Do guinea pigs watch television?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Pat Shields

Pat Shields

Adult Guinea Pig
Joined
Jun 27, 2011
Messages
1,151
Reaction score
50
Points
425
Location
USA MO, Ft. Leonard Wood area
I really think Redemption was watching television the last time I held him. He would settle in with his head toward the television, and then would calm down. It just looked to me like he was watching. He was squirmy when facing the other way, toward my head or neck.
 
One of my boars, Bentley, love Love LOVES television, we take him out when we're watching a film or something because it makes him so relaxed and calm, it's shame my other piggie, Chester doesn't know the meaning of calm, he seems to just jump on Bentley and move him out the way whenever the peace is there,
But yeah i would deffo agree, we have a cat bed we put them in and have them on the bed, and Bentley will sit up on the side just to watch Tv.
Best time ever was when we were watching an alien film (OH's choice not mine -_-) and the aliens made this noise and everytime they did Bentley would jump down from the cat bed wall hide for a bit and then pop his head back up and carry on watching it, silly little pig !

Here's a picture of Bentley enjoying a saturday night in with X-factor, he seemed to have a bit of a man crush on louie o.0
299030_10150353284328158_525328157_8174661_692168862_n.jpg


And here he is watching that Alien film i told you about :')
303973_10150412467578158_525328157_8459737_198884022_n.jpg


Haha, glad to know my piggies not the only one out there that loves a good film :)
 
Hahah! Our piggies love the telly too! Especially x-factor, Cash had us in stitches last Saturday as he's apparently a Little Mix fan... right after their performance ended he did this huge out of the blue all four feet popcorn :)):))

I think he's also a bit of a prude, he likes sitting on top of their house to get a better view of the telly but every time any sort of 'racy' scenes happen he jumps down or looks away quite disapprovingly heh.
 
That pigture of Bentley watching Aliens is so cute! x>>
 
Yes definitely! Rocky used to enjoy a bit of Spongebob lol. But Rufus has never shown an interest... maybe he's more of a 'radio' pig - I'll have to find out!
All the piccies are so cute :))
 
Ive often wondered if mine do, Lacey seems to be transfixed on the lights (without sounding posh, because I'm not) my TV has lights at the sides that light up with the colour thats on the actual programme and she seems to watch them a lot
 
Haha. My boy sugar LOVES watching telly. He thinks its the best thing since sliced bread. My dad turned it off the other day, while sugar was watching it (on my lap) and he wheeked untill it when back on!

Spice on the other hand is completly uninterested, and has to be facing my face. He will keep rearanging himself untill hes nice and close to my face so we can chat. If i ignor him he headbutts me to remind him I'm there. Needy piggy.
 
I would say yes. You've seen for yourself my boys watching their dad play computer games.

I have a very cute video (terrible quality though) of my old cat Winston, he was lying on my bed watching TV so I filmed him. When I panned round to the TV to see what he was watching guess what was on?...Homeward Bound! So cute. Talking dogs and cat didn't seem to freak him out though.
 
They do.

Whenever I watch My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic, if I have one of the girls on my lap they stare and the screen and burble when there's singing.

Jedward also makes a lot of noise whenever Rainbow Dash is in shot, I think Dashy's her favourite...
 
Curiously, it used to be thought that small rodents, especially guineas, couldn't be housed in the same room as a tv (old technology, CRT-type TVS) because when they're on, they emit a very high-pitched noise (which we humans can't hear) which was supposed to be damaging/unpleasant for them.

It doesn't happen anymore, because modern LCD & plasma TVs don't emit the sound, but you never see that advice given out in books anymore, even for people who still have the traditional telly type.

Always found it strange.
 
twiams said:
One of my boars, Bentley, . . . here he is watching that Alien film i told you about
AndreaJane said:
That pigture of Bentley watching Aliens is so cute! x>>
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
That is absolutely ADORABLE. And it is quite obvious he IS watching.
Connie said:
Haha. My boy sugar LOVES watching telly. He thinks its the best thing since sliced bread. My dad turned it off the other day, while sugar was watching it (on my lap) and he wheeked untill it when back on!
Click to expand...
Oh, what a precious story!

I am surprised to learn that they really do watch television; Bentley proves it! I was just guessing based on what it seemed like Red was doing. My dogs watch it if there is something interesting to dogs on (other dogs, cats, some other animals), but they ignore the rest. I had a cat once who watched it if he saw birds or butterflies or the like. But Redemption appeared to be watching the program.

I wonder what goes through their minds when they watch? And it being the case that they do watch, it makes me so sad to think of all the poor captive little ones who never get to see anything in their environments, who are whiling away their lives in the utmost boredom, when all it would take is to have a television running by their cages or at least to have the cage by a window. Maybe I will buy an older television and keep a taped program running and keep it by the guinea pig cages.

Thank you all for your answers!
 
my friends piggies watch x factor with her, (not mine as they don't like it inside , noisy little sisters.:) and I would rather sit in the garden at night than watch x factor:)>>>)
 
:(|) Some of our piggies sit on the upper pen levels facing the TV when it's on and we often laugh saying they're watching it too rolleyes Really am convinced they like it :))
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top