Guinea Pig Noises When Sick

If your pet has not eaten at all or very little in the past 16 20 hours seek immediate veterinary attention.

Guinea pig noises when sick. On this page you can hear recordings of guinea pig sounds and noises and learn their meaning. If a dog will woof a guinea pig will wheek this common wheeking noise is usually associated with hunger or a desire to eat food. The guinea pigs wheeking and squeaking and making other happy noises when they get excited for food. This is due to all the aforementioned noises being linked with your guinea pig showing distressor that they are unhappy.

Look for discharge coming from your guinea pig s nose. If you have a specific time that you normally feed your guinea pig you will usually hear them wheek loudest at this time of the day. If you have a specific time when you feed your guinea pigs you will notice that this is the time of the day they usually wheek the loudest. In fact guinea pigs use sounds as a primary means of communication and since they are herd animals sounds are also their means of maintaining social rank.

The discharge may be yellow or green if your guinea pig has an infection. Allergies can produce a sore nose if the nose becomes itchy. It is also entirely possible that a sick guinea pig may growl teeth chatter or whine. When a guinea pig wheeks you will hear a series of short squeaks followed by high pitched squeals or the whistle like noises in between that are often long and loud.

Signs of pneumonia or any respiratory disease include sneezing nasal discharge and coughing or noisy breathing. The guinea pigs are very talkative and can make some lou. Guinea pigs cannot go more than a few hours without eating before causing potential damage. Your sick guinea pig may also eat less and move around less often as she begins to feel lethargic.

Cavy is a chatty animal amusingly interactive and communicative so you should know what he she is trying to tell you.