Who here has an Abyssinian guinea pig?

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I read somewhere that the abyssinian guinea pig has a cheeky personality and can be very mischievous - well my 2 Abyssinian certainly live up to this... I'm constantly seeing them trying to escape out of their play pen, the youngest taking food from the others while their eating. They can sit still for more than a second without wanting to explore.

Anyone else have this breed?
 
I have an abby cross and he can be quite cheeky. He's not as mischievous as my shorthaired girls though. They are constantly trying to escape rolleyes. I agree with the not sitting still though. He can't stay still for 5 seconds :))
 
I have 5 of them, 2 girls and 3 boys. They are certainly cheeky and have very vibrant personalities. I have also found them to be quite vocal, especially when they want something lol Not just wheeking, but full on screaming the place down if veggies are expected etc haha
 
I have two (well Delboy is crossed with someting else but Rodney's an abyssinian piggie). Mine aren't too cheeky......rolleyes......yet, i've only had them a few weeks so their personalities are only just coming out.

I'll let you know how cheeky they become :)
 
I have a fair few aby's. Pure bred and cross breeds. Abby is the one who certainly lives up to her name and her breed. Aby's don't like over handling or being stroked excessively. Abby is a rescue pig who came to us after going to 3 different homes who didn't want her as she has a tendancy to bite. She's very cheeky and never stops talking. She's very anti-social and will not get on with any of our other pigs even Pig the neutered boar can't kick her into touch. I did promise Irene when I took her that she would never be returned to her as we like a challenge.

Most of my other aby's are quite cheeky especially Yaphet the baby abbyruvian x rex.

I've also found that rex's are very cheeky and have that cheeky face that everyone falls in love with.
 
Astral Heart said:
I have also found them to be quite vocal, especially when they want something lol Not just wheeking, but full on screaming the place down if veggies are expected etc haha
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I totally agree with this. Archie is my most vocal pig. My friend also had an aby that would scream the house down for her veggies rolleyes
 
We have two proper aby's (although guessing as they're rescues..) and one is extremely wheeky, and her sister says not a thing. Only hear a wheek if she's being "dominated" by Daisy! I think Flobble is a mixed race Piggle, as her rosettes are not really proper rosettes, and everything about her is totally random, including which direction her hair sticks up! She's a feisty little madam, who is very fussy over her cucumber slices, needs to check it out from every angle until she's accepts it, then would sooner steals someone elses! They have lots of character, but I wouldn't say ours are cheeky as such...
 
i have an aby cross she is only 7 weeks only had her about 2 weeks so still getting no her cheeky character lol but i agree about the not sitting still she is all ways the one having a mad half-hour doing total laps of the c&c cage and always popcorning compared to my others which i have 1 smooth silver agouti and 2 crested :))
 
Well I have a abby Harvey and a american smooth coated piggie called Artie.

Harvey my abby is such a cheeky piggie, he wheeks to me when i pick him up (which sounds like a old man grumbling about the weather) he loves climbing and jumping on top of boxs, stools and running jumping into his hutch! He pings the bars to get my attention and when i come over to tickle his chin he popcorns about. Silly piggie. x)

But he is very well behaved compered to Artie. Whos my little escape artist, although i believe hes egged on by Harvey (hes managed to get him self down the back of the drier x2, jump out of his run on countless occassions(!) by jumping ontop of the box which was four times bigger than him to escape into the garden and his daddy (my OH) got badly stung by the nettles trying to catch him. He's also jumped out of his hutch, his indoor cage my arms...only to go running around popcorning, and then come back to be picked up and put back into his cage silly pig! So we have to keep eyes in the back of our head with little Artie!
 
Well I have a abby Harvey and a american smooth coated piggie called Artie.

Harvey my abby is such a cheeky piggie, he wheeks to me when i pick him up (which sounds like a old man grumbling about the weather) he loves climbing and jumping on top of boxs, stools and running jumping into his hutch! He pings the bars to get my attention and when i come over to tickle his chin he popcorns about. Silly piggie. x)

But he is very well behaved compered to Artie. Whos my little escape artist, although i believe hes egged on by Harvey (hes managed to get him self down the back of the drier x2, jump out of his run on countless occassions(!) by jumping ontop of the box which was four times bigger than him to escape into the garden and his daddy (my OH) got badly stung by the nettles trying to catch him. He's also jumped out of his hutch, his indoor cage my arms...only to go running around popcorning, and then come back to be picked up and put back into his cage silly pig! So we have to keep eyes in the back of our head with little Artie!
 
