Guinea pig mating dance

Spaghett and Acorn demonstrate the guinea pig mating dance! Plus a lot of funny guinea pig noises and a cute type of popcorning by standing up and shaking.
Check out the dance remix too! • Guinea pig mating danc...
I caught Acorn in a very frisky mood. I first noticed she was talking to herself with very loud clucking sounds. Then she started taking over Zucchin's job of chasing Butternut. And she was jumping and shaking in what seemed to be a funny variant of popcorning. In retrospect these all seemed to be signs she was in heat.
Mr. Spaghett noticed what was going on and they started zooming around the cage together, chasing each other and trying to jump on each other's backs. And there was so much rumblestrutting! I felt lucky to catch all these behaviors on camera.
Note - Spaghett is a neutered male so they are not actually breeding!
WHAT’S PIGS?
We publish daily highlights of the adorable antics of our guinea pig herd. Subscribe to see what they do tomorrow!
In June 2019 we adopted five pigs from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue. They are cute herbivorous pets with funny social interactions. We film all their behaviors, from cute guinea pig noises to eating sounds, playing with their food to sleeping with their eyes open, and occasional fighting. So far they have been most popular for their loud wheeking and rumblestrutting and their ridiculous guinea pig fights!
MEET THE PIG FAMILY
Spaghett is the boar of the herd. The rest of the pigs are females, but he’s a neutered male so they won’t be breeding. Sorry, no pregnant or baby guinea pigs! Spaghett has orange-brown fur with a white crest on his head and cute red eyes. He goes on morning romps with entertaining popcorning and zoomies. He does a hilarious rumblestrutting dance for the ladies while purring. When pigs argue he trots over to comfort them. He likes burrowing through hay and standing on his back feet like a goofy dinosaur. He enjoys petting, especially scratching behind the ears.
Acorn is the youngest. She has white, black, and gold fur with a cute mousy face. She’s inquisitive, always wants food, and talks to herself while exploring hay piles. Little Acorn’s special talent is jumping on houses to go on rooftop adventures.
Butternut appears either confused or deep in thought. She has white and gold fur. Her hobbies include sleeping and yawning while flopped over with her feet sprawled out. She continues wheeking, squeaking, and squealing at us after we have already given her food.
Pumpkin has black fur except for white back toes. She looks like a cow, a non-guinea pig, and a rabbit. She has noisy standoffs with Acorn when Acorn gets feisty.
Zucchin is the oldest and grumpiest. She has white and gray fur with cute red eyes. At first Zucchin fought with Spaghett. There were teeth chattering, nose raising, and hair puffing battles. Now they get along, but Zucchin is still a grouch. She enjoys lunging at anyone who comes near. She loves to chase other pigs out of their homes, then follow them to another home and chase them out of that one too. But she looks like a cute rat!
THEIR HOME
The pigs live in a custom 4 by 6 foot cage we made by merging 3 Midwest Guinea Habitat cages. We cut the seams of the cage bottoms and joined them into one large cage liner with duct tape and super glue. Now we have a MidWest cage of triple the size! The cage is on cheap folding tables so we can easily interact with the pigs. They first lived in the 3 cages connected by ramps with DIY ramp covers we made by sewing blankets.
Their bedding is soft paper bedding from Small Pet Select. We spot clean wet spots daily and do a full cage clean when the bedding starts to smell funky. They used to live on fleece blankets with towels and newspaper underneath. Back then we washed guinea pig fleece by hand in the sink. But since moving to a new apartment guinea pig laundry is less convenient.
The pigs prefer free stuff to actual guinea pig toys. They love to hide under packing paper. A DIY guinea pig house made from a cardboard box is a favorite hidey. They are not interested in most chew toys.
THEIR DIET
Their favorite hay is 3rd cutting timothy hay from Small Pet Select. They nibble hay cubes. But they get most excited for fresh grass. And gobble up guinea pig pellets.
They eat nearly any vegetable. The only thing rejected so far was zucchini. Their favorites are dandelion leaves, fennel, cilantro, parsley, banana leaves, kale, collard greens, kohlrabi, carrot tops and roots, beets, bell peppers, corn with the husk, cucumbers, and pumpkin. They go wild for homemade wheatgrass sprouts.
Their water bottle is a 26 ounce Living World Eco+ glass bottle.
THEIR CINEMATOGRAPHY
The pigs are filmed with the latest GoPro Hero 8 Black in 4K.

[@adambartlett7955]

i like the "jump up on the box" move. It brings the chasing to a.....whole new level.

