Nothing quite like being told off by guinea pigs!

[Piggies&buns]

Just went out to add two of the four snugglesafes into the boys hutch (the other two I do in another few hours time so they get maximum amount of time of warmth over night). I had to dislodge two warm and comfy piggies from their beds to put the snugglesafes in and boy did they give me an ear bashing for asking them to move! Such characters!

 

[Betsy]

Naughty slave!

 

[Piggies&buns]

I know! They were muttering at me in a tone I haven’t heard from them before! I am sure their muttering translated to swear words! It was terribly rude of me to try to keep them warm though clearly!

 

[PigglePuggle]

I'm sure my piggies swear at me too, even mild mannered Jezebel when I tipped her (and 3 hours worth of wee and poops) out of her seagrass playpen house this afternoon to put her back in the nice clean cage!

 

[Piggies&buns]

We should be truly ashamed of ourselves for wanting them to be warm, dry and clean!

They’re so funny! I'm sad that I haven’t kept them long before now, I feel like I’ve been missing on such fantastic little characters! I’ve always had rabbits but I’ve never had that kind of attitude from them!

 

[Betsy]

Oh mine have attitude in spades! If one is in a snuggle tube and another wants to go in the same (they have 4 between 5 of them btw) the original one in the tube doesn't 'alf tell the other one off!

 

[dannif_piggies]

It's so funny when the pigs are unimpressed, you can seriously tell when they are annoyed at their pig slave I was giving Honey chin rubs earlier and when I stopped to post an Instagram she started teeth chattering at me, when I started rubbing her chin again it stopped! Honestly think these pigs get more and more demanding

 

[Swissgreys]

I am calling animal welfare as soon as I post this message.
Your poor piggies being moved from their warm beds so they can have new warm beds - it's an outrage

 

[Piggies&buns]

I think they’ve forgiven me. I just went out to put the other two snugglesafes in and the hutch temperature is two degrees warmer now than it was three hours ago despite it being two degrees colder outside (just 2 degrees outside now and the general hutch temperature is 12, but it is a few degrees warmer than that in their bedroom) so they have come to the conclusion that my awful behaviour was actually for their benefit!

 

[PigglePuggle]

Mine get most outraged at poop scoop time, how dare piggy daddy take away all those poops they spent hours spreading all over the fleece?!

 

[Guinea Slave]

Mine get outraged if they dont get grass at precisely 0730am every morning. It was tough trying to explain to them this morning that the grass was frozen and they couldnt have any. The racket they made was unbelievable! How can something so tiny be so demanding?

 

[Siikibam]

One of ours has a habit of chattering his teeth if you stop stroking him and stroke his age mate. Soon as you go back to him he stops He’s also quite demanding. Will not move away until he thinks he’s had enough of your scratching. And bites the bars at feeding time - he’s the only impatient one

 

[dannif_piggies]

One of ours has a habit of chattering his teeth if you stop stroking him and stroke his age mate. Soon as you go back to him he stops He’s also quite demanding. Will not move away until he thinks he’s had enough of your scratching. And bites the bars at feeding time - he’s the only impatient one

Laine has just started cage biting at feed time, so impatient

 

[Black piggies]

Our boar rumble complains if we make a noise. Today he complained about something on the TV and my son talking too loudly. We definitely get told off if he's not happy!

 

[Sappyshelly]

Clifford starts teeth chattering when i go on the computer and I don’t pay attention to him. He’s so distracting!

 

[Willow&Sky]

Willow frantically bites at the bars of her cage during floor time when she's decided its time to go back in. It's the only time she does it and she will not quit!

 

[Flutterby]

They don't like being woken up and moved do they

 

[Merab]

I get wheeked at, loudly, if I fail to provide food the instant they decide they want it - usually as soon as I walk in the front door.

 

[PigglePuggle]

My herd get very cross when I feed the giant snails, they can't understand why the foolish hoomans are feeding cucumber to a box of soil and rocks rather than to the piggy people!

 

[Swissgreys]

If I go out in the back garden and dare to return without a huge pile of fresh grass I get told off in no uncertain terms.
The piggies haven't yet grasped the concept of 'no grass in Winter becasue it's under a foot of snow'.
According to them if I was a devoted slave i could alsways dig for fresh grass

 

[Reenie]

I've just been well and truly disciplined by all 5 of mine for cutting their nails... Apparently a whole little gem lettuce to chomp away at isn't enough of a distraction. Bobby was chattering at me, while digging in to the lettuce, then snatched a bit out of my hand, which I was moving closer to him, and bit my thumb in the process! No blood drawn though, so I suppose that means our bond isn't broken

 

[dannif_piggies]

We have a stair gate and they know that noise means someone is coming up the stairs, and so they wheek assuming it's for veggies

 

[Betsy]

We have a stair gate and they know that noise means someone is coming up the stairs, and so they wheek assuming it's for veggies

Well obviously! Why else would you go up the stairs except to pander to your piggies every need?

 

[dannif_piggies]

Well obviously! Why else would you go up the stairs except to pander to your piggies every need?

I mean how dare I want to just go into my bedroom, or use the bathroom, what an outrageous thought! They even tried tricking me tonight telling me PigNan hadn't given the veggies whilst I was out! Such little fibbers!

 

[Betsy]

I mean how dare I want to just go into my bedroom, or use the bathroom, what an outrageous thought! They even tried tricking me tonight telling me PigNan hadn't given the veggies whilst I was out! Such little fibbers!

Absolutely as a piggy slave you are clearly failing in your duty. I may have to report you to the GPU (Guinea Pig Union).

 

[Gem789]

One of mine- Georgie, teeth chatters when I go near his and Guiseppes cage lol

 

[Bill & Ted]

Bill and Ted will give me, what I call a “side shuffle” with their back leg if you try and hand feed them something that’s not completely fresh (but perfectly fine for us humans!) I’ve never had animals do that ever, they are so cheeky and know exactly what they like (M&S, if possible!)

 

[Betsy]

they are so cheeky and know exactly what they like (M&S, if possible!)

Your guinea pigs clearly have expensive tastes! Mine have to make do with Lidl or Asda. Mind you if I'm feeling particularly flush they may get Sainsburys!

 

[PigglePuggle]

Mine insist on the Asda "extra special" pointy red peppers now... thanks piggy daddy for training the piggies to eat stuff I'd consider too expensive to buy for myself! The hoomans eat the cheapest basics range or whatever is on special offer...

 

[Piggies&buns]

Mine insist on the Asda "extra special" pointy red peppers now... thanks piggy daddy for training the piggies to eat stuff I'd consider too expensive to buy for myself! The hoomans eat the cheapest basics range or whatever is on special offer...

I’m quite grateful my husband doesn’t go into supermarkets all that often!

I bought a bag of oxbow Timothy hay/orchard grass blend but only as a treat because it’s twice as expensive as the Timothy I normally buy but I have never seen piggies or bunnies go so mad for a particular hay that they now wont eat the normal Timothy I buy and now I’m stuck buying the expensive stuff! I’m just glad my bedding hay is so cheap from the farm that it kind of offsets it!