Answer: Let's start by talking about what it means when your guinea pig wheeks. According to Guinea Pigs: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual by Katrin Behrend, wheeking (or "squeaking," as she calls it) means: "Pain, fear, loneliness; begging for food (expressed towards humans only); warning" (p. 47). Insistent wheeking is more likely to be about food, while faint or timid wheeking is more likely about fear or loneliness (p. 43).
With this in mind, here are a few possible causes that could make a guinea stop wheeking:
* Your guinea pig was lonely before, but now has a friend. The rumblestrut could mean your guinea pig is interested in mating or establishing dominance with the new pig.
* Your guinea pig might have been hearing a distressing noise, like an air conditioner, but now it stopped.
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* Your guinea pig was lonely before, but now has a friend. The rumblestrut could mean your guinea pig is interested in mating or establishing dominance with the new pig.
* Your guinea pig might have been hearing a distressing noise, like an air conditioner, but now it stopped.
* Your guinea pig is too hot or cold. Make sure you read our post on the right temperature for your guinea pig.
* Your guinea pig may be sick. Make sure you check their weights regularly, and ensure that they're pooping normally.
Guinea pigs also tend to wheek more when they are babies. When Lola was a baby pig, she wheeked every single night, all night. But now she is grown, and we luckily do not have to put up with it as much.
Guinea pigs also tend to wheek more when they are babies. When Lola was a baby pig, she wheeked every single night, all night. But now she is grown, and we luckily do not have to put up with it as much.
Sometimes when we let Sugar and Cinnamon out on the basement floor, when they go in different directions, and get separated, they wheek a high, piercing, clear wheek. Is that loneliness?
ReplyDeleteHi i was wondering why my cloe stoped wheeking since i bougth her from the store she doesnt wheek or move or play at all i think shes sad :(
ReplyDeleteDoes Cloe have another piggy, or is she all alone? She could be sad if she's all alone. Or it's possible she just needs time to adjust to her new surroundings. Make sure you've looked into all the possibilities we suggested in our post.
DeleteMy Guinea pig of two years always wheeked morning and night when veggies were due. Since she's been bonded with a baby down she's now stopped wheeking. Will it return?
ReplyDeleteThat should say bonded with a baby sow
DeleteI have three piggies that I got in the last few months and they used to wheak every time I woke up or when I got home from work, to tell me they want their food, now they aren’t making any noises at all. And it’s kind of sad. All 3 stopped.
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