Hi, we have had our 2 Guinea pigs, Kevin and Nico (they’re both females) for just over a month now, and apart from the initial worry about Kevin ‘picking’ on Nico, things have been going well and they hardly bicker anymore. However, today, we got them both out for a little hold as we have been doing most days, but Kevin immediately started jumping and twisting, and it looked like her back end was going flat and one of her back legs was sticking out, then next minute she’d be fine, then she’d do it again. It didn’t look good and we thought was something wrong with her. Nico then started doing little jumps so we put them back in their hutch, and watched Kevin, and she was totally fine. She ran down her ramp to the play area below and had a little run around, then ran back up where both of then tucked into their salad bowl. We’ve seen the jumping about many times before, popcorning i believe it’s called, but this just looked odd due to the floppy back end and the sticky out leg!
Is this normal and just another little Guinea pig quirk? Her back end and leg where completely normal once back in her hutch.
Is this normal and just another little Guinea pig quirk? Her back end and leg where completely normal once back in her hutch.