my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should i do

[sumojen]

my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should i do

we ahve a hidey house and when we put her in her cage, she runs to it , and when she is in it, she makes a really funny sound!

 

[trogers1964]

Re: my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should

You only have the one piggie right? She's probably lonely, and needs and friend.
Also do you have any toys for her to play with in her cage?
Cheap toy ideas:
1) 4' pvc pipe either straight or curved. I have both and the curved one. (looks like a giant maccaroni (spell?) I picked up the other day at Lowe's for like under $2. Might have even been under $1. I can't remember. My piggies luv to run through them. I cut the straight one about 6" long
2) toilet paper cardboard tubes stuffed with timothy hay.
3) paper lunch sacks stuffed timothy hay
4) small cardboard box turned upside down with a entrance cut in to the side of the box. I also cut one on the other side and they run through that to.:evil:

 

[Briana D]

Re: my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should

I agree, she needs a friend. They are social creatures and need someone to interact with.

 

[Jason]

Re: my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should

Get another pig. We started out with one pig as well, but after reading more on more about them, we decided to get him a buddy.

We had our first pig for a week, and he would barely make a sound or come out of his pigloo if we were in the same room. But now with a friend, they are out all the time and week and run around. We have an older male with a slightly younger male, so the big guy's dominant, but they still get along 95% of the time.

Make sure if you get 2 pigs, that you give them enough space too!

 

[2steps]

Re: my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should

I had one pig at first too and she seemed unhappy and used to just sit in a corner or in the house for most of the day. Got much better when I got another pig

 

[SpackyCymru79]

Re: my guinea pig is ALWAYS in her hidey house! what should

Yep, certainly get your piggy another friend. I've got a recent addition. Dylan, a little boy. I put him in a separate room to my other 2 pigs as a quarantine measure to make sure he didn't have any bugs. He basically didn't do bugger all. Just sat in his hidey. When I gave him the all clear I took him downstairs in the same room as my girls. Even though he is in a different cage on the other side of the room I saw an immediate improvement. I heard him wheek for the first time, and run around! So he has a good time talking to the girls now. However I'm going to make his cage bigger and get another boar to keep him company as although he can chat with the girls, it isn't quite the same as having another cage mate to play with and cause mayhem on floor time with.