Pat Shields
Adult Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2011
- Messages
- 1,151
- Reaction score
- 50
- Points
- 425
- Location
- USA MO, Ft. Leonard Wood area
This must be the night for guinea pig games! It's the first time Red ever played with me deliberately. I was putting up the lawnmower key and decided to dangle it in Red's cage. It is a very small, lightweight key with a plastic top and strung on a lanyard. It surprised the heck out of me when Red ran over, grabbed the key and lanyard and started shaking them back and forth like a dog would. He tugged the key away from me. He started chewing the key top, so I took it away. He popcorned a bit and then ran away. A bit later I dangled the key again, and he ran over again and repeated the scenario. We did this for about 10 minutes until he went and hid in the pigloo. It was so endearing, I am sorry I don't have a video or pix to show. But he obviously is growing mentally and perceptually as well as physically. I'm still smiling.
I put his old toys back into his cage and this time he is showing interest in them (a cardboard tube and a round cage toy with a bell inside) and pushing them around.
I put his old toys back into his cage and this time he is showing interest in them (a cardboard tube and a round cage toy with a bell inside) and pushing them around.