I cant sneek into the house anymore!

[valerie k]

Those pigs have got my number, or at least, my footsteps down pat. Every time I enter the house, they start to squeel! and LOUDLY! I work nights, so when I come home, I make thier last supper for the day... and OMG! the howling that comes from them.... My oreo has even taught the babies to wheek at me. You would think I starved them for a month the way they carry on.

You would also be very impressed with thier ability to "train" thier human. Yes, I am a fast learner for them. They get breakfest every morning, romaine, tomato, cuke (some days) and other greens. They get a leaf cut up for them before I leave for work. (they worked hard at "training" me to do that trick) and Then, supper when I come home at night. More veggies, more pellets, hopefully a slip of fruit. Im sure it pains them that I have researched the fact they cant have fruit but for twice a week.

Celery and red pepper seem to be the last to go. Are they that important to thier diet? I guess it doenst matter, eventually, they are eaten. When they realize that the "human" sees food, and doenst give any more.

Any way for me to get in at night without the hair raising alarms they set off. The rest of the house is (was) asleep. Im sure not after the caterwalling that happens when I come home till I feed them thier supper. (yes, they chatter at me till I feed them)

[LindaDelta]

It's amazing how well our guinea pigs train us. With such cute faces, they have us wrapped around their little paws.

[WEAVER]

Too cute. I think we all tend to be gulable when it comes to our kids

[Piglet]

Even if I'm late to get to school in the mornings, I can't resist their little faces. As I get ready in my room, they'll follow me around everywhere

[nonamian_girl]

I know exactly what you mean. I'm afraid to go into the kitchen on some days. And it seems like the quieter you need them to be, the louder they are.

[Piglet]

They've now associated the garage door opening with food now - sometimes we store the veggies in their because it's as cold as a fridge. So now, it the garage door, kitchen door, fridge door, clicking your fingers, clapping your hands and any sort of rustling that will start up the wheeking

[Hawkmun]

For my pigs, it's the sounds of a knife htiting the cutting board. We have a beveled glass cutting board so it makes a loud, distinctive noise. They hear that and I hear them weeking from the other end og the house assuming that it's fruint or veggies for them. XD

[Giplet]

Nala used to always wake me up at five in the morning to give them theri breakfast. It was a nightmare, but I got used to it.

Misty gets excited when she hears me cutting things on the chopping board too, same as yours Hawkmun, but she also get going at the sound of the fridge door or rustling of the lettuce bag. I think food is all she thinks about.

[Piglet]

Me thinks food is ALL they think about. I could feed them a massive dinner but they'll continue to wheek

[JennG]

My girls live in the basement where my son's bedroom is. They wheek VERY loudly when I walk downstairs, not so much when anyone else goes down there but only when I walk. They don't even see me and "Wheek! Wheek!" "Where's are food mom?" It's too cute.

[Cavyslavesteph]

I feed my girls breakfast, so in the mornings, they always leave my boyfriend alone, but as soon as I walk into the living room, they go nuts. One morning I had an exam and tried to study and sneak out without giving them veggies (figuring my boyfriend would be back in a half an hour to feed them). I started turning off all the lights and heard a little "wheek?". Then all of them started screaming like, "Hey wait, you didn't feed us veggies! HEYYYYYYY!". I felt so bad I had to get them veggies even though I left the house a little late. Ever since then, they start screaming as soon as I come out into the living room. I have to get them their breakfast before I can get my own. They refuse to take the chance that I might try to sneak out again.

[Giplet]

Cavyslavesteph, that story is so funny. Hee hee. That's the guinea pig way!

[Cavyslavesteph]

We're thinking of printing off the lyrics to Bing's "The Guinea Pig Way" and highlighting the part - "I'm so great and everyday it's all about me" and putting it by their cage. There are definately some moments when our pigs seem dumbfounded by the thought that veggies had to wait half an hour because we were doing something else. I mean, it didn't pertain to them, so what else could we have possibly been doing?

[JennG]

My girls will also wheek for veggies if I'm already downstairs either cleaning their cage, my son's room or doing laundry. If I accidently clink their ceramic dishes, they'll all start wheeking and running to the kitchen. I usually have to stop what I'm doing or have the kids run up and get them a snack. I've tried telling me, "not time for dinner," but they just don't listen.

[porkchopsmom]

We have the girls in the living room. When we open the frige in the kitchen, its like an alarm going off. The girls think every bag that rattles or opening door is for them. The boys try to open the frige quietly but they usually get cought. They tell the guineas to stop telling on them.