GP2- he's a quiet little pig compared to his brother.
On Sunday they were lounging about in their run, in the sunny bit (they do have shade). GP1 was on 'watch duty' GP2 was very nearly asleep, eyes just slightly open.
When we cuddle him, he yawns, a really open mouthed, teeth on show effort. It's really sweet, and because he's jet black, his teeth are sparkling white 
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I'm not sure how much they sleep either night or day. Presumably as prey animals they can't afford to be sparked out.
I've had 12 guineas before this pair, but never encountered such a lazy little hog habit.
(He eats well, same as piggie brother, but lesser amount as he's smaller)
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Guinea-pig keeps yawning- weird!
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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 18/06/2012 21:25
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BonkeyMollocks ·
18/06/2012 21:29
Maybe its a boy thing. My two yawn all the time, especially Big pig!
Mine sleep alot in the afternoon.
Nutters in the morning, snoozy in the afternoon, nosey and rummaging in the eve, until cuddle time :)
Although Big pig doesn't shut his eye to sleep, they are wide open 
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
18/06/2012 21:57
- I've no idea what they get up to during the day because they are in their pighouse. Can't think they have much sleeping time with all the eating and poohing that they do.
They are according to my DS 12yo crepuscular (active dawn and dusk) rather than pesky hamster nocturnal.
(Education not wasted on DS there)
So, being a fluffy little boar is really hard work that's why he yawns. I just wouldn't want to put my finger near those fangs
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BonkeyMollocks ·
18/06/2012 22:02
Crepuscular? Is that the name for it? 
T'is hard work don'tcha know 
They have to poo, and eat, and poo, and eat, look cute, and poo and eat....
On another subject....
I have ordered my C&C cage tonight! So excited!
Bought forward because Little pig escaped and ran riot round the living room, leaving poo everywhere!
Yes he slept vair well that night 
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
18/06/2012 22:16
C&C look really good, you can customise them - all one level, different layers and ramps a small prison cell for Little Pig and add to them as you need.
There's a YouTube video (Crazy Guinea-Pigs HD) that DD is addicted to. The video maker has 6 GPs (neutered boars and sows) . I don't know if it's a C&C cage but one of the GPs jumps up onto a high bed and pushes another one out yet the sides still seem to keep him in.
There's a few scenes of three of the pigs having a skuffle as well- real heads up lunging at each other- - but they just seem to tussel it out and walk away.
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
20/06/2012 22:53
I sometimes wonder if they sleep in shifts. They've been with us for 8 months so quite at home in their hoghouse, but the neighbours willow tree makes a heck of a noise against their roof. That would stop me from sleeping .
GP2 does curl up on my shoulder and snooze. DD says he closes his eyes but I can't see them (he's jet black with black eyes anyway)
I'm sure he bares his teeth at GP1, they scrap quite openly (not nasty, just barging the other out of the way).
But the yawning is mainly when he's having a hug, GP1 not near him.
He does: eat parsley, stomp about, get his bum right under my chin, curl up all tiny, then head down, yawn...pass wind
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fortifiedwithtea ·
21/06/2012 23:06
Old Boy is 5 years and 6 months. The months are important when you're a guinea pig .
No sign of piglets 70, Fatimus girl was too fast for him despite being a big fat agouti crested cross. Together they look like a comedy postcard with a fat wife and a skinny husband . Fatimus loves Old Boy very much. But Shy Girl only wants to talk to him through the wire and has made it clear she is not interested in him 
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BonkeyMollocks ·
22/06/2012 11:53
buns I wouldn't worry too much. Yes if they yawn at each other it could be a 'look at my big shiny teeth' gesture, or it could be a 'bugger! Im tired' yawn.
Big pig yawns right before he sprawls himself out under my chin. He yawns then flops. Definitely a lazy yawn
BonkeyMollocks ·
22/06/2012 13:53
As a general rule they don't bite.
By bite I mean a viscous chunk out of a finger drawing blood.
They may have a nibble. Just a 'hmmm...what do you taste like' thing. It doesn't hurt and once you get over the fear of them biting its actually quite sweet.
I used to always jump when mine did it but now I know that they aren't actually going to chomp on me...i love it.
Tbh you sound quite scared of them. Can you go back to your breeder and ask to handle some piggies their. Adults maybe, who are less skittish. It might help to build up your confidence around them.
Most animals have a knack of picking up on nerves and will respond to them, therefore making it a bit tricky to start trusting one another. :)
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
22/06/2012 15:27
threecurrantbuns GPs don't bite as a rule (never say never)
I've had 12 GPs before I got my 2 boars (the 12 were from when I was 9 til about 20 yo) . Some we bought, some were unexpected because we bought girls and one was a boy . One was already pg when we bought her.
We had one old sow, a Himalayan, who could give you a nip, but you had to do something to annoy her (like give her a bath).
The only time I've known a GP to draw blood was when one of them was literaaly dying. Their bodies go all floppy.She bit my mum and didn't have the strength to open her jaws. That was the only serious bite.
When my little boy yawns, the whole of the top of his head flips back to reveal these lovely teeth. It's a lazy, stretched out yawn.
2 GPs fighting will bare their teeth, but that's usually after lots of warning. Mine do a push and shove, then heads up- each raises their head higher and they go back on their haunches. If they go up on their hind legs it gets more serious. Then one will try to climb on the other one. (Ours do a side on assault).
Usually one will walk away -or we tell them to stop, like they listen!
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
22/06/2012 15:31
post too soon.
most "bites" are a genuine mistake. Usually if they smell food on your skin.
You can almost hear them spitting "FFS I'm a vegetarian "
GP1 -our big bolshy boar- will nibble my nose or DDs nose but nothing more.
GP2 does a little 'bite' when I cut his nails, but it doesn't mark the skin.
If they wanted to bite you, they could
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