We have two guinea pigs who live in our bedroom. They are both getting on a bit (6 and 7) and have always been fairly well behaved and not bothered us in all that time.
However they have suddenly changed their habits and are now driving us both bonkers. One of them has taken to screaming the house down for attention morning, noon and night for no apparent reason and has developed an annoying habit of becoming an alarm clock at 5.30am every morning.
The only thing that I can thing of thats making him go crazy is the fact I'm pregnant. Now obviously, I am going to have to get used to screaming in the night, but it would be nice to get a good night's sleep in the meantime, whilst I can!
I can't even go for a nap at the moment, due to him going mental squeaking and chewing bars. Unfortunately moving them isn't an option.
Any one had similar insecure attention seeking small furries and has anyone got any suggests for how to get them to STFU?!
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RedToothBrush · 22/04/2014 17:40
Aww bless them they are old dears now at 6 and 7 .
Is your noctural guinea maybe getting a draught? They are susceptible to changes in temperature,
Can you put a cover over them at night? I used to put my GP1 and GP2 in the small bedroom which is cooler but with a duvet over their cage to insulate them against cold and echos/noise. GP2 used to like chewing cardboard boxes at 3am "I'm so over square doorways, must be arched, and big enough for GP1s sizeable arse"
Boxes stuffed with hay? We gave one each , they liked their own space (as do GP1/GP3 )
GPs are crepuscular (dawn and dusk active) so maybe he thinks he should be up at awake at an unholy hour.
Do they have enough night food.
Are you sure you don't have a Singing Guinea-Pig ? They can sound lovely , like birdsong or they can sound like a terrified bird caught in a trap.
Try a low volume radio?
Or you have a ghost which is annoying him 
Good Luck with the baby and the inevitable night-time wake-ups but you might be lucky and have a baby like my DD, who had a 10pm feed and slept til 6am, and even when she woke, she just looked about.
Logic and Guinea Pigs don't go in the same sentence 
Could well be the hormones (Our cat loved me when I was pg)
You could try one of those DAP plug ins? Alot of owners recommend them for settling stroppy boars or when they are arsey over Fireworks noise.
I think you need the cat one but I'll find a google site somewhere and check.
Don't rule out ghosts with new builds . What was on the land before?
Though our house is 80+ and I'm sure the original owners died here from what my old NDN told me. Our GPs haven't batted an ear.
He might be 
by the new baby (our cat was "How dare you bring that noisy THING into my house" (we'd had her for nine years when DS arrived).
But your hormones will be different after pg , so if it's that he's getting hyper excited by, that should settle?
And he'll need to chirp very loudly to compete with a babies singing .
You do realise though, your GPs will expect you to have weaned and rehomed the baby before he/she is six wheeks old , don't you?
And 
for St Georges Day.
Have you had a good look at your female pig?
It might be her that is getting your male pig all aeriated?
I have no idea how long female piggies stay actively fertile but one of our oldest pigs (when I was a child) one we 'bred' (accidental litter 
) and the only female. She never had piglets herself but she did get the waxy plug that some females get ( she was well in excess of 5 yo when she died).
Female oldies are prone to ovarian cysts too .
It might be worth checking her over for soft swellings, hair loss . (There are loads of Googlable photos)
at a restful night - hopefully your boar will stay settled (not quiet though, piggie chat is lovely)
Do keep an eye on your female pig though, older girls can be prone to cysts.
When our GP2 was (whispers) dying, GP1 was very OTT, protective, herding him, pushing our hands away. Climbed on me to put his head on GP2 back.
I thought he was bullying his brother but it was not nasty, he was protecting his weaker cagemate the only way he could 
A few Peruvian Recipe Books - roast guinea-pig looks nice- lying around helps to focus them (Good job DH and I are vegetarian)
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