Hi! First time owner here.
I've had hamsters pretty recently, so I know it takes a while for new animals to warm up to me and their environment and I expected my two new guinea pigs to be pretty skittish at first. One of my males seems to be doing very well. He's active, looking around the cage, eating, drinking, etc. What concerns me is that the other one has been squished up against the very back wall of the hideaway since they got home. Though I did see him come out to get food on the drive home, since we've arrived he seems pretty unresposive, no whisker twitching or exploring like the other, and he doesn't even react to me moving the hideaway while he's in there. The only time he moves is when i completely remove the hideaway. Compared with the other, side by side, he is just a lot less responsive, and his breathing is much slower than the other, though his breathing doesn't seem labored. Is this placid behavior normal for a new pig, or should I be concerned that he's not as active as his buddy?
I've had hamsters pretty recently, so I know it takes a while for new animals to warm up to me and their environment and I expected my two new guinea pigs to be pretty skittish at first. One of my males seems to be doing very well. He's active, looking around the cage, eating, drinking, etc. What concerns me is that the other one has been squished up against the very back wall of the hideaway since they got home. Though I did see him come out to get food on the drive home, since we've arrived he seems pretty unresposive, no whisker twitching or exploring like the other, and he doesn't even react to me moving the hideaway while he's in there. The only time he moves is when i completely remove the hideaway. Compared with the other, side by side, he is just a lot less responsive, and his breathing is much slower than the other, though his breathing doesn't seem labored. Is this placid behavior normal for a new pig, or should I be concerned that he's not as active as his buddy?
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