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Is my guinea pig's sudden jumping normal, or could it be seizures?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Guinea Pig | Male | unneutered | 2 lbs

My guinea pig randomly jumps. When I looked it up, it said that he could be having seizures. Is this normal?

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Answered By Ricardo Fernandez, DVM

Veterinarian, Veterinary Oncology Resident

Published on November 5th, 2018

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Sudden jumping could be normal while seizures are not normal or expected. It is hard to characterize this further without being able to see an episode or evaluate Russo. I recommend you consider recording one of these episodes and showing a video to us here or to your veterinarian to determined what seems likely. That would be next step. Hopefully these are not seizures or anything concerning. Good luck and have a great day!

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