Ive always considered my guinea pig being ticklish because when I pet her down the lower back it seems like I'm tickling her. So I was wondering if they can be ticklish?
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I think guinea pigs associate petting or tickling their back ends with another guinea pig trying to mount them. They usually make the purring sound when they're annoyed and probably think you're trying to dominate them and are letting you know they don't like it. I never pet or tickle their back sides. They seem to like being stroked on their head, upper back, behind their ears or on the bridge of their nose.
But she doesn't purr when I do this she'll start randomly chewing on anything in front of her when I do this. Also my other pig bella (R.I.P) never minded it I could pet her from head to tail and wouldn't do anything. She wouldn't purr, chew, or bite she would jus sit there. So doing the same to both they would react differently.