My Guineas Are Fraudsters!

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The other day I put all six into their indoor cage and gave them their evening meal whilst I cleaned out their shed. When I got back there was my husband stooped over the cage pleased with himself because he had 'rescued the hungry piggies'rolleyes. Apparently he had come in the hall and they all started wheeking and climbing up the bars...all six not just the usual ring leaders. So he thought I had'nt fed them (bad mummy) so went into the kitchen where their breakfast was made up ready for the next day and thinking this was their dinner he fed them!rolleyes

When I came in and asked what he was doing he explained that they had gone mad for the food so thinking they had'nt been fed, he fed them! They had only been fed 20 minutes ago! So so naughtymallethead. So slapped bottoms and I took out some of the food (they have plenty please don't think they are starving they are the most spoilt piggies in the world).

So fast forward a week later, they are round at my parents in their indoor cage (we all go their every Sunday evening for dinner including the guineas). They had had their food about half an hour before. My mum walked in and cue the cute faces, screaming for food and paws up on side again:{. She called out to me to ask if they had been fed. So I said yes. So we tried an experiment........ She walked out of the room and I walked in nonchalantly and not a peep, not a single wheek. I walked out, mum walks in, wheeks, screaming for food etc etc.

They are scheming little terrors!! I now have to make it clear to anyone around when they have been fed.....three times they have had a double breakfast or dinner now...3 times! (I do admire their cheek and intelligence mind!8;))
 
They are clever little beasts, aren't they? Mine won't wheek when hub or I are in the house and using the front door to put something into a bin, but there is always desperate chorus as soon as we have been out and are coming home!

Thankfully, hub has wised up to the "forgotten dinner" trick some years ago! ;)
 
Oooooooooooh, what naughty little piggies you have! They are adorable though, and certainly brighter than people think! :)
 
It never ceases to amaze me how intelligent they are and what little schemers they can be. It always amazes me when people say they're boring?!
 
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Thankfully, hub has wised up to the "forgotten dinner" trick some years ago! ;)
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Ooo they are naughty are'nt they!? We have had guineas for nearly 9 years now but this is the first time we've had this. Clearly we're still being educated by them...wonder what on earth will be next!? Oh and how exactly do they know when you are catching them to take them to the vets?! Even the easiest one to catch is a devil when its vet time!
 
My hubby works nights so comes in at half six.Not a peep from them til they hear me or my daughter getting uo then tgey staet shouting.Not that hubby doesn't speak he talks to the dogs just doesn't bother with them
 
Mine do it too, one of us will feed them and then whenever someone different walks in after they've wolfed it all down they'll wheek like they haven't been fed for a week but never at the person who fed them in the first place - who they know isn't so forgetful that they'd fall for that and feed them twice! @)
 
Yup - my 2 got double tea last week - MrS was totally played! He is now under strict instructions only to feed them if I say so. It was particularly annoying as I then didn't have enough salad for the following day and had to make an extra trip to the supermarket!
 
Oh I am loving these stories! What clever little things they are. Clearly its very easy for us human slaves to be taken in by them and manipulated mercilessly. Reminds me of that film Cats and Dogs.

Mine also know as soon as they hear the zipper on the carry case too and shoot in all directions at once and hide leaving me standing there looking at (for intents and purposes), an empty cage. Yep the dumb human face again.
 
My piggies won't react to hub getting up, but hub has observed them more than once starting to get excited as soon as they can hear my bed creaking and me getting out of it upstairs. They can certainly differentiate between me and hub coming down the stairs - that is when the full chorus will set in!

The Tribe picked up the trick with the front door from our kindly neighbour coming in to feed them during our frequent absences in the last few years when my MIL was ill/in hospital so often and we had to make yet another emergency dash.

Definitely not boring and VERY sneaky when it comes to getting hold of more food!
 
Great Stories!

They never cease to amaze me the lengths they will go to, to fill those furry bellies :)

I love the fact they knew you and your mum apart.... sneaky piggies :))
 
I can't eat an apple in the front room now without a riot starting - all because daddy pig gives them a bit of apple whenever he has one on his days at home. The minute they smell one they know their rights!
 
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