Licking pee

[amber89]

Hi all, 

I have noticed for already some time that my male, Pufu is constantly licking some areas of the fleece.
Today, after seeing him licking some white spots on the plexiglas, it finally dawned on me what it might be: he seemed to be licking pee. 
I don't know if it's his pee or the girls pee that he is tasting. Tasting the girl's pee i could understand...feeling hormones levels and similar stuff

Should i be concerned? I haven't noticed the girls doing that...so i don't know if it's really a "recycling thing" (i know they are double digesting their food and i have seen also the girls doing that). 
Has anyone else noticed this bevaviour in their males? 

[bazookagoof]

Jun 2, 2019 21:30:14 GMT amber89 said:

Has anyone else noticed this bevaviour in their males? 

I've had five boars now and I've never seen any of them do that before.

[Bean]

If it's up the walls, it'll most likely be the females' wee - they're excellent sprayers!

I don't think I've ever seen any of my boys actually licking wee, but they do love rooting and sniffing around where the females have been, especially if they've weed.

I was curious, so just googled it and Pufu's certainly not the only one - it looks like there are quite a few wee-loving chaps out there! There was one suggestion of it being a way to get nutrients, but the main consensus was that it's nothing to worry about.

[3piggles]

Never experienced it myself, but good to know it's not uncommon, or anything to worry about. Learned something new!

[misspiggy01]

Interesting, not the most attractive thing to do!

[Bean]

But if you think of their behaviour in human standards, it's not the worst thing they do haha!

[jolovespiggies]

I thought all guinea pigs do that. My bunny certainly does.

hugs Jo xx