Confused Over Sow

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Hello,

I just went to give my guinea pigs their daily handful of pellets and Sakurai was squeakign her head off for it. Now she usually does this but she'll run over to the bowl yet this time didn't. A little confused, I fed the boys above first and then put the handful in the bowl for her and Ryou. Ryou immediately ran over and started to scoff the food down (as he usually does, greedy boy) yet Sakurai was slowly to do it and then she very tentatively, belly as low as I have seen a guinea pig press it, snuck over, got her head just past the cardboard box in the cage then ran back into the corner. She repeated this a few times, 2-3 I'd say then gave up and sat in the corner. Confused I grabbed a few pellets and started to hand feed her them through the bars. She was more than happy to eat and once full, as she was hidde between the haybox and cardboard box just sat there and slowly started to eat the hay that had fallen after she was fed up of pellets.

Now I'm really confused by this behaviour. She's never acted like this before and is far more skittish of me than she is Ryou yet today she was more than happy for me to hand feed her pellets yet refused to go over and eat with Ryou. Neither of them seem to have any blood on them that I could tell from outside of the cage. I didn't want to freak her out more by taking her out just yet.

Now the boys above, Bakura has just hit his hormonal time and so Romano and he are rumbling a lot at one another. I did notice she looked around when they started to do that and peered around the box to look at Ryou warily. He was still eating.

Now I'm not sure what's going on with her. Has Ryou and her had a fallout? Yet they have been together for at least 1 and a half years so this seems odd. They've never had a problem before. Or do you think she's been freaked out by the boys above and think its Ryou doing it?
I'm really not sure what to think but I am worried about her.

She's more than happy to eat as she's eaten the hay, pellets I fed her and a green bean I tested her with too.
 
Here's a video of it.
Please excuse the one clean cage and their dirty one below. I was cleaning them out yesterday and ran out of bedding. I am cleaning them out today but wanted to ask about this first before I put them out in the hallway together.

Video by Julie gibson
 
Just an update:

She's still in the corner but fast asleep and ryou is in the haybox beside that corner fast asleep. She just seems too scared to leave that corner but I don't know if its Ryou or not as they are close?

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Another update!

My order of orchard grass hay just arrived and I put it in a bowl in the middle of the cage. She wanted it but didn't go over. I tested her with a single piece which she immediately ate from me so I waited to see if she would go over. She stretched out a little warily going to but didn't move from the spot. She pulled back so I waited a bit longer and nothing. So I bought the bowl closer to her and she started to eat it. Ryou was around the corner eating from the other side of the bowl.

I'm just so confused.
 
Okay she finally moved over to the hay box.
Really don't know what was wrong with her but hoping she's okay now.
 
Sounds like she may be being bullied? Just because they don't physically fight, they can still bully. I had a boy do this, there was never any fighting but he would not leave her alone if she was in his space. She ended up being terribly traumatised. Have you tried to take Ryou out and see how her behaviour changes? Is she In season and therefore he is getting very amorous with her and she is feeling threatened?
 
l dont mean to frighten you but her tummy looks a bit gassy to me ..? ,
l would not give her any more food , just fluinds , do not try and move
her unless absolutaly nessaesry , keep her as level as possibale. and dont let her role over on to her side
l would phone the out of hours vet and ask if he could come to your
house and have a look at her .

Given that she hasent moved, l would personaly look at this as very important , and would do this sooner rather than later!!
 
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gizzy said:
l dont mean to frighten you but her tummy looks a bit gassy to me ..? ,
l would not give her any more food , just fluinds , do not try and move
her unless absolutaly nessaesry , keep her as level as possibale. and dont let her role over on to her side
l would phone the out of hours vet and ask if he could come to your
house and have a look at her .

personaly l would do this sooner rather than later!
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Thats how her stomach has always looked =)
She seems to be fine now.
 
Thats good news, with her not moving for such a long time a thought that
possibally there was exsses gas on her tummy
this would somtimes cause them to be still and withdrawn
 
Pleased to hear she is better. I would keep a closer eye on them to see what is going on/if there is any bullying, hopefully not though. If it's not bullying and this happens again it may be worth having her checked at the vets x
 
I found out what it was.

My mum had an accident hoovering the cage this morning and the cage bars fell open it freaked them out.
 
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