Guinea Pig Noises
Guinea pig sounds and their meaning.
Guinea pig noises. In loving memory 21 01 2017 this piggy crossed the rainboy bridge. Check out my other guinea pig video. Experts also consider this noise as a perfect example of onomatopoeia due to its distinctiveness to guinea pigs. 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.
Two happy guinea pigs talk to each other. 1 wheeking guinea pigs squeak to tell humans that they would like some food. Thousands of years after domestication humans have figured out what many of these sounds likely mean. Thanks domo for all your time we could spend with you.
Just like other animals guinea pigs make noises to communicate both with one another and with humans. Wheeking is one of the most common noise guinea pigs produce. They use a variety of unique noises to convey happiness contentment hunger and even annoyance. Most popular and known sound made by a guinea pig wheeking is an onomatopoeic term for a sound which is sometimes also called squealing or whistling it is a frequently used vocalization generally communicating anticipation and excitement particularly about being fed or in response to the presence of its owner.
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.