Sleeping Positions - Panicking Over Nothing?

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This is probably utterly ridiculous, but I just saw Senna settle down on her side almost flat out.
It makes me uncomfortable as that's the position I found both my dead pigs in :(

Do all pigs sleep like that sometimes?
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Shrap said:
This is probably utterly ridiculous, but I just saw Senna settle down on her side almost flat out.
It makes me uncomfortable as that's the position I found both my dead pigs in :(

Do all pigs sleep like that sometimes?
The pic is her a lot more upright than she was..View attachment 7608
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Yes, mine do it regularly. If they are doing it in the open they are usually very relaxed.
 
Yes she's made fantastic progress in the last few months. Initially she would freeze dead at any sight or sound. Now she's happy milling about and getting in the way when I'm cleaning them out lol, and shouting for food. She's louder than Alfonzo, something I didn't think would be possible haha!

I'm glad to know that it's a common sleeping position. I just have to constantly check she's breathing :(
 
Shrap said:
Yes she's made fantastic progress in the last few months. Initially she would freeze dead at any sight or sound. Now she's happy milling about and getting in the way when I'm cleaning them out lol, and shouting for food. She's louder than Alfonzo, something I didn't think would be possible haha!

I'm glad to know that it's a common sleeping position. I just have to constantly check she's breathing :(
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It's horrid when you've lost one, but don't become over anxious. Inside their hideys they sleep in that position a lot. It's just more obvious when they are out in the open. Still freaks me out that they sleep with eyes open at times!
 
Our piggies sleep in all sort of ways... Tia though is the biggest Pancake you will ever see.. :nod:

Would love to see some more pigtures of your piggies please... :love::drool:
 
My girls are constantly making me worry with their sleeping positions. Sherbet is doing her best impression of a dead piggy at the moment, keep glancing over to check if she's ok.
 
You get all kinds of piggy flops - and some can really worry you until you see the slight signs of breathing... Others are determined to squeeze themselves into a space as awkwardly as possible and make you wonder how bad a crink in the neck they are going to wake up with!

At least, flopping around like that out in the open means that your Senna is a very relaxed and comfy in her surroundings.

Here are some snaps of mine:
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Oh yes - I am ashamed to say that we call it 'dead pig position' - I know that sounds morbid but it is well known that healthcare professionals (of which I am one) have a relatively sick sense of humour. When totally flopped it is known as 'Toby/Barney has been run over'.

PS - I hope this post hasn't offended anyone - it really wasn't meant to :no:
 
Aww I can understand your worry. I am constantly checking mine are breathing when they lie like that too. It is good we have such relaxed piggies.
 
I panicked when Maple stretched her back legs out! Double chooken leg! I thought she had hurt her back!
 
Senna and Alfonzo :)

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I'm so pleased I found this forum - I know my the last year of my life may have been less worrisome had I been able to check if all the things I've seen Piglet do were normal. I've panicked several times seeing him flaked out only to find that he is completely sparko.

And the first time I saw him yawn completely freaked me out - I thought his head was going to turn inside out!

I also like to know that there are other people like me that out there - not everybody understands the cuteness of a Guinea Pig. xx
 
lol they're actually not F1 pigs. Although that would have been a cool theme consdering the speed and noises lol!

I like hispanic names for animals haha (cat called Pablo)
I had Alfonzo first with his cage mate Cesar, then Cesar passed and I got 2 girls - Senna and Zafrina (Amazonian vampires from Twilight). Unfortunately Zafrina passed not long after I got them but now Senna and Alfonzo are happily married :)

Thanks for the compliments on my babies, people really don't understand how big their personalities are.

I'll come in the room and say "hello piggle wiggles", and they will run around wheeking. I ask them what they want and Alfonzo runs to his food bowl and runs back to me wheeking. This will be repeated if I don't give in haha! Senna is still learning how to get what she wants, but she is fabulous at rearranging the furniture! I'm so pleased she's not had any issues so far aside from her initial terror. She was fed on rabbit food for the first 3 or 4 years of her life until I got her and I don't think she'd ever even seen veg before! :(

She's a happy girlie now :)
 
Ours do it all the time and Star especially rolls her eyes until the whites are showing. As you panic she flicks her ears and looks at you as if to say "whats wrong". Twinkle will do it and fully shut her eyes.
 
My boy sometimes lies flat on his belly with both front legs sticking out in front of him and his paws turned up...it looks so weird! I must try and take a picture. He gets all embarrassed when we laugh and him and moves LOL!

They all lie on their slides absolutely flat out especially when they are in the house. I think its adorable and just shows how relaxed they are.
 
Yes our boars sleep pretty much flat out slightly on their sides with their head resting on the side, they sometimes move the fleece to make a bit of a pillow area, and usually sleep with one back leg splayed out. When we got them they always slept with eyes wide open but now it's been about two months and they mostly sleep with their eyes only tiny bit open like almost completely closed now which is really sweet! I also love it when one of them sleeps in an open part of the cage, as people said it means they're really relaxed as they usually feel more comfortable in a covered part. Your pigs are gorgeous by the way!
 
Shrap said:
This is probably utterly ridiculous, but I just saw Senna settle down on her side almost flat out.
It makes me uncomfortable as that's the position I found both my dead pigs in :(

Do all pigs sleep like that sometimes?
The pic is her a lot more upright than she was..View attachment 7608
Click to expand...

My guinea pigs do it when they are very relaxed. My previous piggie only ever slept like that. I have two now, one wont lie that way at all and the other only does occasionally. Your piggie is probably very comfortable in her surroundings.
 
I saw her cuddled up to Alfonzo today with her eyes shut :)
 
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