uuuh.. what was she doing?

[Dusty_bugs]

Hey guys,

Fed Appa and Momo some frilly lettuce from m&s. About 5 minutes later I looked over and she was doing that thing cats do when they regurgitate! About 4 or 5 little twitchy heaves. "What you doin' little lady" says I, she stops turns around and checked out a piece of hay before coming over and asking for more.

Was she coughing? Cos she didn't make a sound. Was it a pain reaction? Because she's had a really mellow weekend, no accidents and a nice tidy cage.. contractions? Cos she seemed to forget about them pretty quick!

Also, hi again! Haven't been on in a while because my new job wipes me out. I come home, do pigs .. eat and then sleep. Quite scary tbh.

Cheers guys,
Maya xx

 

[Wiebke]

It's called the "heaving hiccups" and nothing you need to worry about. You can find out more in this little article on the Peter Gurney health website here: http://www.oginet.com/pgurney/heavinghiccups.htm

I hope that your job will leave you a bit more time for your life again in the not so far future!

 

[Guinea pig slave]

Really scary to witness, I almost had a coronary the first time one of our piggies had heaving hiccups !
They carry on wondering why we're paranoid...little monkies

 

[Claire W]

I had my Enoch doing these on Saturday morning. He just looked at me as if to say 'what you looking at?!'

 

[Rodentopia]

one of mine had these a while back never seen it before and I thought he was choking, after googling it I felt an idiot

 

[Dusty_bugs]

hahaha.. Thank the lord. I thought I'd induced babies out her with an italien salad! I was all "but he's neutered!" Silly maya.