Slow walking?

[Trine]

My adorable girl Surabhi has started occasionally walking very slow and purring loudly, what does this mean? Other times she popcorns and runs around happily.

 

[sport_billy]

Sounds like she is rumblestruting... Is her bum wiggling as she does it?

 

[Trine]

No, she is kind of stretching out as she walks.

 

[Trine]

What is rumblestruting?

 

[sport_billy]

Rumblestruting is a little wiggle dance piggies do to display dominance.. Girls often do this when in season.
Cookie our piggie does it often, she walks slowly and wiggles her bum side to side while rumbling..

 

[Wiebke]

Stretching and walking with stiff legs while rumbling is a form of rumblestrutting; it is an expression of mild dominance. Most piggies will also shift their weight from one lag to the other, which makes their bums wiggle.

Rumblestrutting is a very descriptive expression for this kind of behaviour.

 

[sport_billy]

Stretching and walking with stiff legs while rumbling is a form of rumblestrutting; it is an expression of mild dominance.

Thanks Wiebke, didn't know that!

 

[Guinea Slave]

And its so cute to watch when you have several do it at the same time. Hilarious!

 

[Trine]

Thankyou for your replies, I was worried she was in pain.