Lilly
Adult Guinea Pig
The boys had just finished eating their evening vegies, I turned the lights out in their area & sat down to watch some telly. No sooner had I got comfortable then some horrendously loud wheeking ensued, even from Hazelnut who is normally a quite wheeker. Thought I'd just ignore them for a while & see if they stopped but their K9 slave was running back & forth between me & the cage, whinging & nudging me to give them attention.
So, went over & inspected things - plenty of hay, water bottles full, all furnishings still in place & not blocking anything. Finally I noticed their front paws were on cage bars they normally don't have access to because their dry food bowls are usually there. Yup, I had taken them out & forgotten to replace. I put fresh bowls of food back in, they had a good sniff of them & went back to lay down in their hideys! It wasn't that they were hungry, it was just that they wanted to ensure they wouldn't starve in the night!
So, went over & inspected things - plenty of hay, water bottles full, all furnishings still in place & not blocking anything. Finally I noticed their front paws were on cage bars they normally don't have access to because their dry food bowls are usually there. Yup, I had taken them out & forgotten to replace. I put fresh bowls of food back in, they had a good sniff of them & went back to lay down in their hideys! It wasn't that they were hungry, it was just that they wanted to ensure they wouldn't starve in the night!
