Hi, I have a new baby sow, I've had her for around 1 month so she is about 3-4 months old.
Shes very wierd. Not as in "oh my pet is so weird and cut" but as in wierd wierd. My current 2 year old sow and my other one who was put to sleep were nothing like her so it could he her personality is just massively different.
1. Shes incredibly erratic and clumsy, VERY high energy levels. So much so I believe she tries to move too quickly then she's physically able, so she falls over and does alot of side rolly polys lots of times a day, sniff the air so much she actually falls back onto her back. She runs into everything. She also likes to run round in circles.
2. She has no fear, no cautiousness, never shows any signs of being shy or timid. Even when I first got her, she was never afraid. I didn't need to 'socialise' her, she'd eat right out of my hand, never ran away from me, new/loud noises. She likes me to make her fly in the small dust pan.
3. She eats wierd. She mostly eats nuggets, although her hay intake is improving. She doesn't get excited about frsh veg, it's touch and go if she eats it, although everything so far she's tried she seems to like. She also seems to get food stuck inside her mouth somehow although she eventually sorts it out.
4. She rarely makes noise. I've probably only heard her a handful of times. She doesn't wheek.
She had a health check when I first got her and she was given the all clear.
Now, I'd be concerned if this was new behaviour but she's been like this since day 1. She seems like a very happy/easily excited girl. Is she just wierd or has she got something neurological wrong? Can guinea pigs have mental issues like ADHD or something?
Shes very wierd. Not as in "oh my pet is so weird and cut" but as in wierd wierd. My current 2 year old sow and my other one who was put to sleep were nothing like her so it could he her personality is just massively different.
1. Shes incredibly erratic and clumsy, VERY high energy levels. So much so I believe she tries to move too quickly then she's physically able, so she falls over and does alot of side rolly polys lots of times a day, sniff the air so much she actually falls back onto her back. She runs into everything. She also likes to run round in circles.
2. She has no fear, no cautiousness, never shows any signs of being shy or timid. Even when I first got her, she was never afraid. I didn't need to 'socialise' her, she'd eat right out of my hand, never ran away from me, new/loud noises. She likes me to make her fly in the small dust pan.
3. She eats wierd. She mostly eats nuggets, although her hay intake is improving. She doesn't get excited about frsh veg, it's touch and go if she eats it, although everything so far she's tried she seems to like. She also seems to get food stuck inside her mouth somehow although she eventually sorts it out.
4. She rarely makes noise. I've probably only heard her a handful of times. She doesn't wheek.
She had a health check when I first got her and she was given the all clear.
Now, I'd be concerned if this was new behaviour but she's been like this since day 1. She seems like a very happy/easily excited girl. Is she just wierd or has she got something neurological wrong? Can guinea pigs have mental issues like ADHD or something?
