Guinea pig kicking the other one

[G&C]

Hi everybody, I just wanted to share with you some behaviour I have noticed from my little guy (Gilbert) towards the older boar (Gizmo).

Sometimes, especially during feeding Gilbert tries to block Gizmo from getting to the food as he wants it all to himself and when Gizmo gets closer to him his little squeaks get louder then he kicks him with his back legs, has anyone seen this behaviour before? I’d never seen it before, it doesn’t escalate or anything. I spread their veggies out in the cage so they can both get some but it’s just initially he does this probably every day. I’ll try get a video uploaded.

 

[Swissgreys]

Lucy not only kicks her back legs out at Harry, but she sprays him with urine too when she thinks he is getting a bit too big for his boots!
So this behaviour sounds totally normal to me.
Spreading the food out and feeding little and often are also good plans ot make sure no one gets more than their fair share.

 

[Wiebke]

Hi everybody, I just wanted to share with you some behaviour I have noticed from my little guy (Gilbert) towards the older boar (Gizmo).

Sometimes, especially during feeding Gilbert tries to block Gizmo from getting to the food as he wants it all to himself and when Gizmo gets closer to him his little squeaks get louder then he kicks him with his back legs, has anyone seen this behaviour before? I’d never seen it before, it doesn’t escalate or anything. I spread their veggies out in the cage so they can both get some but it’s just initially he does this probably every day. I’ll try get a video uploaded.

Back leg swipes are very normal, mild behaviour and nothing to worry about. Both genders do them. It is a gesture that means something like 'Stop pestering me'. All my piggies do it.

 

[PigglePuggle]

Piggle kicks out with her back legs at Puggle at feeding time sometimes, I've bought a dish with 2 compartments but they still always go for the same side and usually the same piece of food! Puggle pulls Piggle's ears then and runs off with the best bit of food. Its all quite good natured and playful and never escalates into anything nasty though, its more like a sports match

 

[anyar.dris]

Lucy not only kicks her back legs out at Harry, but she sprays him with urine too when she thinks he is getting a bit too big for his boots!
So this behaviour sounds totally normal to me.
Spreading the food out and feeding little and often are also good plans ot make sure no one gets more than their fair share.

My Cookie does that to Prince, spray him with her pee when she's annoyed. She does it with me as well when I want to pick her up! My hand would be full of her pee so I have to wash my hands before picking her up again! Naughty Cookie.

 

[DocDoc]

Talk about the mother of all guinea pig kicks! Sneezy, the long-haired one, was the baby of the family and getting picked on by two of his bigger brothers, Doc and Bashful (yes, they are all named after dwarves lol). I suppose he just got sick of it one day, because he took a flying leap towards Bashful and karate kicked him! It was actually pretty impressive, I didn’t know guinea pigs could do something like that. Needless to say, Bashful ran off and hasn’t picked on Sneezy ever since. To top it off, remarkably, I just happened to be recording them when this occurred. If you’d like to see it, the link below is to my personal Twitter page where I posted the video.

https://twitter.com/x/status/931400570581155846

 

[MrsKrisS126]

Back leg swipes are very normal, mild behaviour and nothing to worry about. Both genders do them. It is a gesture that means something like 'Stop pestering me'. All my piggies do it.

My piggies do it too! Pumpkin will be just laying in her corner and spooky will come up to her and karate kick her for no reason! Lol love my piggies. I have 7. Love watching all their personalities and how smart they are!

 

[Wiebke]

My piggies do it too! Pumpkin will be just laying in her corner and spooky will come up to her and karate kick her for no reason! Lol love my piggies. I have 7. Love watching all their personalities and how smart they are!

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