Ridiculous guinea pig fight - the conclusion

Today, the saga of Acorn and Pumpkin's ridiculous guinea pig fights. It has been 6 months since the last fighting between them, so we wanted to celebrate their truce by recapping the situation. And reflecting on Acorn's most epic jump attacks...
The backdrop of our story is their last fight 6 months ago. As usual there were loud aggressive guinea pig noises and teeth chattering sounds. Basically a shouting match. Spaghett followed them around rumblestrutting to try to keep everyone calm.
In this round of fighting Acorn finally got what she wanted - she became dominant over Pumpkin. Acorn had been below Pumpkin in the pecking order. Guinea pigs have a very strict social hierarchy! Acorn was growing and seemed to be occasionally challenging Pumpkin to see if she was ready to claim dominance.
Between these arguments they got along fine. We never saw injuries or evidence they were trying to hurt each other. Otherwise we would have split them up into separate cages. Guinea pigs can inflict serious bite wounds on each other. Fighting and aggression need to be taken seriously!
WHAT’S PIGS?
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In June 2019 we adopted five pigs from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue. They are cute herbivorous small pets with funny social interactions. We film all their behaviors, from happy 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 ginger fur with a white crest on his head and cute red eyes. He goes on funny romps with entertaining popcorning and zoomies. He does hilarious rumblestrutting while purring. When pigs argue he trots over to comfort them.
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 for 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 made by merging 3 Midwest Guinea Habitat cages. We cut the seams of the cage bottoms and joined them into one large cage liner. They first lived in the 3 cages connected by ramps with DIY ramp covers we made by sewing blankets.
Their bedding is IKEA TOFTBO bath mats. We’ve tried disposable paper bedding and fleece blankets with towels underneath. But this is the best guinea pig bedding we have found so far! It’s extremely comfortable and absorbent. We spot clean at least twice a day. And every day we wash 1 of the 3 carpet rugs in a portable washing machine in the bathtub and dry it using a spin dryer for laundry. It’s easy and convenient compared to washing fleece by hand in the sink!
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 chew toys.
THEIR DIET
Their favorite hay is Oxbow timothy hay. We get 50 pound boxes on Chewy. They also enjoy hay from Small Pet Select, KMS Hayloft, and Standlee. But they get most excited about fresh grass. They also gobble up Sherwood Pet Health 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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
The pigs are filmed with the latest GoPro Hero 8 Black in 4K.

[@Lioalelove5]

**ACORN AND PUMPKIN ARGUING** *SPAGHETT:* Ladies, ladies...puh-leeeasee! Look at my smexy dance! 😏🕺 *ACORN & PUMPKIN:* Ohhhh! 😮

[@ItsPigs]

haha

[@mewmew8909]

Loool

[@xierraleone1905]

When did she dance?

[@Lioalelove5]

@@xierraleone1905 2:22 Spaghett the boar piggie is the gang peacemaker

[@joshuagonzalez2594]

@@ItsPigs. The cute pigges have earned you a sub. Thanks for putting things they enjoy and eat.... Very helpful in case I want to get one or in your case 3.

[@emnbeats41]

Spaghett be like “Check out my sleek fur and my round rump, ladies” Acorn and pumpkin be like OOOOOH

[@guineapigtv5122]

Spaghett is just watching like it’s a sport

[@melissaclobo]

😆

[@Kan-di8re]

Maybe it is

[@FriskyMeerkat]

That is amazing! I never knew guinea pigs could be so complex with their pecking order. Spaghett did a great job calming everyone down.

[@mooganify]

But how did the one on the right even see the dancing

[@bengal4047]

@@mooganify A surprisingly wide range of vision; guineas are prey animals

[@kleptiic1753]

i like this comment :D

[@slaterreece6785]

So true

[@zoecoomber8128]

I’m just learning about all this! I got 2 Guinea pig babies (girls) a few days ago! and they are fine inbetween they sit and eat together or sleep together etc but occasionally they’re doing this, I guess there trying to figure out who’s boss?? I never had piggies before so it came as a suprise and I thought they were actually fighting!! xxx

[@rachaelpage8507]

I love how the whole time Spaghett was like "gUyS cHiLL!!!😂

[@manycatz3746]

Yeah, he's saying there is plenty of ME to go around

[@Truffle85]

I'm glad the girls have figured things out. I love Spaghett trying to referee. Spaghett: guys, look at this. Pumpkin and Acorn: nice moves, but we have stuff to sort out.

