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Originally Posted by windinthewillow
Remember, guinea pigs are prey animals. When you take her out, you put her on the floor and all of a sudden, she's in an unfamiliar place with giant people.
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Exactly. A prey animal will instinctively like small, secure areas. A deer won't just dart into an open plain full of huge creatures. That's how a piggy thinks--out on that open plain anything can happen and, without some structure to go hide in, the corner is the best she can do. Try getting some material (wiring or something--I don't recommend things like books that might fall on her) that'll fence off a little part of the floor. As time goes on, you could try widening it as she gets more comfortable. Or, does she have a 'house" in her cage? You could take it out and put it on the floor so that if she starts to get uncomfortable in the open, she can go hide and come out again when she's comfortable. It may take weeks for this (or any) method to work, but as she learns there's no predators in your house, she'll come around.