Too much noise

[kalrik]

I keep my guinea pigs in my room because we have cats and a big dog. My dad won't let me move them anywhere else because the cage is so large. The problem is for some reason mine wake up at 4 am every morning, and I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in forever. You know how it is, you're sleeping and then you wake up and can only get back to the half awake half sleep phase and the constant noise never lets me get any good sleep after 4. What can I do? anything? I feel tired all day.

 

[pennick]

Mine only wheek when they want something. Before you go to sleep do you make sure their food bowl is filled and that their hay is available?

Important question........ What do you do when they wake you up?

 

[Teria]

Long ago, I had two pigs who used to gnaw on the cage grids through half the night until I went absolutely mad. Maybe you can put them into another room at night in a smaller cage? Or use earplugs?

 

[pennick]

How do they wake you up?

 

[Slap Maxwell]

I am good as set, because I am drugged up on perscription sleeping pills at night.

Occasionally Amelia and Nova will wake me up, though.

 

[Piglet]

I know how you feel and I sympathise. Mine are in my room, and in the first couple of weeks Icouldn't get to sleep. Now Im fine and they don't even wake me up once. How long have you had them for? It got so bad that I had to put them in a 2x2 for the night. Then I felt bad that they were in a small cage, so I just had to put them back into my room!

 

[kalrik]

It's that darn male in the cage, I swear. Chasing everyone around making them wheek at him to get away. It got loud since I got him which was only about a month and a half ago. I am PRAYING that I adjust and stop hearing it. When it wakes me half up I put the pillow over my head, when I am fully up and angry I go sleep in the spare bedroom. My pigs have run me out! I think I am going to shut my blinds better. Maybe the light makes them think it's time for breakfast and I am going to start refilling hay and pellets right before bed. That's a really good idea.

 

[All4Cavies]

I have 8 pigs, I sleep through it. They do wheek at about 6 AM ..they wake my boyfriend up, but not me. But of course, this is the person that can sleep through TWO alarm clocks.

My only advice would be to start feeding them, giving them fresh water , veggies and hay right before you go to sleep and make it a routine. Other than that, Im not sure.

 

[muffin_401]

Ha ha! Yeah I know what you are talking about! My girls do the same thing. About twice a night they are start to do laps around the cage and chase each other, but like All4Cavies said try to feed them right before you go to bed, I do that and it really does seem to help, they have full tummy's and want to sleep it all off... Hope that works for you, if not, hopefully you will learn to sleep through it...

 

[tashagurl]

I sleep with my music turned on low. It helps cover up the noise of the pigs.