We have had our 2 girls for a couple of weeks now, they are 2 years old.
They are very shy and spend almost the entire day in their hideys - the hideys are filled with hay for them. One of them is more confident and will wheek when she hears the rustle of salad bags and will come out and take veggies from a plate and then take it back into the hidey. The other will only come and get the veggies if the plate is literally right outside the hidey, so I tend to put the veggies in for her. I have noticed that they must come out more in the evening and early mornings when we aren't in the room as there are usually lots of poos outside the hideys when I come down in the morning - this morning when I came down there were only a couple of poos outside the hideys which makes me think they didn't even come out when the room was quiet. They both seem to be eating plenty of hay as it needs topping up regularly.
I'm mainly concerned that they don't seem to be very active at all - we also put them in an outside run this weekend and again they stayed in the hideys and didn't come out to explore. We've done lots of sitting by the cage, talking, putting our hands in and gently stroking on the nose. Have picked them up a few times to weigh and for a quick cuddle.
Is it normal for them to be so sedentary? I was expecting them to run around a lot more, especially if we aren't in the room. Is it too early to worry?
They are very shy and spend almost the entire day in their hideys - the hideys are filled with hay for them. One of them is more confident and will wheek when she hears the rustle of salad bags and will come out and take veggies from a plate and then take it back into the hidey. The other will only come and get the veggies if the plate is literally right outside the hidey, so I tend to put the veggies in for her. I have noticed that they must come out more in the evening and early mornings when we aren't in the room as there are usually lots of poos outside the hideys when I come down in the morning - this morning when I came down there were only a couple of poos outside the hideys which makes me think they didn't even come out when the room was quiet. They both seem to be eating plenty of hay as it needs topping up regularly.
I'm mainly concerned that they don't seem to be very active at all - we also put them in an outside run this weekend and again they stayed in the hideys and didn't come out to explore. We've done lots of sitting by the cage, talking, putting our hands in and gently stroking on the nose. Have picked them up a few times to weigh and for a quick cuddle.
Is it normal for them to be so sedentary? I was expecting them to run around a lot more, especially if we aren't in the room. Is it too early to worry?