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**hamtaroplanet** · #1 08-22-08, 02:43 am

Hello everyone! I have two guinea pigs and 7 hamsters. My hobby is taking care of them and teaching them to do amazing tricks. The can do Circle!, Up! and even Piano-playing!. If you don't believe me, you can watch my videos.

Here's one: YouTube - Guinea pigs trick: circle and stand on cue!

Enjoy! =D

**TwinkieSlug** · #2 08-22-08, 09:38 am

Nice! I like the tandem circling.

**Simonmaal** · #3 08-22-08, 09:42 am

What material are they standing on?

You do realise that guinea pigs can severely injure their toes and feet on wire floors don't you?

**Ly&Pigs** · #4 08-22-08, 12:18 pm

I am also curious as to what the cage flooring is made of.

**hamtaroplanet** · #5 08-25-08, 05:05 am

thanks TwinkieSlug! It's an anti-slip mat, it allows the urine to flow through and it does not cause bumblefoot. I give them towel to use as well. =)

**hamtaroplanet** · #6 08-25-08, 05:10 am

Hi guys,

I would just like to share with you some of the things that I have trained my gps to do.

Circle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAMgBp4i-Ik

Up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8I2h6N850w&feature=user

piano playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOm2Ui6bupM

Enjoy watching! They load pretty fast cos I've resized them. Do give some comments!

**CrazyZookeeper** · #7 08-25-08, 07:35 am

Very cute

Angelgal · #8 08-25-08, 07:36 am

That is adorable! Your pigs are very cute and very talented.
How did you teach them these things? That is amazing!

**tazbabie4** · #9 08-25-08, 09:21 am

So cute! You have some adorable cavies! Was it easy training them?

**frashy** · #10 08-25-08, 10:27 am

lmao your piggies are fantastic! I love the music on the circle video, it's hilarious. It's so cute how they take their time on doing the cirlce. My pig Grimace wips around like crazy!

**Ly&Pigs** · #11 08-25-08, 02:10 pm

You already posted about this once and now you are doing it again. I am merging your threads together. Please don't crosspost your links all over our forum. Keep them in one thread.

I hope you are here to learn more about piggies and not just to post your videos so you can get hits.

**hamtaroplanet** · #12 08-26-08, 01:32 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angelgal

That is adorable! Your pigs are very cute and very talented.
How did you teach them these things? That is amazing!

thanks! I use positive reinforcement to train them, it's pretty easy, I have some instructions on my webpage. Any guinea pig can be trained to that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by tazbabie4

So cute! You have some adorable cavies! Was it easy training them?

It wasn't difficult, I took about a few weeks. =)

Quote:

Originally Posted by frashy

lmao your piggies are fantastic! I love the music on the circle video, it's hilarious. It's so cute how they take their time on doing the cirlce. My pig Grimace wips around like crazy!

Thanks, I'm glad you like watching the video.

To Ly&Pigs, I am not concerned about hits, I am just excited to share my videos with you guys. =)

**hamtaroplanet** · #13 08-27-08, 12:03 am

hello everyone,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dCBf7Jobbw
I wanted to test if guinea pigs know object permanence so I did a little experiment to find out.

**PiggieMamaKelly** · #14 08-27-08, 12:44 am

Like you said in the video, their exceptional sense of smell probably let them know the lettuce was still there.

Love your accent

**VoodooJoint** · #15 08-28-08, 03:59 pm

You were already told by another moderator not to post your videos all over the forum. Keep them in one place. I'm merging this one with the others.

I, like Ly, certainly hope you are here for more then just finding a place you can spam with all of your videos. If that's all you are here for we will be happy to start treating you like a spammer.

**cavycreation** · #16 08-28-08, 08:31 pm

I taught one of my pigs to stand on her two hind legs.

**hamtaroplanet** · #17 08-28-08, 08:52 pm

The test of object permanence is not a trick. Sigh.

**VoodooJoint** · #18 08-28-08, 09:10 pm

It's close enough considering you didn't post a thesis or scientific report you wrote on the subject and experiment. Without the scientific data to back it up your guinea pigs moving a towel to get at the lettuce is nothing more then a trick.

**TwinkieSlug** · #19 08-28-08, 09:10 pm

It may or may not be a "trick" but either way you are spending quality time with your pigs and stimulating their little piggy brains. I love the videos. I feel inspired to see what my piggies can do! One still won't take food from my hand yet, but the other may be ready for learning something. Maybe I'll start with "circle."

**hamtaroplanet** · #20 08-31-08, 05:27 am

Hi TwinkieSlug, I feel really happy when I read your reply. =) I post these videos for people like you, I was once very inspired by someone else too, and that's how I started training my pets. It's really amazing when you watch them learn, it's this huge amount of joy in your heart when they do what you want them to do. Go for it!!! You can always ask me if you face any problems, I'd be most willing to help even though I'm not really an expert.

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