[Gpdd] Behavior: How Smart is Your Pig?

[Cavykatie at aol.com]

Hi!  I first want to say that I really really enjoy reading these "How  Smart 
is Your Pig?" things.  Keep 'em coming!  : )
 
When I walk by Scamper's cage, she starts squeaking like crazy until I pick  
her up and let her run around on the floor.  Also, somebody said about this  
before, but when we give Scamper veggies, she swings her head around a  couple 
times.
 
Also, a few years ago when we had a few more pigs than we do now, we would  
sometimes give them grapes (they loved them!).  Rose would always grab a  
grape, stuff it under her belly, stand up, and wave her head around as if to  say, 
"Hey!  I didn't get one!" So since what she did was so  cute, we would give 
her another and then another and another, and she'd keep  stuffing them under 
her belly until she couldn't possibly fit anymore under  her.  She would then 
take them out one by one and eat them.
 
Also, Tiptoe used to love to snuggle up with our one cat and the cat loved  
it and they took long naps together.  Our cat would bop all the other  piggies 
who tried to get too close to "his" guinea pig.
 
~Katie & the Cavies
    Scamper, and always remembering Lilac, Tiptoe,  Wooly Bear, Rose, & Harry