[@doubleaaaron]

I'm always amazed by guinea pigs behavior. Spaghett dancing to calm the other two is pretty funny. I think I would die laughing if I saw a human do this. Imagine if cops starting dancing to break up fights. 😂

[@ItsPigs]

Haha, yeah. I find it funny how confident Spaghett appears that dancing is the solution. "If only they stopped and looked at this dance everything would be solved!"

[@joshuagonzalez2594]

@@ItsPigs. Well technically your actually right ya know. It's been studied that guinea pig's pick up on a lot of what we do like and what we don't like..... So if their dances calm you down they'll be calm in turn..... Most of the time's.

[@briggerz]

He's not dancing though, rumblestrutting is him asserting his dominance over the other two. He sees them fighting for dominance and comes in to say I'm in charge.

[@antoinemozart243]

I think it would work, but only the guinea pig's way !

[@Blkintrovert88]

Look at butternut in the back like, "Just gonna mind my business and be the baby"

[@ilikefoodies3346]

Spaghett was like: HOLD UP WHAT IM MISSING?! 0:35

[@ItsPigs]

I love how he followed them around in that one. He's a good little referee.

[@melissaclobo]

Gosh these piggies🤷

[@erick3787]

I love how Spaghett is always trying to calm everyone down

[@MikuHatsuneYT]

"Plus Acorn might just be a brat" LMAO

[@ItsPigs]

:)

[@neverbeenmoredepressed7393]

Spaghetti be like: ✨i do the dancy dance✨🕺🏿

[@thundersnow93]

When I had guinea pigs in the past, the boys always seemed the calmer, friendlier ones while the girls tended to bicker and fight more often.

[@gobalbucs]

That has been my experience with pretty much every pet my family has ever owned: guinea pig, rats, hamster, bunnies, bird, dogs, and cats. All our female pets have been feisty and temperamental to some degree (but also very sweet), meanwhile, our male pets have all been very chill and relaxed.

[@williamstriker2299]

My girlfriends have been the same.

[@jdmm4526]

@@williamstriker2299 Lmao🤣

[@wendi-bnkywuv]

Females do tend to be feisty and males are more relaxed in many small animal societies.

[@_lil_lil]

That's so interesting, Back when I had piggies as a kid the Male ones were less chill than the female ones (we split the 2 males up but that didn't matter). Now my mom has an older male who is so chill that he only squeaks when he reeeeally wants parsley or is running low on timothy hay, otherwise he's really quiet. The females usually got along no problem, we had 5 of them.

[@citibear57]

Spaghett = 👮‍♀️ Pumpkin = 😇 Acorn = 😈 Haha 😂

[@ItsPigs]

Sounds about right!

[@joycekim2430]

There has been a legend about two warriors Pumpkin and Acorn they had war for 6 months 😂😂

[@therevengeofthefupacabra6911]

I love how the orange one with bangs are observing them.

[@lemmyxpro]

I never knew they had a hidden rivalry... but good lord those jump attacks and stuff were ridiculous... Especially when the knocked over the hide at 0:49

[@RoastedMarshmelon]

I love Spaghett and his haircut ❤️

[@whitneyblanchard7497]

Pooor spaghetti is in the middle of all of it! Spaghetti looks like my ginie pig but he’s not albino and he has more hair on his head❤️❤️

[@ksp-crafter5907]

Also a white crest? 😍

[@katphifer3172]

idk brown sus.

