[Gpdd] [gpdd] MISC : Silly behavior

[CaTT1998 at aol.com]

Hi everyone,
 
Congratulations to those with new piggy family members, and condolences to  
those with a sick piggy or one that has crossed the bridge.  (Sorry for the  
generic message - I usually try to e-mail individually but I have fallen  
behind.)
 
I wanted to share something that my piggies do that always makes me smile -  
hopefully it will make you smile too.  :)
 
My piggies are in a sort of family room area near the kitchen and dining  
rooms, so they can oversee everything that goes on by their humans.   Whenever I 
go to the grocery store, my pigs know that I would never dare come  back into 
the house without some sort of produce.  So when they see me  carrying bags 
in, they watch and wait as I set them on the counter, then start  unpacking.  
 
When I get to the last bag, all 5 of the girls gradually line up on the  side 
of the cage facing the kitchen (standing up on their hind legs with their  
front paws on the bars) and start wheeking and/or biting the  cage (depending on 
which girl it is).  This excites the boys so much  that they both stand up - 
facing AWAY from the kitchen and towards the girl's  cage - and chew the bars 
and making rumbling and wheeking noises.
 
I was wondering how they knew I was almost done with the groceries, and  
would be washing / distributing samples of produce.  But then it dawned on  me - 
they must be smarter than I am!  (Which of course all guinea pigs  already 
know.)
 
Theresa and Abby, Shadow, Cupcake, Phoebe, Nigel, Mickey and  Jasper