[@ItsPigs]

Good one! :D

[@jixjones2964]

😘😍

[@sxgtheduelmaster2375]

Spongebob chasing music intensifies

[@katelyngigliotti5786]

Lmao yes

[@staceywithington5707]

@@ItsPigs n

[@kristen7623]

I’ve never seen the standing up shaking popcorn! So funny looking! I like when she just briefly stood on two legs at the water bottle haha

[@ItsPigs]

Yeah I hadn't seen that before either! I didn't realize quite how funny she was acting until the water bottle shaking. I also liked the part where she stood up but didn't quite shake. It reminded me of almost having to sneeze.

[@scypio8191]

@@ItsPigs * haven't

[@clanker8443]

Soooo cute!

[@Izzy-zw3vx]

@@scypio8191 hadn’t works too

[@flamulated]

We call that the "happy shiver dance" at our house. Our Pig does it when we are giving her pets or when I lean into cage and talk to her. She sniffs face/breath and seems to acknowledge and show happiness by doing the dance. Have never seen her do it at any other time. Her cage mate died very shortly after we got the pair and she is a human bonded solo pig who gets tons of attention so that may explain why she only does it for/about people

[@karaleetrapp]

Acorn you are a cute little troublemaker

[@ItsPigs]

❤️

[@nesmaul739]

Awww 😂

[@emmylynperkeroid7843]

my female is currently doing this to my other female, I thought it was just a dominance thing but shes going up to her and kissing her ears😅

[@peggingbatman]

what so your Guinea pigs are gay?? or is that just how Guinea pigs mate?

[@emmylynperkeroid7843]

@@peggingbatman I have lesbian guinea pigs I guess

[@peggingbatman]

@@emmylynperkeroid7843 That's cute 😂

[@meechiiii-]

Its called furr biting it is a sign of battles between guinea pigs not a gay guinea pig im sorry to say this

[@emmylynperkeroid7843]

@@meechiiii- I was joking aha! my piggies are bonded perfectly :)

[@Cantstoptheyuri]

They are so cute! also i like how you made beds and bowls out of cardboard boxes!

[@ItsPigs]

Yeah, cardboard boxes are the perfect guinea pig accessory!

[@FriskyMeerkat]

Frisky Acorn is adorable. That shake is the cutest.😄

[@ItsPigs]

I know! I liked how one of the shakes at the water bottle sounded like she still had water in her mouth while shaking.

[@wowerlasmer4346]

0:55 Lol “that’s my job”

[@ItsPigs]

I was pleased with myself when I came up with that part! :D

[@jbjacobs9514]

That was exactly what I was thinking. Poor Butternut getting it from everyone, it seems!

[@fritzjagr5121]

I love how Acorn just plopped down on her side at the end to take a nap. So cute! I wish I could fall asleep so easily...

[@ItsPigs]

I too love their flops! :D

[@apurvasharma8213]

Oh so that is why I wake up to upturned hideys and a messy cage when I wake up. I got two females but one of them turned out to be a male. At first I had no idea what was happening. Now I know what's happening 😂😂😂

[@allhandlesaretaken22]

I love how Acorn is trying to mate with Spaghett but Spaghett just runs away like he's saying "help me god" 💀

[@victors6866]

Acorn is so cute when she popcorns

[@ansleymoore5596]

I have to agree with that one!

[@dawnloewinthan5377]

I literally have guniea pigs who hate eachother , how did you get so lucky with two tiny cuties who aren’t trying to assasinate eachother for food

[@samanthab.8091]

I know this was a year ago, but make sure they have seperate food bowls, water, AND hides. Guinea pigs can be pretty snarky about their own food and stuff

[@susanaponte1579]

This goes on in my cage every once in awhile, sometimes when one is in heat, in the early morning there's mayhem, and I almost get to the point of wanting to put a grid up to separate the trouble maker, lol, but after a bit, it dies down, they're just hilarious!

[@ItsPigs]

It is usually a morning thing with our pigs as well. Spaghett is prone to getting the zoomies in the morning too!

[@henjen8937]

I can watch all this day hahah. I miss my guinea pig. :(

[@josephjackson5330]

I love guinipigs " your set up & there helthy liveing , brings out the fun in them.

[@ItsPigs]

Yeah, we like to set a good example and show all the funny things they do when well cared for!

[@kaiwi809]

I caught my Guinea pig watching this, I think I should give him the “TALK”

[@Tobysaurusrex10]

Yes but how old is he, if he's an adult I think you should have told him WAY earlier

[@PM-gx2bp]

These guys are like on raging hormones.

[@SivSeran]

They sound like tiny little horses when running. Very cute piggies!

[@Blended_coffee]

Someone is rambunctious today (Acorn)

[@ItsPigs]

Even more than usual!

[@shaelyadriel7787]

Their so cute doing the mating dance...I like your video and your Guinea pigs.

[@simonhunter3430]

I Love when they squeak its so cute!!!

