Is it normal for some pigs to "whistle" a little bit?

[RosieLily]

Hi! I hope you're having a good day.

My Rosie is a pig that whistles a little when she's excited. The vet cannot hear anything disturbing in her throat, lungs or nose and otherwise she is a completely normal girl, so we let it be. She's been checked multiple times over many months now.

She has been on antibiotics before, the vet did hear a little something in her nose and the whistling/breathing was quite bad, so she went on a 10-day long course. She also had some pretty bad tummy issues during that time, she was medicated for that as well. After that she improved a lot, but the little bit of whistling still remains. Could it be that it's normal for her and it simply got worse due to the pain her tummy was causing her?

Does anybody have any experience with this? Whistling pigs?!

(I hope my Engrish isn't too terrible)

 

[Wiebke]

Hi! I hope you're having a good day.

My Rosie is a pig that whistles a little when she's excited. The vet cannot hear anything disturbing in her throat, lungs or nose and otherwise she is a completely normal girl, so we let it be. She's been checked multiple times over many months now.

She has been on antibiotics before, the vet did hear a little something in her nose and the whistling/breathing was quite bad, so she went on a 10-day long course. She also had some pretty bad tummy issues during that time, she was medicated for that as well. After that she improved a lot, but the little bit of whistling still remains. Could it be that it's normal for her and it simply got worse due to the pain her tummy was causing her?

Does anybody have any experience with this? Whistling pigs?!

(I hope my Engrish isn't too terrible)

Hi!

Guinea pig airways are very small and narrow; they also are not breathing much through their mouths. This means that even the smallest obstruction especially in the nose is always very audible. Whistling or hooting usually means a very minor obstruction in the nose, like a bit of hay dust etc. which is usually sneezed out. If it happens very regularly, it should be vet checked to make sure that there isn't anymore serious behind (which you have done and have had excluded). So I would not worry about it.

See whether a bowl of steaming water can ease the breathing a bit, especially during the winter months with drier indoors air.

 

[Winniepeg]

It may be worth changing your brand of hay if it appears to have dusty strands in it .