Lazy guinea pigs

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Guinea pig love123

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My guinea pigs have been being very lazy recently but they live in a large enclosure and I make and buy them new toys all the time the just sleep, can anyone please give me some advice?😅
 
Have you been weighing weekly? Any significant (over 50g) change in weight?

If you're worried get them looked at by a vet. But if theres no weight loss I wouldn't worry too much
 
Ok thx I should probably do a weekly weigh, I used to but I started so forget, they seem fine in weight though, do you have any ideas on how to keep them active
 
How old are they?
What enrichment do you already provide?
How much floor time do they get?

Definitely ensure you weigh weekly as it is the only way to really know that they eating enough hay.
Is there any sign of illness? Or is this a sudden change in behaviour in both of them?
 
Piggies&buns said:
How old are they?
What enrichment do you already provide?
How much floor time do they get?

Definitely ensure you weigh weekly as it is the only way to really know that they eating enough hay.
Is there any sign of illness? Or is this a sudden change in behaviour in both of them?
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I had them two years in two days so they are just over two! I give they a hay box, hides, tubes, toilet paper rolls sometimes forage, pellets in the morning, edible chews, hay mats, wreaths willow and hay balls, veggies and a tone more, they get aleast one floor time a day sometimes two or three and no significant changes or illness signs, last time one of them went to the vet, they said they were the healthiest pig they'd seen, I don't think it's related to illnesses but I might be wrong!😃😃😃
 
The next thing is to define what you mean by lazy really - Do they move around at floor time? Are you giving them floor time at a good time of day for them - it may be better to do floor times in mornings and evenings for example
Is the room warm enough for them?
 
Piggies&buns said:
The next thing is to define what you mean by lazy really - Do they move around at floor time? Are you giving them floor time at a good time of day for them - it may be better to do floor times in mornings and evenings for example
Is the room warm enough for them?
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Thanks for the help, I generally do floor time in the morning before pellets and always evening for veg they will move to get food but manly just that then they will come to me and beg for more with puppy eyes!😅😅😅
 
Guinea pig love123 said:
Thanks for the help, I generally do floor time in the morning before pellets and always evening for veg they will move to get food but manly just that then they will come to me and beg for more with puppy eyes!😅😅😅
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Oh those begging eyes. So hard to resist arnt they
 
Guinea pig love123 said:
My guinea pigs have been being very lazy recently but they live in a large enclosure and I make and buy them new toys all the time the just sleep, can anyone please give me some advice?😅
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Update one of my guinea pigs Gary is constantly sleeping and even flops down onto me more than usual, he also can't be bothered to reach back to eat his poop and now just turns around to get it unlike usual, can someone please give advice! 😁
 
Guinea pig love123 said:
Update one of my guinea pigs Gary is constantly sleeping and even flops down onto me more than usual, he also can't be bothered to reach back to eat his poop and now just turns around to get it unlike usual, can someone please give advice! 😁
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If you are really concerned then a vet trip is needed.
Only a vet can diagnose and tell you if there’s a health issue to be dealt with.
Keep us posted - hope all goes well
 
Guinea pig love123 said:
Update one of my guinea pigs Gary is constantly sleeping and even flops down onto me more than usual, he also can't be bothered to reach back to eat his poop and now just turns around to get it unlike usual, can someone please give advice! 😁
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I feel a quick vet trip is called for. Hopefully it's nothing and your guinea pigs are just having winter lazy's but worth getting them checked.

Is your vet guineapig savvy? If not, might be worth seeing if you have a local specialist who might be able to help
 
The Piggies are both getting up more today and I think they were just a little bored of the usual setup (I swapped it around now) and were having a lazy day. They are all ok now but if it happens again I think it will be the vets for my pigs!😊
 
I weighed them and Gary is 1328g and Jon is a hefty 1411g can anyone tell me about a healthy weight, thank you for the help
 
Guinea pig love123 said:
I weighed them and Gary is 1328g and Jon is a hefty 1411g can anyone tell me about a healthy weight, thank you for the help
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Healthy weight is very individual to the piggy - what is healthy for one is unhealthy for another.
You need to check their heft to know whether things are healthy for them and this guide explains everything including how to check their heft
Weight - Monitoring and Management
 
I'm not entirely sure but where I got my piglets it think Gary was the runt and he is quite small but heavy, is it normal?
 
What is normal for him is individual. Read the guide that was linked to above and check his heft.
 
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