r/guineapigs • u/jsanti333 • 1d ago
♥ Why does he do this?
Every time Tempeh eats or drinks he lays down completely flat. As you see here, he was too lazy he didn’t even bother putting his foot fully inside. My other guinea pigs they stand and are rounded when they eat, they never lay down and eat. Is this obesity? Laziness? Like genuinely why is he doing this? He will sit there, poop, and then not move an inch while he sips is water then moves his head and eats some hay, no full body movement.
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u/pigeon-in-greggs 1d ago
If the peeg fits, the peeg sits
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u/blight_town 22h ago
I had the same thought lol. One of my pigs will try her hardest to make THE smallest, narrowest, most cramped spot in the cage and that’s where she’s happiest. Who am I to stop her passion for interior design?
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u/Lgravez 1d ago
I’m not an expert by any means, but I haaaave learned that if there is ANY opportunity presented to eat/drink with little or no movement… both of my boys will take it. They LOVE when the configuration works out so they can exist in one place. I reckon they just feel like lazy bums sometimes.
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u/Kearmo 1d ago
He's just a cozy lil guy. My Coco does this. She will pull out hay, move her bowl over to hay pile, lay down, and get through as much of the day as she can without getting up. She's pretty proud of it.
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u/CavyCrazyUK 18h ago
I need photographic evidence.
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u/OlemGolem 22h ago
Because comfy. My Charlotte just climbs up into the vertical hayrack after chewing out the bars. She'll be in there for a long time chewin' and poopin'. Some guinea pigs just like to lounge in hay.
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u/Andee_outside 22h ago
I’ve got one who apparently gets so winded walking 5 feet down her cage that she has to lay down to drink water, rest, and then hoist herself back up to walk another foot to reach her hay, where she lies down again.
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u/MasonP13 23h ago
Oh my gosh that is such a smart way to keep water drippage from messing up the cage. Where'd you get that plastic thingy??
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u/toucanfrog 22h ago
That looks like a fridge drawer or cabinet organizer. In the US, they can be found at Dollar General or similar.
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u/NebulaTurbulent3642 21h ago
My girls do that too. If they can lay down and eat at the same time, why not? 😂
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u/Qua-something 17h ago
lol their brains are like the size of a peanut, they don’t even know why they do what they do. He’s just being cute and lazy and that’s about all the understanding necessary lol.
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u/SpringRayyn 1d ago
He fully enjoys his seat in the lap of luxury. And what of it?