My flat pigs

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poco and figgys' mummy

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This is quite a funny story, and I guess most piggy owners can relate to it.

So, in 2006-2007, we had a heart-pig. The less funny part of the story, he died at just nine months. When he died, he was flat and limp.

-wipes tears-

Now we have 2 healthy happy guinea pigs, and they do something that Willy never did. When the sleep, the go flat (or "phlat" as me and my sister like to say) like a pancake!

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(Figgy sometimes sleeps with his eyes open. Freaks me out.)
Now I'm quite used to seeing the splayed out across the floor sleeping peacefully, but 2 or three years ago when we got them, this scared me so much. Every time I would see one of them sleeping like that I would think they were dead and I would say "Oh my god, Figgy wake up!" or "Oh my god, Poco wake up!" And they would wake up. I didn't really want them to miss sleep, but I was checking that they weren't dead.

Did anyone else have this problem?

Now I just find it sweet when I see the little pancake pigs. :<>
 
my rosie is the worst for giving me a heart attack! she closes her eyes and just lays there.. once she didnt even move when her cage mate jasmine jumped over her @)

so i gave her a little poke.. but it is very cute when I'm not having a heart attack :))
 
AWWW - I simply adore plonked out piggies... drool

That's what I call a "sausage" position as opposed to the "fried egg" belly flop some piggies do! My favourite is the "roast chicken" one where the legs are sticking out at the back end!

 
I love sleeping pigs but yes, It also freaks me out :)) All of mine do the 'chicken' which I love. Their lil pink feet x) Eliza is the worse for giving me a heart attack as when her eyes are open, they often roll back so her pink eyes turn white! It is a bit disgusting to be honest, but then quite sweet :)
 
One of my pigs lies flat out too and he has done the chicken legs, but i refer to them as 'little shrimps' as they look like a shrimp to me.:)) Ive even doubled checked they were his paws/feet as i thought something pink was in their cage and it frightened me!

I do agree that our piggys do like to scare us when they are flat out sleeping.
 
Dindy sleeps in two totally diferent positions. One is where she looks like one of the Trafalger Square lions and the other way is where she flops on her side kidney shaped.
 
Dindypig said:
Dindy sleeps in two totally diferent positions. One is where she looks like one of the Trafalger Square lions and the other way is where she flops on her side kidney shaped.
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Aww Dindy looks just like my new foster boy, in fact I had to look at the avatar twice, Trio has a patch of gold on his rear as well as an agouti patch.
 
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