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I have a guinea pig that vibrates very often, it is not a purr and is not rumble strutting, its more like his body is shivering in a way because I can feel his body vibrate and even see his paws vibrate while he does so with his whole body. The vibrating is silent and is only noticeable if you are touching him because then you can feel it. He doesn't do it all the time but I am just curious if this can indicate anything bad.
 
Piggies&buns said:
This kind of thing and other body language depends in the context.
There are also different types - one is rumble strutting, one means they are content, and one means they don’t like it.

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Yes thank you for that but I'm pretty sure it is not rumble strutting or such because ive never seen my other guinea pig do it and I have heard both of their rumbestrutting and purring and I can decipher one from the other. This is just something my other guinea pig does not do and its like even when my guinea pigs moves his body or something I can feel a little vibration
 
Rumblestrutting is when they wiggle their bottoms - it’s unmistakable.
Other types of vibration - it’s going to take you being there and seeing it in context as well as reading the rest of his body language to know whether it’s a happy, content sign or a sign he doesn’t want something to be happening (ie when a piggy vibrates when being touched often it’s a sign they don’t like it)
 
Piggies&buns said:
Rumblestrutting is when they wiggle their bottoms - it’s unmistakable.
Other types of vibration - it’s going to take you being there and seeing it in context as well as reading the rest of his body language to know whether it’s a happy, content sign or a sign he doesn’t want something to be happening (ie when a piggy vibrates when being touched often it’s a sign they don’t like it)
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Thank you!
 
Could be fear/nervousness. I have a baby guinea pig who is really nervous and when he gets nervous he shakes, and it feels like he’s vibrating.
When he first came home he used to do it in his hutch at veggie time, and the whole hutch would vibrate and I had to hold it to stop the vibrations.
He does it way less often now as i’ve worked with him but it’s very different to a rumblestrut.

Perhaps it’s a reaction to you touching him, if you can only feel it when you touch him. Is it combined with your pig being a ‘statue’?
 
piggl said:
Could be fear/nervousness. I have a baby guinea pig who is really nervous and when he gets nervous he shakes, and it feels like he’s vibrating.
When he first came home he used to do it in his hutch at veggie time, and the whole hutch would vibrate and I had to hold it to stop the vibrations.
He does it way less often now as i’ve worked with him but it’s very different to a rumblestrut.

Perhaps it’s a reaction to you touching him, if you can only feel it when you touch him. Is it combined with your pig being a ‘statue’?
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Yes it sounds like what your describing. Sometimes I would agree ti the statue part but other times no, but thank you so much!
 
When I give my piggies their veggies in the morning I give them a quick pet. They sometimes vibrate. It’s their way is saying “stop it I’m eating” 🤣

They don’t run away so they are not that bothered.
 
One of mine does it as a 'stop that!' sign. She is pretty quiet and doesn't really 'brrrr.' I think it's just her doing it silently!
 
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