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Question
Hi, my girl guinea pig is in her cage and she's laying down alot well most of the time and when she's laying there on her side halfway she's also jumping like she's going to have a babie and she puts her head between her legs can u tell me what this means?:):):*)

Answer
Hi Monique

Sorry for the delay in my reply.

Do you have any reason to believe she is pregnant? Also, is it possible she is eating her own poop as all piggies do that.

Apart from that the most likely issue is that she may have something irritating her making her jump, such as mites.

andy