What Does It Mean When Guinea Pigs Run Laps Around The Cage?

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I've witnessed my guinea pig do that for the past few days. I'd like to think it's either out of excitement since I'm pretty sure those times I've had parsley nearby or just her way of keeping in shape. She's still very new and timid so at first I thought she was scared. But usually when I see her scared she hides in her hut and doesn't move. But this time she runs around aimlessly darting from place to place. She comes up to sniff the parsley I hold through her cage, nibbles a bit, then darts around again, then circles back to sniff the parsley. Sometimes she gets on her hind legs and stretches all the way to the top of the cage or nibbles the cage bars. She loves parsley so I don't think it's the food causing problems…She makes little squeaks but I don't think it's wheeking since it's not as high pitched and fast paced (I keep trying to compare her sounds to the sound clips of other guinea pigs online but I can never identify which sound is which). I really hope it's not shrieking.
 
She's excited and happy. Guinea pigs run laps or popcorning, or do both when they are happy.
 
Yes I agree with Julesie, they're very happy when they do this.
 
Thanks for the reassurance. I'm glad to know that it's more likely she's happy than upset. I still feel guilty about not being able to identify what her noises mean. Seeing her active I guess is better than seeing her inactive.
 
Haha zoom zoom zoom! Nothing like watching a happy piggy going for it :) my Buddy (RIP) used to do that all the time and then flop down and go to sleep out in the open
 
Mine do that every meal time - I handle them for a bit then pop them in the cage, the parsley comes out and all of a sudden they're leaping about and racing back and forth like little batmen!
 
Nothing like happy zoomies when you worry that they may not catch the next curve and go right into wall! Enjoy while they last!
 
haha! I like calling it "zoom." That's the sound effect I like to imagine running through her head when she does that. Lady Kelly, I recently saw mine doing that, too. I think it's funny when I hear a lot of rustling in the cage. Then complete silence a few minutes later and I see her snuggled up in a corner.
 
She's happy, and excited, and probably young, since the older ones don't seem to run laps as enthusiastically! When Sundae was a baby, she used to run circles in the hallway during free play time, and popcorn occasionally, and my older pig used to just watch her go! LOL!
 
Freela, that's too cute! It's a bummer that they don't popcorn as much when they get older.
 
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