[@whitneyblanchard7497]

Kat Phifer 🤣🤣

[@Lolapetunia2356]

Spaghett wiggling his little butt around is so cute 😂

[@rekhathornburn3220]

Wow! Truly awesome to watch. The dynamics are just amazing. Mr Spagett getting a quick sniff in while Pumpkin is distracted !!! So pleased they've sorted it out. My 2 boars couldn't work it out so have separated for almost 3 years now. But are still little cuties xxx

[@ItsPigs]

I found that sniff pretty funny too!

[@savagebanshee1234]

Wow! Truly awesome comment!! Love ya!

[@tinap8955]

I really enjoyed that. It's interesting to see how the herd has changed over time. Mr Spaghett's dancing is always a treat. He starts wagging that big bottom and I can't help but smile. Oh, and Acorn's jumping skills are either amazing or alarming, I'm not sure which. Thanks for a really interesting video of life with pigs.

[@kadejito1]

0:33 This little sequence of fights never fails to make me almost swoon with cute overload. Acorn is such a little gangster. Acorn doesn't believe in warning shots, or three strikes you're out, or search and seizure warrants. When Acorn doesn't like you, he's gonna drag you out by your fur into the street to fight you proper 🐹🐹

[@ItsPigs]

Yeah, she doesn't mess around!

[@citibear57]

Aww...so sweet! Spaghett was doing his happy dance. And they all lived happily ever after 😊

[@DiggitySlice]

Aww Spaghett in the back just rumbling away the whole time. He's doing a good job.

[@nikinajjaci5525]

Video:Will you watch more to help this pig? Me:This is the best channel ever,of course i would!

[@ItsPigs]

:)

[@blusquid6575]

Acorn and pumpkin: U WANNA GO YEAH? COME AT ME THEN! Spaghett: so anyway, I started dancing.

[@edge_lrd4699]

The three of them seem like a friend group and spaghetti is always in the middle of acorn and pumpkin fighting

[@stuartmiller2384]

Lovely little animals. My daughter (57) still has them supposedly for my granddaughter (19 !)

[@beverleybalshaw9119]

You're never too old lol 😆 I'm 60 and have four 🤭 My little Furry Family 💕

[@narellemacpherson6451]

Love Spaghettis 🍝 hairstyle 🐹🙂🥰

[@luijo633]

Acorn: 😡🗡️ Pumpkin: 🔫😤 Spaghett: 🗿🕺 Acorn & Pumpkin: 😳🙏

[@AnimeShinigami13]

I'm glad it stopped, good boi Spaghett! Give da boar a hug for me! I would have jumped in just to stop the stress the two were causing.

[@debb4142]

Love my Spagett! These videos helped me stay sane during Quarantine!

[@ItsPigs]

Happy to help!

[@sarahmc2912]

I love you Mr. Spaghett ❤❤❤😊and I’ve always tuned in to all of your beautiful furryfamily and all your lovely shares.. Thank you for always being such wonderful loving souls who love and care for all living beings, and we are forever grateful ♥️🥰🙌🐾🙏🥹✨

[@jaygravitygames]

“Guys stop fighting watch me swing my hips”

[@leannerasmussen2533]

Acorn and Pumpkin may be the dominant ones but Spaghetti is the intelligent peace maker! You keep letting those two think their in charge Spaghetti. Keep the peace ♥️

[@leegoose8012]

I had no idea there was so much to it (Especially the spaghetti wiggle)! It’s cute how spaghetti is the peacemaker with a bunch of girls 😂

[@mrsworldwide8851]

I love your channel, your piggies are everything 💞

[@ItsPigs]

Thanks!

[@hamsterfamily93]

So much fun in one video, we love watching the piggies. 💗💗

[@Elizabethtuna394]

I'm happy the Ladies are getting along nicely now

[@tisbutascratch2045]

Plot twist: Guinea pigs moving their bums in that 'dance' is actually a sign of dominance, so technically Spaghett wasn't trying to soothe the others, but find the perfect opportunity to assert dominance and become the leader once and for all... The hero we think we know might be the villain after all 👀

[@joefrazer3032]

I’m so glad that pumpkin and acorn are getting along again

[@haroldomiyaura912]

awesome footage

[@jbjacobs9514]