[@Celeste.Martel]

2:28 the little jump got me AWE

[@jbjacobs9514]

Acorn was certainly having a moment! Spaghett is a pretty sexy fellow - she couldn't resist his charms. When you've got it, you've got it! I love how Pumpkin was basically not giving a care, while Zucchin and Butternut hid to stay out of the line of fire!

[@lovewheeks1208]

3:13-3:15 you can kinda see Spaghett’s leg. It looks like he was kicking out acorn. Or was it acorn? I’m not sure but you can see a foot by the left side of the door

[@ItsPigs]

I think Spaghett butt wiggled Acorn out of the house! When he really gets into the butt wiggling he turns and almost walks sideways and it looks very ridiculous.

[@lovewheeks1208]

It's Pigs! That’s silly!

[@LilBitkujoBL]

She’s like I come at you, you don’t come at me 😂

[@Destroyer-369]

3:28 wow they are playing❤

[@spookyseasonz]

Aww i love guinea pigs!! My favorite one is definitely pumpkin and acorn ❤❤

[@Zeldafan1ify]

Acorn is the popular bully who everyone is afraid of and Spaghett is that one horny nerd who creeps on her 😂 kinda like Helga from Arnold and her nerd stalker

[@beyondview]

The cage and items in it... I just have to say the owner is very resourceful for lack of a better word. No luxury living for the pigs

[@Elle_Johnson2]

Some quick grooming??? What the crap...

[@fallenbluedarkmoon]

So adorable cute ❤️

[@ItsPigs]

Thanks!

[@srbrant5391]

“Woot-wut.”

[@jessicawithlexi4835]

L was dancing on my house I And l saw this video

[@elenakoycheva2636]

My guaena pig aways jump on her home🐹🏠

[@RichyAqua]

cool they are soo beatiful

[@narellemacpherson6451]

Acorn on heat 🔥, Spagett sorry 😐 he could not accomodate

[@miked4309]

i watched two wild rabbits in the back yard courting each other. they would stand up and box each other with their front paws. so cute. it went on for a very long time. i read that it could be a mating thing or they could just be looking for a friend if they are the same sex.. i love how the pigs were courting each other too. its so cute to see the flirting.

[@noahstech55]

Butternut stays pop corning in air for sooo long and fast. Shes soooo cute! 😍😍😍

[@ferrarighostlypograjmercia9467]

1:26 the sims 4

[@pauldonaghy7722]

Just if you didn’t know when spaghetti put hjs head up it meant he was trying to look bigger than acorn or stronger just keep that information just in case it’s important one day

[@obparrot6390]

Do Guinea Pig females have seasons, like dogs? Do they come into season once a month?

[@karimadrigal3062]

lol i got this recommended thame sound they make is so werid

[@bighand1530]

I have checked out some Guinea Pig vids here and there. But I wasn’t expecting this lol.

[@divanmydeen7647]

Not dance it's fight

[@lindathrall5133]

MR.SPAGHETTILICOUSNESS WANTS SOME LOVE AND CUDDLE TIME

[@Mrbuttboi]

I love how she’s jus like “y won’t you love meeeeeeee?!” As she’s chasing him around 😂😂😂

[@RainyVisions]

😂

[@DianneJK]

nice toupee mr.spaghetti! lol!

[@xsm5525]

I wish I was born a guinea pig and not a human, they have a fun'er body shape to them and get away with having endless fun.

[@ansleymoore5596]

I haz the same brand of cage bot mine is smoler and my guineapigs name is peewee and I love the name acorn!!!

[@summer8965]

Any idea what's going to happen next?

[@ItsPigs]

They romped around on and off for a few hours and then things returned to normal. Spaghett is neutered so there won't actually be babies. But they did seem to have fun running around!

[@LeoSilva-ze9cc]

Lindos demais.

[@spike6192]

Somebody touched my spaghett!!!

[@ItsPigs]

haha

[@ItsPigs]

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[@brookiewesley2746]

I don't get it.. oh wait..OH LORRRD, I get it now. HEHEHEHEHE

[@tucci007da]

wasn't this scene in Spartacus where Kirk Williams is locked up and they send in a woman? while the Roman guard watches from above? ARE YOU NOT AMUSED?]

[@devinrobbins5543]

My Guinea pig winter does the jump shake...

[@calslynnslydell2304]

what cage is that

[@einarvalentinoronn9870]

Nice dance moves 😁👍❤

[@lorenariana]

and at bedtime I think he/she shouldn't even sleep because of the screaming

[@Simonriley53.]

Hey @It's Pigs! You Got 100K Subcribers Congratss

[@summericecream9151]

How cute

[@madisonm2979]

What a inserting dance ay? Lol I love the little noises they make it's so cute!!!!

[@ItsPigs]

Me too!

