Do Guinea Pigs Sleep With Their Eyes Shut?

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might sound a bit dumb but every time i see finnius and ferb all curled up in bed at night theyre eyes are always open? I'm sure ive seen them blink so they can shut theyre eyes? boyyy they do look sweet when they sleep though!
 
I am no expert but I think they can sleep with their eyes shut but will only do so when they feel super safe - I've had mine 3 months and not yet once seen them sleep with eyes closed! (Though maybe they do until they hear me coming over!)
 
Our skinnies will sleep with closed eyes but all the other pigs tend to sleep with with open eyes.
 
My pigs sometimes sleep with them shut, it seems to depend on who is in the house x
 
Piggies can close their eyes, and some will sleep with their eyes shut - but this is usually only if they are very relaxed and feel completely safe. As prey animals, in the wild it is essential that they remain constantly vigilant, should they need to quickly escape a potential threat.

As you can see from my avatar, Jerry sleep with his eyes firmly shut, but he is an exceptionally brave piggy that adores human contact. Very little actually scares him! My other boys sleep with their eyes open.
 
I have a mixture too, Maddie quite often sleeps with her eyes shut and Barley too (which is great as he has not been here long) but the rest all sleep with their eyes open most of the time, unless they are in a pigloo or cozy.
 
my oblivion sleeps with his eyes shut sometimes but the others are mainly eyes open i think :) i tested this though as when i first startled googling piggies i found loads of posts saying they couldn't close their eyes yet when i stroke their heads they clearly can if they want to haha
 
I've had pigs who did on occasion but mostly they sleep with their eyes open. It often makes me paranoid that they are dead but when I shout to wake them up and check they are alive they just give me a grumpy look and go back to sleep lol
 
marmite and rocky both sleep with them shut. however they have a great indicator as to wether they're alive or not. Watch long enough and they 'flick' their ears like a hippo
 
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