So was at the doc yesterday, so couldn't comment as usual. Oh lord, that was quite the standoff, and it reminded me of how I found your channel in the first place. I think I was watching a bunch of guinea pig videos on my phone and some things about boxing or something, and guess what was recommended? GUINEA PIG FIGHTS! Wacky but true. Gotta love the internet and recommendations. Anyway, you know I was freaked out and amused too by their fights, because all piggies go through this. I am so glad to see that Pumpkin and Acorn have patched things up - they seem a lot more peaceful than say, Zucchin and EVERYONE. LOL They are just so adorable I can't take it! Plus, Spaghett and his rumble-dancing - just exquisite and the best. Yay pigs! (I will admit, sometimes maybe Acorn is a bratty piggy, but she is too cute to complain about - and she ain't got nothing on the brattiness of Nugget! At least Acorn is sweet in general. :-) She's too cute!).

[@ItsPigs]

Yeah that fight really seemed to launch the channel early on. But we have finally reached a tipping point where it has been dethroned as our most popular video! I procrastinated a while on making this due to enjoying the lack of fight videos lately, but I figured the one year anniversary was a good occasion for story time! Also Nugget reminds me a lot of Acorn! :)

[@jbjacobs9514]

@@ItsPigs Go peaceful piggies! We'll always have ornery Zucchin to cause a ruckus and Spaghett to keep the peace! I have enjoyed the sweeter side of the piggies, and how you entertain them (in turn, entertaining you and us!). Nugget is a naught bit especially to Lumi and Sylvester.

[@clzweig]

I have one that keeps biting and chasing my two new ones, even though they do not challenge her at all. She’s such a bully.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Ah, so they were competing over the orange one, a male. That explains the six week intervals between bouts of chaos. The other two were probably in heat, and fighting over that guy.

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! I don’t know exactly what they said ,but the mood was clear! I am glad they get along better now!

[@beverleybalshaw9119]

"Aw c'mon guys I don't want to keep putting my dancing shoes on every time you square up, let's all be pals, yeah" ? 😍 Glad to know they have come to a truce and peace is restored! Had a hoot watching these wonderful and funny potatoes 😂😍

[@theeveryloochannel27]

I love how Spaghetti is just dancing it's so cute and funny 😄

[@amypowell5107]

I'm so so early! Love ur vids!

[@ItsPigs]

Thanks!

[@Skyfilly]

Thanks for info

[@rooveli_]

THIS IS SO WHOLESOME

[@theunlimitedsimmer5001]

Spaghetti did his little dancey dance

[@TheBloodiac]

0:38 Spaghett:" Heeeeere I come to save the daaaaaay!" XD

[@kawaiipanda1192]

He's a very good guinea pig.

[@ItsPigs]

haha

[@TheBloodiac]

@@kawaiipanda1192 Yeah, Spaghett is awesome! And I'm glad Pumpkin and Acorn get along now and there never were any injuries. At times, the fights look pretty violent.

[@diamondjoe100]

Excellent 😁👍

[@alicetowersey]

thanks for posting. mine had a nasty, nasty fight. it was even difficult to break up the fight.. they ve been separated for 2 months. I had 1 neutered 2 months ago and the other was neutered yesterday I hope this helps and that I manage to leave both together in the same cage.

[@decimation9780]

They’re tiny, squeaky, multicoloured capybara.

[@petmom8346]

Awww so adorables you inspired me to have my channel I love all you videos

[@ItsPigs]

Glad to hear it!

[@AnarinaTV]

Wow, so interesting. 🥰🥰🥰

[@ItsTerryTime]

Oddly compelling, yet tense...

[@localguineapig1289]

Aww Spaghett is so sweet an a good boar!

[@ItsPigs]

Yeah! :)

[@gromit8023]

That was a dam majestic dance :)

[@SgtAiden]

The first clip got me! He literally attacked him and started running away 🤣

[@mstoraelle8582]

The tricolor one doesn't want to be bothered, ever

[@brodull1142]

If lazy ass wiggling consider as a dance, i'll be the king of the dance floor

[@Elizabethtuna394]

Acorn was being a sassy adolescent

[@albertomolina3678]

Soooooo funny! I'm glad no one was hurt but boy was that hilarious. Guinea pigs are just like humans!

