Is training guinea pigs possible?

Question

My mom said if I can train one of my pets, I can be in petstar. I have a guinea pig named __Spook__ and he is my fav pet of all time. I want to train it to walk across a rope and jump through a goop into a pool. Is this possible?

-thanks a million-

Answer 1

I would think the most you could train a guinea pig to do is flip over backwards for food.

Answer 2

I hope you are joking. That is incredibly dangerous and not even slightly possible. You cannot train a guinea pig to do anything along those lines!!!

Answer 3

There are plenty of videos on Youtube of Guinea Pigs jumping through hoops, doing handshakes, or circling for food.

I highly doubt you could ever train it to walk across a rope. They don't have very good balance, and even worse eyesight.

Couldn't you train it to do something that's easier and much safer?

Answer 4

Please don't. Unlike things you see on Youtube, guinea pigs don't like the following:

1. Swimming (don't even get me started...so dangerous. Any videos you have seen of them swimming was them trying to stay ALIVE)

2. Running in balls (dangerous)

3. Walking on small ledges/ropes (they just aren't built that way

4. Trampolines (Wanna kill you pig, this will do it.)

5. Having their hair brushed backward (2 girls did this on Petstar...those pigs were in pain)

Just enjoy your pig. Get him a friend and watch him be happy.

Answer 5

It isn't a dog.  You can't teach a guinea pig tricks.  Rats can be trained.  They are very intelligent but you can't train a guinea pig.