Guinea pig is jumping in the air and twitching?

Question

I know guinea pigs can get really lound and excited when you go to feed them but my guinea pig jumps in the air weeks runs around his cage and twiches that all my be normal but somtimes he still has food in his bowl

Answer 1

this is called popcorning. my pig did this  when i fed her and let her run around the couch.

Answer 2

Your piggie is Popcorning. This means he is very happy!

http://www.guinealynx.info/behavior.html

Answer 3

awwwwwwwww my guinea pigs do that too it is popcorning they are really happy

Answer 4

he is popcorning which means he is excited and happy, but make sure he doesnt hurt himself. i would take him out of the cage when you feed him because guinea pigs can jump pretty high

Answer 5

Its called poppcorning they do this when they are very excited and happy. All of mine do the same thing when i give them all hay. Sometimes when they hear the bag russtle theyll popcorn b 4 i giv it 2 them.its really fun 2 watch how happy they get. If i were u id b happy 2 hav such a happy pig. :)

Answer 6

popcorning i love when they do this!!!

ps make sure to give him lots of timmothy hay we bought the kay brand at walmart : )  

Answer 7

Most likely your piggie is popcorning

Here is a vid so you can see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hn5Sfg7k...

Well, they love feeding time like my pigs do!

:)