What The Heck Are Zoomies About?

[Tigermoth]

I've been watching Timmy sprinting up and down the pen, clattering and bashing his way about. It's exhausting just watching! What on earth must be going through their mind? Jenny just stands there, if she could she'd have her hands on her hips as if to say she is FAR above that kind of behaviour. Instead she is trying to get under the fleece. Again.

 

[Swissgreys]

Happiness.
Simple joy.
Celebrating having owners who give them the space to zoom (if they choose to of course).

 

[Tigermoth]

It looks more urgent than fun. As though some distant memory of Peruvian plains has kicked in! It's great fun to watch.

I plucked Jenny from the pen and she has dug her way down my sleeve. I think she's asleep but now and then I feel her licking my arm.

 

[Kylie80]

Sometimes when the girls do it just at random I think maybe they think they are fat and just do a few laps of the cage to burn some calories lol (jokes).

 

[Freela]

Just excitement/happiness/excess energy. The other day my daughter and I were watching our baby pig (about 8 weeks old) doing zoomies and popcorning and commented that we don't think we've been as excited about anything ever as she is on a daily basis! LOL!

 

[sport_billy]

it is nutty isn't it. Baby Chickpea does not stay still, she zoomed into a Vimto bottom last night and briefly stopped and looked confused... Hurdled the food bowl and was off again. I love zoomies

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Most of my piggies zoom at some point, I just figure they're cuckoo for Coco puffs

Run run run run HALT. Run run run!

 

[Flutterby]

Zoomies are so fun to watch!

 

[sport_billy]

Most of my piggies zoom at some point, I just figure they're cuckoo for Coco puffs

Run run run run HALT. Run run run!

I forgot the sudden HALT with all the brakes on before setting off at high speed

 

[TAN]

Enjoy your zoomies while you have them - sadly they usually grow out of them - same for popcorning that's why i love baby piggles so much.

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Enjoy your zoomies while you have them - sadly they usually grow out of them - same for popcorning that's why i love baby piggles so much.

When do they grow out of it? My oldest pigs are a year and a half and still go at it like mad, I'll miss it when it stops!

 

[TAN]

Mine stopped about 2 - some peoples piggies do carry on zooming or doing the odd popcorn - but popcorning practically disappeared with all of mine when they were about 3.