching motion with his mouth while lying down, kind of as if he was eating still. Sometimes he does it when he's lying down like a carpet too, but this was the first time I saw it so clearly. Anyone have any idea about that?
Another thing after feeding, for the first time Harold was lying on the floor in the open! It just happened today so I was kind of excited since he normally lies down in the hide after feeding time. I saw that he did this chewing/twitching motion with his mouth while lying down, kind of as if he was eating still. Sometimes he does it when he's lying down like a carpet too, but this was the first time I saw it so clearly. Anyone have any idea about that?
