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Strange Behaviours

Journal Entry: Thu Jul 24, 2008, 2:06 PM
I was online, so I thought I'd post this. It's something my guinea pig, Blue, has never done before.

Lately, when refilling her food bowl, if it doesn't have hardly anything left in it, I just dump it in her bedding, refill it, and place the bowl over the mess.

But I guess today, Blue had other plans, because she actually nosed the bowl aside and started on the remains of yesterday's food, completely ignoring the fresh food right beside her.

Watching her now, she doesn't even seem to want the food in the bowl. After picking off the old food, she plops her head down cutely for a nap (aw, I wish I could show you guys!).

What I want to know, being the animal behaviour analyst I am, is why won't she touch the food in the bowl? I know she didn't soil it, because I've been here the whole time; I would've seen it.

The only reason I can think of is that she noticed that I gave her less today, half of what I usually put in. She is a rodent... so maybe she was instinctively making the most of her food supply, believing I wouldn't be replenishing it until the next day.

Then again, I did notice a strange mark under her chin the other day. If that thing on her nose really is a fungus, could this mark be? And could it be interfering with her ability to get at low-lying food in the bowl?

Unfortuneately, I'm going to have to disturb her nap, so I can check if that mark is still there... if it is, I have something to be more than just interested about.

(jeez, don't you just hate it when I go all monologue-y?)

  • Mood: Isolated
  • Listening to: Sheena Easton - Morning Train

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: 4 days 15 hours ago
So, I gotta ask... what is that a reference to? Cuz I was a on a bus once, and this bum wouldn't stop singing that. You're not a bum, are you?

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~LTI-Hudson-5340:iconLTI-Hudson-5340: Jul 14, 2008, 1:13:05 PM
Thanks for the fave!

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Jun 19, 2008, 12:57:37 AM
=) That show's too adorable not to like.

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~demonuncle:icondemonuncle: Jun 17, 2008, 5:28:00 AM
Like Mung Daal? :fear: Thanks, by the way, and it's great to find another Flapjack fan!

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~Somasemaj:iconSomasemaj: Jun 7, 2008, 1:16:13 AM
Thanks for the fav!
~Dark--wolf:iconDark--wolf: May 22, 2008, 5:44:56 AM
hey thx a lot for the fav ^^
~Havoc-16:iconHavoc-16: May 21, 2008, 12:02:19 PM
tnx for the :+fav:

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~yoursunrise:iconyoursunrise: May 2, 2008, 12:30:57 PM
"American Woman" ;)

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Mar 23, 2008, 3:35:51 PM
Thank you! :highfive: I shall.

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~jimmyeatsyourworld:iconjimmyeatsyourworld: Mar 23, 2008, 1:20:12 AM
Hey, great Nightcrawler and Tin Man art work! Keep up the good job!

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~DustpanGirl:iconDustpanGirl: Mar 10, 2008, 9:06:43 PM
yeah? I've been reading Ovid's The Metamorphoses, so I've been thinking about all the gods and godesses a lot too.

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Mar 10, 2008, 7:55:10 PM
Yup! You know, it's odd, but I keep thinking about that goddess lately.

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~DustpanGirl:iconDustpanGirl: Mar 8, 2008, 4:50:00 PM
thanks for the fave:)

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Feb 9, 2008, 3:41:10 PM
Thank you! :w00t:

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~anime-palace-ping:iconanime-palace-ping: Feb 2, 2008, 10:33:48 PM
I love your drawing style! ^_^

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Jan 4, 2008, 4:46:55 PM
:dance: Say, thanks!

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~dmperaino:icondmperaino: Jan 3, 2008, 6:03:22 PM Mood: Awestruck
omg you rock girl

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~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Dec 23, 2007, 11:37:33 AM
=O =D

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~Jordancatgirl7:iconJordancatgirl7: Dec 23, 2007, 9:39:30 AM
Guess who tagged you again. Yeah, it was me.

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*natureguy:iconnatureguy: Nov 14, 2007, 5:05:32 PM Mood: Joy
thank you for the multiple favs
appreciated :wave:

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~PhantomBoo:iconPhantomBoo: Nov 6, 2007, 5:35:47 PM
I know it's so hawt XD
~PerianArdocyl:iconPerianArdocyl: Nov 6, 2007, 11:46:22 AM
Huzzah! :w00t: And I do so fancy your avatar. :giggle:

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As ever the eagle soars on high
The otter at sea floats leisurely by
And squirrels nest high atop the tree
Think thee that I would not be free?
~PhantomBoo:iconPhantomBoo: Nov 4, 2007, 12:08:42 PM
MAHAHAHHA =D I'm watching ye~ =3