piggl
Forum Donator 2024/25
I could do with a second opinion on these sounds.
I have a 9 week old baby, we’ve had him for two weeks, and he is very loud but skittish, unsurprisingly.
When he comes out for a cuddle (or to give his old counterpart his medicine, as he will squeal down the house when separated from him), he speaks constantly. My concern with it is that it sounds distressed, he is a lot more vocal than any of the other babies i’ve had so just want to double check.
He has been out twice a day this past week, as I apply medication to my older boy, and I can’t leave him alone or he gets really upset. So I can imagine it is probably a lot for him.
The first video is him on a blanket with no covering, he sounds like he’s speaking but is somewhat distressed or nervous. (Ignore the teeth chattering, that is his older friend after I accidentally poked him bum)
In the second video he is covered up, but his ‘talking’ still sounds sort of “worried”.
I am wondering if maybe it’s just because he is young, as it is quite high pitched (do guinea pigs have a age related voice change?), or if he is still upset.
Is there anything else I can do to help him settle down in a different environment, aside from the normal stuff.
I understand some pigs just don’t want to be picked up but I can’t help but to want to have a cuddle every now and again, and it mostly comes with some veg and a ulterior motive (brushing, health check, medication), although I do not think it’s wrong to want to just have a cuddle sometimes.
GP
GP2
I have a 9 week old baby, we’ve had him for two weeks, and he is very loud but skittish, unsurprisingly.
When he comes out for a cuddle (or to give his old counterpart his medicine, as he will squeal down the house when separated from him), he speaks constantly. My concern with it is that it sounds distressed, he is a lot more vocal than any of the other babies i’ve had so just want to double check.
He has been out twice a day this past week, as I apply medication to my older boy, and I can’t leave him alone or he gets really upset. So I can imagine it is probably a lot for him.
The first video is him on a blanket with no covering, he sounds like he’s speaking but is somewhat distressed or nervous. (Ignore the teeth chattering, that is his older friend after I accidentally poked him bum)
In the second video he is covered up, but his ‘talking’ still sounds sort of “worried”.
I am wondering if maybe it’s just because he is young, as it is quite high pitched (do guinea pigs have a age related voice change?), or if he is still upset.
Is there anything else I can do to help him settle down in a different environment, aside from the normal stuff.
I understand some pigs just don’t want to be picked up but I can’t help but to want to have a cuddle every now and again, and it mostly comes with some veg and a ulterior motive (brushing, health check, medication), although I do not think it’s wrong to want to just have a cuddle sometimes.
GP
GP2