Jumping pigs

[Maui guinea pig]

I have three pigs all females
And I recently herd that guinea pigs can learn to jump so I have been training them to jump.
I was wondering if it was natural and ok for them to jump
Any answers would be super great!

 

[PipandPop]

I taught my old piggy to jump, we got up to 15cm! He was never forced into it, and we used food as a bribe but if it got too high he would just go around it. I don't think they should jump too high as their spines are not very flexible, but he was best over long low jumps. It was great fun and I took a lot of videos.

Here he is!


Photo is a bit old and blurry but you get the idea, we made a lane out of old video boxes, but always made sure he could push them aside if he wanted to. He also had a large, and I mean large, lump on his belly that no one could figure out what it was, that's what you can see in the photo on the left. I'm sure someone more experienced can let you know for definite.

 

[Ben and Jerry]

That's amazing, shame you don't have any video of him I would love to see a showjumping guinea pig.

 

[PipandPop]

I have videos on my computer, will have to figure out how to upload them!