Zooming round cage!

Jo83

Jo83

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Hi everyone
Was trying to attach a video I took of my 2 racing around the cage but not sure how to do it? They chase each other or just run laps around the cage, can someone tell me is this normal behaviour? Is it playing or a dominance thing? They also jump in the air in front of each other & shake their heads, they’re 2 boars who aren’t quite 3 months so I know we’re heading in to awkward teenage phase but I can’t tell if this is a play thing or not?
Also I’ve noticed the 1 is sneezing & scratching himself a bit, anyone know what this could be? I’ll get him to the vets asap.
Thanks
 
It means you're guinea pig is 100% happy, and is burning off energy, same as cats when they seem to have that mad half hour of playing at night.

You can link a video, by uploading to YouTube and then copy and pasting the link into a comment on a thread 👍.

You can only upload photos on this forum directly through it.

Alot of guine apigs when adult, will stop zooming, but I've had a 7 year old guine apig that had cancer and arthiritis, and would still zoom lol
 
Oh that’s great thank you, he seemed happy enough but I’m very new to all this, they’re my first pigs & ive only had them 2 weeks so still very much finding my feet!
 
Jo83 said:
Hi everyone
Was trying to attach a video I took of my 2 racing around the cage but not sure how to do it? They chase each other or just run laps around the cage, can someone tell me is this normal behaviour? Is it playing or a dominance thing? They also jump in the air in front of each other & shake their heads, they’re 2 boars who aren’t quite 3 months so I know we’re heading in to awkward teenage phase but I can’t tell if this is a play thing or not?
Also I’ve noticed the 1 is sneezing & scratching himself a bit, anyone know what this could be? I’ll get him to the vets asap.
Thanks
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Hi and welcome!

Zooming and popcorning are signs of boundless energy and happiness. You can find a number of videos in this guide here: 'Popcorning' and 'zooming' - joy and exuberance (videos)

Since our forum is run on voluntary member donations, we do not have a video upload facility; it requires a lot more bandwidth.
Please upload any videos on a public setting on another facility and then paste the link into your forum post. ;)
 
Hopefully that has worked, I’m so glad they’re happy, they’re still settling so that’s good to know, thank you
 
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