Sleeping Piggies

[SkinnyPigRiver]

Every morning when I check on my skinny pigs, they're both in the "bedroom" ostensibly resting or sleeping. Everything I read says piggies spend most of their time NOT sleeping, so I'm guessing my pigs have set themselves a schedule. Anyone else notice this? I've only owned pigs for a few months, so I'm still learning.

 

[Swissgreys]

I would say that mine spend mos of their time resting or sleeping.
They have mad bursts of energy at certain time of the day (morning, evening, and when they hear the fridge door) but for the most part thy tend to lay around their cage or in their hay trays eating.
Your skinnies sound pretty normal to me.

 

[Flutterby]

Same here! Mine lounge around most of the day with their mouths stuffed with food

 

[Dorothy&Coco]

Same here, our girls spend most of the day sleeping, lying down, generally resting. Saving up their energy for veggie time.....

 

[flowerfairy]

My two sows are always resting or eating!

 

[Wiebke]

Every morning when I check on my skinny pigs, they're both in the "bedroom" ostensibly resting or sleeping. Everything I read says piggies spend most of their time NOT sleeping, so I'm guessing my pigs have set themselves a schedule. Anyone else notice this? I've only owned pigs for a few months, so I'm still learning.

Who said that? Guinea pigs sleep a lot of the time. They are most active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular) and doze/quietly browse in turn throughout the day.
You can find more guinea pig facts in this guide here: Guinea Pig Facts - A Short Overview

 

[SkinnyPigRiver]

What I'm reading is: my pigs are big fakers when they know I'm looking?

 

[Kylie80]

I have a really nosey piggy (like neighborhood watch nosey) who sleeps with her head sticking out her hidey and whenever she hears movement her head fly's up to see what's going on and then pops her head back down on her paws again and goes back to napping again as soon as she know's no food is involved. I'm suprised she doesn't get whip lash.

 

[SkinnyPigRiver]

Sorry, let me clarify: most literature states that GPs only sleep maybe four hours a day. I guess I assumed mine were always active otherwise because they usually are when I see them. They're never at rest, BUT (there's always a big but) they're babies. The oldest is about three months, and I'm getting the feeling that their youthful enthusiasm keeps 'them looking perky when I visit or take them out for lap or floor time. From all of your helpful replies (THANK YOU), I'm getting the feeling that a year from now they'll be quite sedentary!

 

[Critter]

Mine spend most of the afternoon asleep. They alternate between rest and activity in the morning and evening, and even when the run is out all day it attaches to the cage for them to come an go as they wish) they will often be resting in the afternoon, whether it's in their run or their cage
They are always on high alert for veggies though no matter what time of day. If a bag rustles or I go and chop some veggies in the afternoon, suddenly they are wide awake, except Freddie, my boar, who will sleep through almost anything

 

[Freela]

Mine have a predictable schedule... up and busy in the mornings, intermittently dozing and grazing through most of the day, up in the evenings. I'm not 100% sure what they do at night, as I'm on a different floor then! They are not asleep all day, but are quiet/lazing around. When people say that guinea pigs sleep less, I think they mean that guinea pigs don't have one long, continuous sleep the way humans do and added together, may not sleep as much as us, but that doesn't mean they are doing more than resting and chewing for many of those hours!

 

[SkinnyPigRiver]

Another thing I'm realizing is that I see my piggies right before sunrise in the morning, and spend the most time with them in the evening. I'm getting prime activity time.

 

[Oreo&Coco]

I observed that my piggies will make a noise like "weeee weeee weeee" (in high pitch) when they are asking for food. Recently I found that they are making new noise like "beep beep beep" in short interval and last for over a minute. It sounds just like the smoke detector. What does that mean? Please share.