Head Shaking or popcorning?v

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PiggieNPooh

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Hia ! i’m not concerned about this i was puzzled lol ! one of my pigs (pooh) keeps doing this thing where he shakes his head or a little head “jerk” really quick and it’s also paired with a little hop type thing . i’m not sure what this is but it just looks really odd lol . it could be popcorning as i don’t see him popcorning but instead i always see him doing that unlike his brother who’s always popcorning around . pretty sure this is normal . to imagine it, it looks a bit like a tourette’s tic (i know guinea pigs can’t get tourette’s, it just looks like a tik
 
PiggieNPooh said:
Hia ! i’m not concerned about this i was puzzled lol ! one of my pigs (pooh) keeps doing this thing where he shakes his head or a little head “jerk” really quick and it’s also paired with a little hop type thing . i’m not sure what this is but it just looks really odd lol . it could be popcorning as i don’t see him popcorning but instead i always see him doing that unlike his brother who’s always popcorning around . pretty sure this is normal . to imagine it, it looks a bit like a tourette’s tic (i know guinea pigs can’t get tourette’s, it just looks like a tik
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Hi! Do you think you could catch it on camera? It is kind of difficult to judge from your description.
 
Wiebke said:
Hi! Do you think you could catch it on camera? It is kind of difficult to judge from your description.
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lol it’s just gotten dark where i am and i dont wanna use the flash so i can’t really record now but i’ll try in the morning . it’s really quick i’d say it lasts about a second and he kind of jerks his head to the side and hops at the same time so it’s really quick and odd to see but he doesn’t have any other behaviour issues and isn’t doing anything else odd .
 
PiggieNPooh said:
lol it’s just gotten dark where i am and i dont wanna use the flash so i can’t really record now but i’ll try in the morning . it’s really quick i’d say it lasts about a second and he kind of jerks his head to the side and hops at the same time so it’s really quick and odd to see but he doesn’t have any other behaviour issues and isn’t doing anything else odd .
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Just try whenever you can. It is very difficult to work out whether it is a personal quirk or something else without seeing it and the context in which it happens. ;)
 
Wiebke said:
Just try whenever you can. It is very difficult to work out whether it is a personal quirk or something else without seeing it and the context in which it happens. ;)
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yeah it doesn’t look like anything to worry about. he usually does it after his brother had been popcorning or if i’ve just re-filled the hay n stuff so i’m pretty sure it’s nothing to worry about, just wondered if anyone else had seen or knew what it was
 
Bernie does this( if it is what i think you are saying) its like an over exctied popcorn, but with his head. And it is when he gets fresh hay and stuff like that
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Bernie does this( if it is what i think you are saying) its like an over exctied popcorn, but with his head. And it is when he gets fresh hay and stuff like that
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thank you ! sounds like it, and it probably is lol . he does do it after getting food !
 
My Tonks does something a bit similar, I call it a lazy or half popcorn because she doesn’t do it properly :)) It’s funny because when she does it she squeals as if she wasn’t expecting it and it made her jump haha. She’s a special girl :))
 
Cavy Kung-Fu said:
My Tonks does something a bit similar, I call it a lazy or half popcorn because she doesn’t do it properly :)) It’s funny because when she does it she squeals as if she wasn’t expecting it and it made her jump haha. She’s a special girl :))
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aww that’s the cutest ! good to know other people knwo this too
 
PiggieNPooh said:
yeah it doesn’t look like anything to worry about. he usually does it after his brother had been popcorning or if i’ve just re-filled the hay n stuff so i’m pretty sure it’s nothing to worry about, just wondered if anyone else had seen or knew what it was
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I had same issue
 
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