Are guinea pigs nocturnal?

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my piggies seem to be most active in the night time and really sleepy in the daytime... my mum asked me today if they were nocturnal and I dint know so I thought id ask you guys :)

I thought they were like horses, who doze throughout the day and night...
 
hellooooo love :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

LOL if i go downstairs during the night most of the time i'll find Duke out eating ::)
When he and Sully were younger i noticed more of a waking time during the night, but now he's older he sleeps quite a bit of the day and night :smitten:
 
Hellooo! :) :)

lol yeah same with mine even Peter rabbit, although she is finding it hard with the heat during the day she is quite active at night...

Wilson and Cindy flop right out on their guts in the day ;D lol
Poppy and Basil sit right on top of their frozen bottles too lol
 
awwwwwwwww so they love their piggy airconditioning eh :smitten: :D :D :D :D :D :D

don't blame them love you've had some hot weather and more to come i see :o :o :o :o
don't pass too much of it this way thanks ;) tho i think we're going to get the rain coming down from Queensland O0
 
i think piggies take short sleeps all through the day and night? :-\
 
I think they're biurnal because they sort of nap on and off throughout the day and night.
 
Isn't it natural instinct that they just nap going back to when they were out in herds on the plains? Keeping one eye open! I know mine will sleep for a short time and then I hear teeth hitting vegetables... ::) I also think that they come out at night more when they are inside a house because in theory there will be noone around...
 
Now mine are very quiet of a night time, they know when to sleep. They are lively in the day but do have naps! :smitten:
 
Mine wake up when food is around, i hardly ever see them sleep as such, but they do lie around a lot in the day and night! I notice when i turn the light off, Bumble and Bee always go to the same place every night and lie down, i think thats their bed lol they dont lie there in the day!
 
Mine mainly sleep when their pigloos are in. Apart from Misty as all he does his move it around to his food dishes. They only really get them in at night sometimes during the day because all they do is hide. If there's food around they wake up right away.
 
Mine are active all the time, but they do have there little naps, the girls in the large pen just sleep anywhere, they dont care if its in a box or in the middle of the cage.
Emma x
 
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Mine are active all the time, but they do have there little naps, the girls in the large pen just sleep anywhere, they dont care if its in a box or in the middle of the cage.
Emma x
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same here :D
 
Pigs are active most of the time because they are grazers.They have naps then eat .Mine are most active early morning and late afternoon and evening.They seem to snooze longer mid morning and mid afternoon. I guess in the wild they would be most active around dawn and dusk.

My pigs can be seemingly sound asleep but even the slightest rustle of a bag or the fridge door opening,and they are forming a que!.
 
It sounds like the sows in the large cage, they que up in the corner nearest the kitchen door, lol!

Emma x
 
Mine tend to be most active in the day when people are about, right little attention seekers they are!
 
my 2 girls and faline the bunny are active most of the time, they lay down and may doze of but like said wehen the fridge is opened or a plastic bag rustled the choir starts up. so i think to answer your question piggies sleep when they want too. and every piggy is different. hugs and cuddles to you and your babies from another aussie. :smitten:
 
Mine are all snoozing when I stagger downstairs at 5:45 most mornings to make a cuppa... by the time I am dressed and looking more like a human they are awake and shouting for their brekky!
We are not sure what they get up to when we are out at work - OH suspects they raid the fridge and watch MTV. They are usually awake in the evening when we are home though.
Our little baby Huxley is very funny because he goes to bed at 9:45 every evening!
I think they sleep in the afternoon and at night.
 
mine are active when i want to sleep :( but if I'm awake they will sleep ::)
 
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