I have a lilac aby cross- Maisie. she is the naughtiest of the group the youngest but always tries to dominate the older girls, if she doesnt get first choice with the veggies she will barge the others out the way. She is very sensitve to the touch and will rumble as soon as she is touched although she particularly likes chin rubs and ear rubs often going into a trance like state.
 
I have a lilac aby cross- Maisie. she is the naughtiest of the group the youngest but always tries to dominate the older girls, if she doesnt get first choice with the veggies she will barge the others out the way. She is very sensitve to the touch and will rumble as soon as she is touched although she particularly likes chin rubs and ear rubs often going into a trance like state.
 
I have an Abby, and have had many before, and personally haven't found them that cheeky, but maybe its just my pigs personalities!

My Peruvian on the other hand, is very naughty and cheeky!
 
I have an Abby, and have had many before, and personally haven't found them that cheeky, but maybe its just my pigs personalities!

My Peruvian on the other hand, is very naughty and cheeky!
 
I have 3. Sarah is naughty and lives up to the mischeif making you were talking about..:)
 
MIne are a mixture of abby and peruvian.They can be quite rebellious,I have just had to buy a heavier ceramic food dish,as they are constantly throwing their food everywhere.
They will tolerate being handled for short periods,and do not like lots of stroking.They start to nibble when they have had enough.
 
I have one - Boris

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I'm not sure if it's because he is an aby, because he's a boy or becasue he's my youngest piggie, but he does seem to be quite excitable! He LOVES to run laps and pop- corn (usually crashing into the girls in the process)

My girls are all smooth- coated but all of my pigs have a bit of a cheeky streak to be honest rolleyes
 
Little Piggles said:
I have one - Boris

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I'm not sure if it's because he is an aby, because he's a boy or becasue he's my youngest piggie, but he does seem to be quite excitable! He LOVES to run laps and pop- corn (usually crashing into the girls in the process)

My girls are all smooth- coated but all of my pigs have a bit of a cheeky streak to be honest rolleyes
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Ahh, Boris...another one of my fave piggies drool
 
ive got 3, theres jasper
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lily( jaspers mum)
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and jasmine
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jasper and jasmine defiantly live up to their breeds repuatation :)) but lilys still quite shy but shes getting better (:
 
i have an abby who is just under a year old and she can be a little rascal sometimes bit i would not change her for anything

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I have two black abbysinian brothers

Jake and Hector :)

Both very cheeky little boars, especially Hector. Jake is a big tubby boy as he loves his food hehe.
 
:)) awww looks like they do live up to their name then haha

My youngest one is sooo naughty, I was cleaning out their play area so they had the whole room to wonder round and explore, we got a small sofa in there with a little gap under it and i knew they would want to investigate what was under there so i stuffed the edges with blankets and pillows so there was no way they can go under there..... so I thought.... my little rascal had sussed out that I was stopping them from going under the sofa,so I watched him for a little while until I thought he couldnt find a way in, I turned away for 2 seconds then looked only to see these 2 legs and bum wriggling down only to disappear under the sofa, it took me forever to get him out but in the end he couldnt resist the sounds of the rustling of yummy food hehehe.
 
I must have the oddest Aby ever then as Pippin is the sedate one of my two (nto that he is quiet, just quieter than his smooth coated brother who is a little menace). Pip loves loads of cuddles and just snuggling down on your lap watching 'grown up telly' like cooking, Grand Designs, Location Location Location etc.

His smooth Brother - Merry is a little monster always popcorning around, making lots of noise and butting everybody all the time.

P.s. I love the expression pop-corning - I only discovered it recently when I joined this forum and it describes that happy action so perfectly.
 
i have a very cheeky Aby, Skippa, she is a year old, and definitely the noisiest, cheekiest piglet i've ever owned! she'll stretch up and grab things out of your hands and run off with it if she can, even if its not edible! Wonderful breed :)

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I have an abby X with agouti colourings - she is sooo cute! She is extremely cheeky and is always asking to come out and chews on the bars when she sees I have veggies! She is very bold and loves being made a fuss of.
 
I have a tri- coloured abby boar Bumble, who has two spayed wifepigs and MASSIVE conkers - he doesnt drink (except one of his wifepigs wee :)>>> ) loves a back massage - hates being caught and tries to climb into my other two ladies enclosure - he is FAb - so cheeky - he looks just like my doctor who has a browny ginger beard - my children now call our doctor doctor Bumble.:))
 
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