Wheek Weak
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Our piggies love the cage spot-cleaning time every evening. They've had their delicious meal, and an after-dinner nap...then - it's fiesta time! They're ready to party!
That's when they do their most acrobatic, energetic popcorning. We just have a blast during that time. It's like an Orville Redenbacher factory all over the room! They seem to know that laughing is good, because the more I laugh at them, the more they carry on and act silly!
I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed their piggie's particular popcorning style. All of our pigs have had their own unique way of popcorning, so we've given descriptive names to some of the antics, such as:
The Hydraulic: Rufus will just kind of lift up off of his legs a little bit several times before his feet finally leave the ground. It's like he has little hydraulic pumps that need primed before he actually pops up off of the floor!
The Helicopter: Otus does this one all the time. He pops up into the air and spins at the same time. One of these days, he's going to lift off and go flying!
The Bucking Bronco: This is another one that Otus is always doing. He'll rear up on his front legs, and then kick out his back legs like a bucking horse.
The Percolator: This is popcorning and making a sound like bubbles popping at the same time. Otus and TeeJay do this one.
The Bug: This is the scary one. When the piggy popcorns and falls over on their side for a couple of seconds kicking their feet. We never know whether to laugh or rush them to the vet! We've had several piggies do this one (and still do), but it's still a little nerve wracking.
The Slapstick: Otus is really bad about this one. He'll get so out of control with his popcorning that he will bump his head, or nose, on the water bottle or hay bin. That's when we have to pick him up, make sure he didn't hurt himself, and calm him down so he doesn't get so spazzy that he does get hurt!
The Launch: This isn't a common popcorn, but I added it because it's TeeJay and Ruby's special style of popcorning. TeeJay will be under the fleece tent, Ruby will walk on the outer part of the tent beside TeeJay. That will make TeeJay pop and cause Ruby to go flying off of the blanket about 4 or 5 inches away! Everytime they do that, I laugh so hard my stomach actually hurts!
These are just a few popcorn styles that our piggies do (among others). I'm sure their are as many popcorn styles as there are piggies to do them! lol
That's when they do their most acrobatic, energetic popcorning. We just have a blast during that time. It's like an Orville Redenbacher factory all over the room! They seem to know that laughing is good, because the more I laugh at them, the more they carry on and act silly!
I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed their piggie's particular popcorning style. All of our pigs have had their own unique way of popcorning, so we've given descriptive names to some of the antics, such as:
The Hydraulic: Rufus will just kind of lift up off of his legs a little bit several times before his feet finally leave the ground. It's like he has little hydraulic pumps that need primed before he actually pops up off of the floor!
The Helicopter: Otus does this one all the time. He pops up into the air and spins at the same time. One of these days, he's going to lift off and go flying!
The Bucking Bronco: This is another one that Otus is always doing. He'll rear up on his front legs, and then kick out his back legs like a bucking horse.
The Percolator: This is popcorning and making a sound like bubbles popping at the same time. Otus and TeeJay do this one.
The Bug: This is the scary one. When the piggy popcorns and falls over on their side for a couple of seconds kicking their feet. We never know whether to laugh or rush them to the vet! We've had several piggies do this one (and still do), but it's still a little nerve wracking.
The Slapstick: Otus is really bad about this one. He'll get so out of control with his popcorning that he will bump his head, or nose, on the water bottle or hay bin. That's when we have to pick him up, make sure he didn't hurt himself, and calm him down so he doesn't get so spazzy that he does get hurt!
The Launch: This isn't a common popcorn, but I added it because it's TeeJay and Ruby's special style of popcorning. TeeJay will be under the fleece tent, Ruby will walk on the outer part of the tent beside TeeJay. That will make TeeJay pop and cause Ruby to go flying off of the blanket about 4 or 5 inches away! Everytime they do that, I laugh so hard my stomach actually hurts!
These are just a few popcorn styles that our piggies do (among others). I'm sure their are as many popcorn styles as there are piggies to do them! lol