Should Guinea Pigs Have A Night Light If It Gets Dark Outside Early?

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I have 2 guinea pigs and where I live, it gets pitch black outside by 4:30 pm and the sun doesn't even come up fully until 8:30am. I try to leave the blinds to the window open so they can get natural sunlight, but by the time I come home around 8pm, they would have been sitting in the dark during the day for 4-5 hours. I always turn off all lights at night so we can all sleep, but should I leave a small night light on before I leave for work in the morning, and open the blinds, so they have light all day? Or can they see fine in the dark?

I just feel bad that they have no light halfway through the day
 
Mine don’t get artificial light during the week as they are upstairs in a spare bedroom. If it’s dark, it’s dark! They don’t seem to mind. At the weekend they’re downstairs with us and we do have the light on but if we go out during the evening all the lights get turned off. They seem to ‘know’ what is articifical and what is natural and don’t get confused
 
I do have a lamp in their room that has a timer on it so it switches on just as it gets dark, but that's more for security than the pigs being able to see.

I've seen them zoom around at top speed in the pitch black at 3am so I think they can see fine in the dark.
 
I leave a light on for my boys but that's mostly because of their fighting. Once it gets dark they often go at it, so really it's more for a fight deterrent until we can get them neutered and re-bonded with other pigs (we separate overnight, but the light is for 4.30pm ish onwards). I think in terms of sight they can see perfectly fine though! :)
 
My boys are in the spare room and I do tend to leave a light on in their room in the evening until I go to bed.I don't know why-just what Ive always done!I'm thinking of getting a small lamp though for the evenings as they don't really need the main light on.
 
No need at all dont worry. Mine are all tucked up for the night at around 5 with no lights and curtains shut to keep the warmth in.

I open the curtains as soon as I go downstairs.
 
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