[@neilrendell5630]

I visualise Boar being like Star Lord in the 1st Guardians Of The Galaxy film when Ronin is just about to destroy Zandar & he's all "Dance off bro, just me & you"

[@tracypiggy_love1348]

They're so funny the way they act sometimes. My boys argue and nose bump sometimes but the never bite each other.

[@XxstarzxX_]

When I realized the orange/brown pig was in there with black one I was like: wait what there was another Guinean pig in there? lol

[@XxstarzxX_]

Guinea*

[@blizzardfog9501]

I normally think guinea pigs are pacifist with each other but it seems to make sense when they fights,it's normally a territorial dispute,also do wild guinea pigs hang out in groups

[@cowboysonfilm]

my girl spaghett is throwing ass for these women and they won't even spare her a glance? that's just hurtful really

[@donrickles4539]

Life n times of the little ham. As territorial disputes emerge, these cuddly and fury creatures turn into fast n agile ferocious beasts.

[@alexiswaller3065]

Sweet little spaghetti calming everyone down w

[@titanuscreature4485]

Acorn:" Did you just call me a potato" Pumpkin: "you heard me" Acorn:"ALRIGHT WELL THEN IM GONNA MAKE YOU INTO A MASHED POTATO" audience: PIGGIE FIGHT

[@elitely6748]

And so ends the war countless skirmishes, world tensions as always. And sometimes even collateral damage. But now the war has ended, peace has been restored to the surrounding areas. Now Acorn and Pumpkin are currently leading in the world together.

[@snickersthefurrypotato]

nice moves spaghett!

[@totallynotray616]

💕✨Poor piggies :( I feel bad but the funny thing is that pumpkin is in the house and acorn attacks and spagett comes out!🙏

[@susannabonke8552]

Now this is one good boi who cares for peace in the herd.

[@marysisak2359]

I did not realize how cute guinea pigs were.

[@sedwards6213]

Spaghetti has this weary look ‘FFS guys behave!’

[@Crusher29]

You gotta know the pecking order. It goes you, the dirt, the worms inside of the dirt, Popo's stool, Kami and Popo

[@tauni_t]

Is like they did Declaration of Independence. 😂

[@Jay-01a]

Where did you get there enclosure and the bottom bit? Pleased they worked it out 🙂

[@jayj9966]

Spaghett I love u with all my heart🥺

[@ItsPigs]

:)

[@sylviaponce1864]

HILARIOUS!!!!!!

[@Chunti]

I'm glad they finally do accept each others presence :) Also glad to watch a video of yours with no annoying music in it.

[@ItsPigs]

haha

[@fabiolepiz9777]

Those two are freestyling SO HARD

[@christopherc4920]

Most peeps don't realize these little piggies have incisors that can literally rip the flesh off another one leaving a quarter size hole to contend with.

[@dattiti]

Ah yes, *Enslaved Acorn Temper Tantrum*

[@binkybunnysway943]

Glad there getting along ok now

[@oneeyedowl3888]

The booty wiggle of peace...

[@camman945]

My babies every other week. It's too adorable

[@sarachan7803]

These little pigs so cute！！😙💕💕

[@rat7746]

haha yeah man!! this is amazing!!! congrats on them getting along now yeahhhhhhhhhh. Tell Spaghetti (Sgetti is my nickname for them XD) that I said hello

[@mooganify]

I’ve watched all the saga today lol

[@yaboikillerkeemstar8537]

THA TRILOGY IS COMPLETE

[@snickersthefurrypotato]

yay! do you have any idea why they didn’t get along?

[@ItsPigs]

I think Acorn just really wanted to be the boss.

[@a.g.6961]

I'm glad they've sorted it out :) Does Acorn ever challenge Zucchin (who is the highest ranking female, I'd guess)?

[@ItsPigs]

We've been wondering if/when that will happen, but so far Acorn seems content with this promotion. Zucchin is indeed the top female and Acorn is now second.