My baby guinea pig is so hyper!

[OmgPiggies]

Is it normal for a baby guinea pig to be so hyper?

I have a 5 week old boar and hes always running around, and his very skittish, he has no problem when hes being held but he makes alot of noise (specially if his dad is near by) he starts squeeking alot when he hears the other male, when they are together the little one starts popcorning and running around very happy and he can't stand still lol, hes very active and healthy, is it a fase? or this is normal?

I hope its just a fase because i want to handle him most of the time but he can't stop moving grrrr :...

 

[*Nibbles&Nugget*]

Baby piggies can be such fidget bottoms! Nutty was a nightmare baby and didn't calm down until recently, even then not completely. Thankfully lots of regular handling means he likes his cuddles, but sometimes he just wants to climb all over you!

Of my youngest pair Bingo is so hyperactive he is hard to handle where as Buddy relaxes completely, flattened out and sleeping in your arms. I think a lot of it is down to personality but, yes, it is normal!

Amy
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[OmgPiggies]

Baby piggies can be such fidget bottoms! Nutty was a nightmare baby and didn't calm down until recently, even then not completely. Thankfully lots of regular handling means he likes his cuddles, but sometimes he just wants to climb all over you!

Of my youngest pair Bingo is so hyperactive he is hard to handle where as Buddy relaxes completely, flattened out and sleeping in your arms. I think a lot of it is down to personality but, yes, it is normal!

Amy
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I hope he calms down as he grows up... hes not like EXTREMELY hyper like a bullet lol, he gets specially hyper when the other male is around, when hes totally alone he's very peacefull, so i guess its the other pig's fault LOL maybe he gets nervous when the older pig is around

 

[Yvette]

My youngest baby is only very quiet as she was so ill when I got her:0

 

[Wiebke]

Sounds pretty normal for a healthy youngster! They calm down somewhat eventually...

 

[Freela]

Baby pigs are REALLY hyper... they do calm down with age. I could see the different when we had one baby and one who was almost two years old... the baby would be out running laps around the hallway and the adult pig would just lay down and watch her run like she couldn't figure out what she was doing it all for!

 

[piggiesxforever]

mine are about four months old and they're both crazy fools!

sometimes i will walk into the room to find them both rocketing around their cage chasing each other. (they don't seem to be fighting; it's more as though they're playing tag!) i love it when they both popcorn. they bounce off the walls and each other. haha. there used to be a little shelf in their cage that had all their food and such on it. they liked to climb up the ramp and then jump off the top. (i thought they did it bc they couldn't climb down, but they would just do it over & over) i had to take it out because i was afraid they'd hurt themselves.