[@lisaolm6001]

My two young males do this all the time. I noticed that one of them has nipples though. Sometimes it gets so bad that I have to separate them. The vet said that they are both males. I also had a hedgehog that the vet said was healthy but the lady who took him found out from her vet that the hedgehog was really sick. He died from a massive tumor in his intestines. I am thinking that I have a male guinea pig and a female. Do male guinea pigs have nipples

[@sxgtheduelmaster2375]

I know that one is bigger I know which is smaller But please, What it the difference of guinea pigs and hamsters

[@rosalbatrochez-vargas5444]

Omg I have'nt watch your vids in along time because my phone broke

[@its_sofie2926]

My guinea pig shakes squeaks by her self but I only have female and chase but idk if guinea pigs sometimes chase each other Idk I’m new to guinea pigs

[@johnsierra3537]

This isnt a mating dance, just the dominance games guinea pigs play. My two girls do this all the time, and honestly i think the standing & shaking is just them trying to get dry; when they get like this, pigs will piss at eachother when one is sniffing another's behind...

[@superbseth64]

Oh Christ there mating - Hubert J Farnsworth 3012

[@LiliLili-dv4qc]

I think Acorn is the owner of the estate and she just colect now the rent! Who is now the boss?😂😂😂

[@andreschiriff4354]

Acorn needed expert advice that's why she was talking to herself 🤣

[@jacke357]

Acorn and spaghetti Preston happy married couple.

[@lovingourfurryheartlife]

Lol....popcorn shaking....lol my pigs used to do that.

[@Oreothegunieapig0928]

The black one walk into the box house the brown guinea pig was like what do you want

[@PloufsPuppet]

those waterbottles are not god for the teeth of guinea pigs. rather use bowls please.

[@Addi_Peaceclaw]

I hate it when guinea pigs chew after grooming themselves xd

[@susacland]

Which are the girls, and which are the boys? Mine are all boys lol 😆

[@annabeltemple230]

Okay, this is all good stuff. Educational, even. Better'n ours, we put people off with how wild our piggery gets. There's some difference of opinion as to proper care, but this is it. Pets are one thing. Livestock, another. Y'all were raised in civil society and brought up decent. All is revealed in how folks treat animals.

[@geminib2665]

Acorn is my fav! Such beautiful colors!

[@ImcoolerthanyouhAh]

My male and female like to climb on there cage until they can breed/Mate

[@darlyne5451]

My 2 girl guinea pigs sometimes do this lol

[@SlazeOnTop]

Are they fixed

[@Mean_Jean]

Guinea pig butts are the cutest thing ever

[@ItsPigs]

:D

[@christophermauricio4605]

EXITING

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Barry whites lets get it on should be dubed over this lol

[@animalplanets519]

The black-and-white one looks like mine

[@STP-zb4ou]

Respekt from Hamburg germany

[@guineapigfriend7606]

I once caught my guinea pigs doing this

[@Trickvi._]

2:51 😂😭

[@wj5mjk]

Did they ever mate.Any babies?

[@PhuongLe-pk1tt]

Pig babys so funny very Cutes

[@webertyrodrigues9819]

Que porquinho atormentando.

[@lalalalia7568]

so my 6 pigs (females) are lesbian like me i see

[@samanthalopez9751]

Steven universe could not even do a dance like that

[@ItsPigs]

The dancing is going to get even more intense in tomorrow's video! (dramatic cliffhanger...)

[@theguineapig9382]

Acorn and butternut are the best names

[@Homekocking]

Wonderful AMAZING THANKS FOR VIDEOS

[@rareism636]

Aww they are so cute and I have a question can guenia pigs live without drinking water?

[@oshi8994]

No. All living things need water.

[@rareism636]

@@oshi8994 he doesn't drink water and that is why asked this question

[@summericecream9151]

@@rareism636 Mine doesn't drink water but she has fresh wet salad and cucumber everyday which are full of water

[@rareism636]

@@summericecream9151 yes I think that the reason mine doesn't drink water

[@quillmaurer6563]

@@oshi8994 Some animals actually don't drink water - some desert creatures, including some mammals, I think something called a Jerboa. They get their needed water from food, and won't drink it if offered. But guinea pigs certainly do need water.

[@redpopchugger]

More like mating chase lol

[@moanoni9101]

acorn is the trouble maker

[@tieember9596]

that is one thirsty guinea pig

[@josephlalock8378]

quite similar to humans

[@ScottysAnimals]

Be really careful about breeding. You shouldn't breed unless you know for sure all the shelters are empty

[@ItsPigs]

No worries, Spaghett is neutered. He's actually Preston from LAGPR! A mutual fan pointed out a video where you tried to bond him with Gari a while back. They didn't get along so well, but it was still fun to see what they were like together!

[@lizassinginghub3140]

I loved it😊

[@ItsPigs]

Yay!

[@andreastocks8413]

piggiess