guinea reactions to specific words/sounds?

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Like many besotted guinea owners, I used to talk nonsense to my guineas, including "Yes yes yes....yes" which turned into "yus yus yus...yus" and even "sus sus sus". Especially my boars incl. husboars found this irresistible for some reason and reacted with zooms, popcorns and general sexed-out behaviour.

I don't recall feeding them while saying this, and anyway they didn't beg, they got all excited and rushed about, playing I suppose. Not that it's urgent or anything, but just wondered if anybody has noticed this kind of thing?

I could understand getting hyper about 'cucumber' or something, but a nonsense word? I heard but it could equally be wrong that cats react especially well to a name with 'S' in it. So could guineas get excited about an 'S' too, especially if it's on repeat like "Yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus". I'd vary the intonation a bit and add a couple of small pauses.

 

[KatieM]

My piggies respond to “piggy, piggy, piggies”…I think it’s because I say it whenever they wheek on their own…so we kinda talk back and forth. I do think they think they’ll get food from it…since usually they start talking around a meal time but if I say it anytime by two oldest girls will always respond!

 

[Wiebke]

Like many besotted guinea owners, I used to talk nonsense to my guineas, including "Yes yes yes....yes" which turned into "yus yus yus...yus" and even "sus sus sus". Especially my boars incl. husboars found this irresistible for some reason and reacted with zooms, popcorns and general sexed-out behaviour.

I don't recall feeding them while saying this, and anyway they didn't beg, they got all excited and rushed about, playing I suppose. Not that it's urgent or anything, but just wondered if anybody has noticed this kind of thing?

I could understand getting hyper about 'cucumber' or something, but a nonsense word? I heard but it could equally be wrong that cats react especially well to a name with 'S' in it. So could guineas get excited about an 'S' too, especially if it's on repeat like "Yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus, yus". I'd vary the intonation a bit and add a couple of small pauses.

Piggies can react to regular sounds we make; if they are interpreted positively/encouragingly you can share lots of fun. Piggies do not react to the words themselves but to the melody/pitch and to your emotions.