Guinea pigs laying on one side? Guinea pig flop?

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Last night I was laying in bed and looked over at the pigs cage. I saw McMac laying straight out, fully on his side. I freaked out thinking he had suddenly keeled over dead but as soon as I ran over to check on him he jumped up and ran off to hide under the pigloo.

I have seen McMac in the strangest of positions when trying to sleep but never seen him totally on one side :{ I know rabbits can 'flop' and their owners get a fright thinking they have died, but never heard of a guinea pig doing it. Here's an example of a bunny flop

[video=youtube;7trmLR603g8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trmLR603g8[/video]
 
Caramel always flops, in fact at the moment she is flopped on top of the hay in the hayloft. I'd take a photo but if I move she'll dash off
 
Deb H said:
Caramel always flops, in fact at the moment she is flopped on top of the hay in the hayloft. I'd take a photo but if I move she'll dash off
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Oh that's good, I was really confused as I had never seen him go that far over when trying to nap. He really did give me a fright :))
 
I've never seen mine do that, but Dougal lies down kind of on his side, but not flat out. :)
 
My sow, Acorn is a serial flopper! It's almost like she has a sleep condition, one moment she is standing and eatin, the next she had topple over, flat out doing a double chicken leg. :D

I love bunny flops!
 
ches and maisie both flop. maisie does it sometimes as i'm stroking her. she purrs, gets all relaxed and just suddenly flops on her side to enjoy being pampered! so cute x
 
Of ours Astro will flop, Star will curl up like a cat, Twinkle loves stretching out with both legs behind her preferably with something as a pillow to rest her head on and Cosmos does all the above.
 
My two do this, as did my last pair - in fact my OH and I are so used to it now we just say "Oh look, she's doing Dead Pig" and ignore it (well, OK, sometimes I still get a bit worried and go and give them a poke!).
 
Oh how cute is that bunny! Fingers crossed you manage to get a pic of McMac flopping one day!
 
All our piggies flop and they look happy and relaxed when they're doing it.
 
One of our girls flops, also when being rubbed. It's really cute but did wonder if it was normal as our other pigs don't do it.
 
My Nigel does this a lot. He doesn't dash off if I approach the cage either so will have to get a photo of him.
 
All my girls flop, especially Sookie who does it every time I take her out for cuddles, I put her on my lap and she just flops. :))
 
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