Hak
New Born Pup
Hey everyone, me and my partner got two piggies yesterday! I myself have had little experience with guinea pigs, but my partner has had them when she was young for about 16 years. The guinea pigs are both around 4 months old, a female and a neutered male. The place we got them from advised us to keep them separated for a week because the neutering took place 4 weeks ago and avoid any... accidents. They are separated in the same cage (with plenty of space for them to walk in). Both have access to water, hay and pellets. They also have a few makeshift hiding spots made out of cardboard because we weren't prepared to have to separate them from eachother and this was the easy temporary solution.
We put both of them in their parts of their cage, and after a few minutes went into one of their hidey holes. Now we have read beforehand that they are prey animals and they do take some time to adjust to their surroundings, so we didn't think too much of it beforehand and went to bed.
However, after waking up they were still in there, and they have been there for about 16 hours now. There is some hay near the entrance of their hidey and we can hear a little bit of rustling so we are not concerned that they are not eating. They did not drink anything yet, which kind of freaks me out. We put some cucumber slices near their spot as well, but it doesn't seem they have eaten those either (although it's hard to see, but I don't want to disturb them to check).
I just want to make sure if there is any reason for concern, I don't want them to dehydrate or anything. Any help or advice is helpful, and thanks in advance!
We put both of them in their parts of their cage, and after a few minutes went into one of their hidey holes. Now we have read beforehand that they are prey animals and they do take some time to adjust to their surroundings, so we didn't think too much of it beforehand and went to bed.
However, after waking up they were still in there, and they have been there for about 16 hours now. There is some hay near the entrance of their hidey and we can hear a little bit of rustling so we are not concerned that they are not eating. They did not drink anything yet, which kind of freaks me out. We put some cucumber slices near their spot as well, but it doesn't seem they have eaten those either (although it's hard to see, but I don't want to disturb them to check).
I just want to make sure if there is any reason for concern, I don't want them to dehydrate or anything. Any help or advice is helpful, and thanks in advance!
