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Post by gardenfarmjunkie76 on Jun 13, 2019 4:31:11 GMT
We adopted 2 female guineas about 3 weeks ago & while they are the funnest, sweetest lil critters, they are keeping my husband awake at night. Gizmo seems to be my little hellion! She is one who I watched for weeks & her crazy fun personality is why I finally brought her home. She would jump on top of the little caves & when another piggie would come out, she'd jump on them, they'd chase each other & run around the cages together & well, I fell in love. Being told they are social, I adopted two, the second being Remy, who seems to be quite as boisterous as Gizmo! They are fun & I enjoy them, but my husband and I arent getting a lot of sleep as they are running amoke at night. I put a towel over most their cage hoping this will help. Any other advise anyone can give me? Moving them to another room isnt an option as we are very outdoors people and are either in our backyard, in our garage or our bedroom. Help! TIA!!    |
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Post by Bean on Jun 13, 2019 8:57:17 GMT
Oh they're adorable! Definitely worth a few sleepless nights!
Guinea pigs don't do day and night - they have cycles of sleeping and activity throughout each 24 hour period, so making things more night-timey won't make much difference unfortunately.
We had a solo guinea pig in quarantine in our bedroom for a couple of weeks once. She just ran zoomies all night, and I'm a light sleeper!
There have been a couple of occasions where we've had to move the cages into one of the kids' bedrooms overnight (not mine anymore as I know I'll be awake all night!), and the best we've been able to do is swap the water bottle for a bowl, so the clanking of that doesn't keep the kids up. I also give them their main feed including a shed-load of hay and some cucumber just before we go to sleep so there's an element of them having a period of quiet eating and then sleeping as we're all nodding off. It won't last all night though!
My advice, if you can't move them into another room overnight, is earplugs for you and your husband!
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Post by bazookagoof on Jun 13, 2019 13:53:36 GMT
Perhaps some sort of white noise to help mask the sounds? I'm talking about something as simple as sounds of soft rain/waves on a beach playing on a CD player, or the like. 
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Post by 3piggles on Jun 13, 2019 15:54:54 GMT
Granted, I don't have guinea pigs in my room, but I've used white noise of some sort for years. After a while, you only hear the white noise. You concentrate on that. Otherwise, I'd say an overnight in the garage. I also fill my cage with hay before bed, so between playing in and eating the hay, the piggies are pretty quiet. It's even helped during the time of the month, when they can get on each others nerves something wicked. Perhaps some quiet things to do. If they run zoomies, break up the space so they can't do zoomies at night. If they thwack the water bottle, use a bowl, or tie down the water bottle with zip ties so they can't pull on it. If they move things around, take out the hard houses, and put in soft ones for the night. I have also used Ferret Funnels, a combination of tubes that can be made into just about any configuration, and if made complex enough, keeps them busy for hours. www.kaytee.com/all-products/small-animal/kaytee-ferretrail-fun-nels-tube-maze The come in straight, T and elbow sections, all of which can be connected in as many ways as you have imagination. Guinea pigs are very intelligent, and get bored easily. Give them a lot of quiet things to do, and they will do them. |
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Post by gardenfarmjunkie76 on Jun 14, 2019 1:40:51 GMT
THANK YOU!!!!! I threw some towels over them last night & removed their food bowl as that seems to be thrown around the most LOL! I also put a boat load of hay for them to munch & we got our 1st decent night sleep last night. My hubbys a light sleeper more so than me (our fire alarms went off in out home & I slept right thru it!!) Thankfully there was no fire, just an alarm that's battery went dead...or I wouldve been in trouble LOL!! I'm gonna try the white noise as well, as I used to do that years ago & cant remember why I stopped but it did put my brain elsewhere as I dozed off. 😊😊👍👍
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Post by 3piggles on Jun 14, 2019 14:27:51 GMT
Same with hubby and me. I could sleep through anything, and every little sound wakes him. I use the white noise, but he still doesn't, then complains about every little noise waking him! Glad you finally got some sleep |
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Post by gardenfarmjunkie76 on Jun 17, 2019 3:05:30 GMT
Thanks 3piggles! 😊👍
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Post by jolovespiggies on Jun 24, 2019 18:34:33 GMT
I had guinea pigs in my room for ages when we had 21. Some were in my bedroom, others in the sitting room I must be a very sound sleeper as I had no trouble sleeping even when I had three on the bed with me every night. It was so comforting, When it was a nuisance, however, was when I used to want to watch a film and something rustled, everyone joined in and we had to pause the TV until they had settled down again LOL.
hugs jo xxx
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Post by jolovespiggies on Jun 24, 2019 18:36:19 GMT
I forgot to say that they are absolutely adorable.
hugs jo xx
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Post by 3piggles on Jun 24, 2019 21:28:01 GMT
Lol! That must have been quite an annoyance, Jo |
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Post by Bean on Jun 25, 2019 7:39:43 GMT
Haha Jo! We've had that a few times too, but last night we were watching something with a quiet, tense and emotional moment in it and Cadders decided to start clanking on the water bottle - he's such a noisy drinker, it's like someone shaking a can of stones!
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Post by 3piggles on Jun 25, 2019 20:23:32 GMT
Lol, perfect timing, Cadders |
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Post by Bean on Jun 26, 2019 7:03:59 GMT
Please don't encourage him, 3piggles!
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Post by kentgarrett on Nov 5, 2019 13:43:11 GMT
If you sleep in the same room as a guinea pig, like me. The first night will surely be surprisingly lively. That is because guinea pigs can emit a lot of curious sounds through the night and that can certainly be a problem if they don’t let you sleep I will share with you some sounds on my youtube channel.
Among all the interesting noises they make, there are low growls, rumbles, purring and teeth chattering. If they are in a group, these sounds are more common.
If that represents a problem for you, there are different tricks you can try to keep them a lot quieter.
You can give them soft and soundless chewing toys.
The tactic that I use always is to keep them with fresh water and vegetables.
Always keep a couple of opposite sex together.
Bath them regularly with shampoo. But I really don’t advice you to do that.
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Post by Bean on Nov 6, 2019 7:45:57 GMT
Some great advice there, but the bit about keeping opposite sex pairs made me chuckle as one of my boys, Josh, is a nightmare to have in your room at night, as his endless pursuits of his lady friend are certainly not conducive to a good night's sleep!
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Post by bazookagoof on Nov 7, 2019 2:44:48 GMT
Some great advice there, but the bit about keeping opposite sex pairs made me chuckle as one of my boys, Josh, is a nightmare to have in your room at night, as his endless pursuits of his lady friend are certainly not conducive to a good night's sleep! I keep picturing Josh wearing sunglasses and cheap aftershave, constantly crooning, "C'mon, baby.. you KNOW I love only YOU!" |
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Post by Bean on Nov 7, 2019 9:42:44 GMT
Haha! Keep the sunglasses and aftershave, but I reckon it'd probably be more like 'Oooh how did I get so hot?! It can't be fair to everyone else?! I'm the hunkiest pig in the woooorrrrrld! Oh yeah! Rocky! ROCKY?! Look at me! You're so lucky getting access to this amazing adonis! Woooo!'.
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Post by 3piggles on Nov 10, 2019 17:45:27 GMT
Lol, guinea guys rule |
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