do you find some of your guineas are smarter than others?

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Do you find you have some guinea pigs that are really smart and others that are thicker than 2 short planks? Rocky gets easily outsmarted by his cagemate be it hiding food, playing, chasing, who else finds this?
 
Yes and they have me in complete stiches when they are being a ...."ahem, little bit slow" mallethead

But I love them all the same, each and everyonexoxo
 
Cariad may be a darling, but she is decidedly some cucumber short of a piggy dinner!

I have some clever ones, too. Hywel, Nia, Ffwlbri are currently my brightest, as are Tegyd and Tegan.

Minx, one of my first piggies, was like a mini dog and was getting into all sorts of scrapes because she want to figure things out herself, from stairs, running hoovers, fridges and exploring the entire house and garden all under her own steam! She also loved to anticipate any rituals and was often waiting already for the next part of the daily routine.
 
Dawny said:
Yes and they have me in complete stiches when they are being a ...."ahem, little bit slow" mallethead

But I love them all the same, each and everyonexoxo
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LOL rockys face when you laugh at him for being thick
 
:(|) Benny will not move out of his cuddle sac until I have cleaned the pen and put everything fresh in for him and his brother Frankie ?/ I can see him stirring but nothing will get him out zzz
Only when the veggie bowl arrives will he put in an appearance rolleyes x)
Thought he was just a snoozy piggy but after reading this, maybe he is smart :Ayociexp113:
 
Cookie is really bright and inquisitive - i reckon she could be trained shes that clever!

On the other hand if Megan were human she'd go to school on a yellow bus. She definetly needs extra help and support.
 
My guinea pigs are smarter than me! They sleep all day, get fed nice food and get someone to clean up there poo while they lie down choipping hay.

I have to work to keep them in the lifestyle they are accustomed to.... :)) :))


LOL - Both sport_billys on this thread....!

@Mrs Sport_billy get some work done, get off the forum :))
 
Henry is the first to figure something out and how it works whether it's rolling something and making the food drop out or pulling something. Alfie watches and waits and goes in and gets the rewards. So maybe Alfie is the smart one, I hide food around their run and Alfie sometimes finds it first and sits and eats it sneakily.
 
LOL Sport_billys :))

Yes, some of mine are definately smarter than the others ..... Sherbet is smartest in her group followed by Smartie then Rolo.....

Smartie is usually first to try things out so earns her usual name of 'Smartie Pants'

Sherbet is my bell ringing piggy and knows what time it is and how to get the slaves attention with Rolo being her understudy.... rolleyes

x
 
Oh, definitely!

Rather than have the aggro of catching them when it's floor time, I've 'trained' Squeak and Coco to get into a fleecy tunnel and then I lift the tunnel out of the cage and onto the floor. Then, when floor time is over and it's time to go back into the cage, I put the fleecy tunnel on the floor and they run straight into it!

It only took a couple of days to train this behaviour, but I've tried it with all 5 of my other herd, and they're having none of it! LOL! They look at the tunnel and then look at me, and run off in the opposite direction! inbreeding

Tracey x
 
I'm not sure one of ours is smarter than the other but Ruby if definately the braver one, she was first to go up the ramp, first to try and climb the stairs when i had them out in the hall. Dorothy follows not long after though most of the time!
 
My Freddie is a very intelligent boy, if you do kissy noises at him and say "kisses" he will climb up and give you a peck on the lips!
 
Pickles is definitely very clever, but she tends to use her brains to outsmart poor Pumpkin! She'll do things like hide all the vegetables, or turn the igloos upside down to annoy her! Pumpkin's just gotten into the habit of yelling for me when Pickles is winding her up and I come to the rescue!
 
When we got our pigs, I chose Clive because I liked the look of him, but he is a real hider and pegs it when I try to catch him. My husband chose Burt because he was popcorning all over the place and now he comes over to (try and) climb the cage walls when anyone comes in the room, just in case his cuteness will get him a bit of food! So think Clive still has his guinea pig 'street smarts', but Burt has happily adapted to human friendship ;)
 
Lottie is definately the bravest more inquisitive piggie than Bonnie.
Shes always the 1st to investigate something new and when she has her veg or fruit she takes it under the ramp away from Bonnie because she knows Bonnie will try and take it.
Bonnie takes a piece of veg, drops it and then looks everywhere for it when its right under her nose! Doh!
 
I used to think that Pixel was very clever. I mean she is, but that was until we got Marmite.

These two are definatley the smartest of my pigs. Marmite is the only one to ever escape (from an indoor cage thankfully!) and the only one to master the stairs. She always sits back and watches what the others do before she acts.
 
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