How do you know if piggies are enjoying being stroked?

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Well Piggle and Dotty have been with us a few days now and they seem very happy - chatting to each other and gobbling up all the veggies I put out! I got my order from sphs (or whatever it is) supplies yesterday with the Oxbow hay etc and I put that in the hay rack and they seemed over the moon about that... But one thing is a mystery to me!

They don't like being picked up - which from reading things I understand most piggies hate being picked up anyway!- but once they are on your lap or your chest they stay very very still and let you stroke them. They don't attempt to move and sometimes they may little noises - a bit like the cooing noises they make to each other... Does this mean that they are enjoying being stroked or do you think they are frightened? I can't work it out!

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Hi Nancy,

If a pig is just sitting there then they are enjoying it. When my pigs put their heads down on my knee I know they are really relaxed!

Take care,

Louise
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snowdrop comes to me now to be picked up shes so sweet she makes little noises and sort ov shakes when shes making the noises she sometimes licks me 2 not sure y just thought it was a love thing, i never thought id get so much pleasure in looking after my piggies but i'm turning the shed into piggy heaven so i can get a few more I currently have 12 7 ov which r babies which I'm keeping 2 ov and my stepdaughter had 2 and her mum doesnt want them anymore so ive adopted them. sorry rambeling on abit arnt i xx0
 
aww thats really sweet kath .. and thanks Louise. I just worry because I keep thinking if they are scared out of their wits or something and thats why they are making the noises but they are too scared to move!
 
Sounds to me like they are enjoying it. When mine want me to stop stroking them, they headbut my hand as if to say "get off now" :)
 
My batteries have died on my camera going get some today so i'll post some pics my 17mnth old daughter loves them she keeps opening the cage to stroke snowdrop xx
 
awww i don't know whats sweeter - snowdrop or your little daughter stroking him / her! lol :smitten:
 
My gang purr and close their eyes and nap on my lap,
 
Poppy, Kika and Xenia are really affectionate - they squeak and love to snuggle into my neck. Kali and Phoebe are not that affectionate, but more nervous when picked up.
 
If they are vibrating or chattering theyre teeth they dont want to be help anymore

Vibrating - Scared
Chattering teeth - In a bad mood
 
there was only ever ONE piggy in my life where I def. knew she loved being stroked - and thats because she used to actually fall asleep on my arms.

Apart from this very special piggy (miss you, pebbles) I never had a clue. However, you can def. tell whether or not they are FRIGHTENED - at the beginning my himi Milka was very skittish and for nothing in the world would she eat while on my arm. Now she is gobbling her treats down when I am holding her, so she must be feeling pretty secure.

But it still doesnt tell me whether or not she actually likes being stroked, or if she just tolerates it.
 
Guinas can purr too which shouldn't be confused with the vibrating noise they can make when scared. Fleur does it all the time if you rub her behind the ears. Flora doesn't but snuggles right in! Twinkle does it too as does Cuzzy sometimes. Sunshine is always sniffing too care about it!

Louise
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Hmmm thats interesting! Is the chattering noise quite loud or it is a quiet sound? I am stil unsure whether they are chattering or purring! lol

Last night I was cuddling and stroking Piggle and she seemed to like it because I think she was making some sort of purring sound.. but after a while she got fidgety and decided to hide down the side of my dressing gown - ! - so I guess thats a good sign she had had enough! I put her back in the cage then... :D
 
They do like to hide up, I think that is just exploring. Cuzzy does it a lot. If it was teeth chattering they would probably look bigger in size and wouldn't be relaxed on your lap. I think 30 minutes cuddle is well enough time, especially for younger pigs although I had Fleur and Flora out for 1hr 30 on Sunday and 30 Mins Monday, Tuesday amd an hour yesterday and they were fine. The boys are different they just want to play and mount everythign in sight! It's a boy thing, I'm sure they'll calm down when they are older! :D
 
my pigs especially Dempsey, lay on my lap make a chunterring noise while being stroked.If you stop he nudges your hand and keeps nudging you until you start again.Then he will flatten (almost like hes been squashed) his body between my legs and then the back legs srpag out from beneath. He sits there with me watching a little television and then when he's had enough he will popcorn on my knee to tell me he needs the loo. Often when i put him back in his cage and he's done his business he wheeeeeeks until he's had his way and is out on my lap again. Then Teddy gets jealous and joins in on the snuggles.
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P.s if anyone does take Dempsey be warned.........................he hates Eastenders and WILL NOT sit there on your Knee when the credits start. He hates the music and hides for dear life O0
 
ahhhh thats making more sense to me now. I dont think Piggle and Dotty do the chattering thing... they seem quite relaxed. (Haven't tried them with eastenders yet though! haha).

There was a lot of excitement yesterday because I sneezed and they were so frightened you would have thought the end of the world was coming...! They both squeaked really loudly and ran off as fast as they could into their little house in the cage! By the time I realised what they were doing all I could see were a couple of piggie bums trying to squash in! ::) ::)
 
My John Anderson loves to sit on my lap/chest and be stroked, he's not found of under his chin, but likes his head or just behind his ears being stroked. He flops himself down though, doesn't make any noise just flops ;D
When he doesn't like something he'll vibrate before he'll make any kind of noise and if he's really not happy then he will brrr but takea a lot for him to start brring.

Bob on the other hand likes to sit on your lap but isn't keen on being stroked. He constantly coos and chatters away but if you start stroking him then he'll headbut your hand off. He likes to burrow and hide in your sleeves, under blankets instead.
 
Mine flatten themselves and have a sleep, they dont make any noises when i stroke them but if i cover bumbles eyes when i stroke her she buts my hand lol x
 
Mine sit there and cudle into my arms or just sit there licking me for ages ( think I must taste good :D) and I assume this is a happy thing as I know when they don't like something because they fidget or try pushing me away with their heads (very cute to watch them try even if it is never going t happen :smitten:)

They also have the weakest bladders ever. I can't have them for more than 30 mins at the most without getting a little packet of chocolate jellybeans...or worse >:D :smitten:
 
One of mine sorta headbuts my hand when I'm stroking her - does that mean she wants to me to stop? I keep going cos I'm not too sure - she probably hates me if she's trying to tell me to stop. :(
 
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