Statistically Impossible!

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

So here I am watching Big Bang Theory re-runs and I hear some chirping. I immediately look for Cissy, it's not her. So I look to Bella and it's not her either. IT WAS IGGY. I have another chirping pig?

This must surely be a learned behaviour as it's statistically unlikely, perhaps even impossible to have THREE chirping pigs out of five without some aspect of learning.

I'm reeling from this, it was perhaps the single most beautiful song I've heard from my babies, albeit very brief. He was standing on his hind legs staring at the girls, mating song? Serenading them perhaps?

Has anyone else had experience in it potentially being learnt behaviour? I swear I will find out what it means before I die. It is so common in my house yet I know how rare it is. Now I just need Drommy and Tonks to learn and I have a Pigson 5 on my hands

 

[Redribbon]

Awwww! You've got a choir!

 

[Wiebke]

I have found that other guinea pigs seem to be more encouraged to chirp if you have a frequent/regular chirper in the house. Mine is Heulwen, but she has the very occasional back-up singer.

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Awwww! You've got a choir!

I really have! First it was just Cissy, then Bella much to my surprise and now him? It's driving me mad not knowing... Perhaps they're mocking me

Since he chirped he's just stood like a statue staring in at the ladies like a peeping Tom!

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

I have found that other guinea pigs seem to be more encouraged to chirp if you have a frequent chirper on the house.

Yes that must be the case, Cissy is a big chirper. I haven't heard her for a little while but she probably does it at 2am still lol.

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Here he is, he hasn't really moved and is just staring at the ladies like a peeping Tom!

Serenading his girlies like a proper Romeo

 

[Redribbon]

Awwww he's adorable! What a cute guy

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Awwww he's adorable! What a cute guy

Thanks! Except when he's dragging his willy across my hand yea

 

[Reenie]

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Here he is, he hasn't really moved and is just staring at the ladies like a peeping Tom!
How gorgeous is he?

Serenading his girlies like a proper Romeo

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Unfortunately he knows he's gorgeous!

 

[Freela]

Awwww! There may be some learning at play here. The two chirpers I had were at the same time, perhaps they learned it from each other! None of my other pairs have ever made that sound, but for awhile we heard it frequently from Linney and Sundae! Oddly, once Linney passed we had Sundae another 2.5 years and she never did that 'song' again, so it seems like it was something between the two of them!

 

[sport_billy]

Thanks! Except when he's dragging his willy across my hand yea

I will be billing you for a new keyboard. Now destroyed by tea from my mouth

 

[Flutterby]

I have one chirper out of 16, which is little Bridget one of my skinnies. She loves to do it in the middle of the night and wake the whole house up.

 

[helen105281]

I have a few chirpers and it is never the same one. Only happens once every few months though.

 

[Louise's Zoo]

Well, I think you are just being greedy. I have no chirpers. Please think of others and share the chirps..

 

[Reenie]

Never heard a chirp

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

@sport_billy haha apologies to your keyboard Blame Iggy!

It's always so interesting to hear other people's experiences, it happens so often from my Cissy so it could be anything. Nothing really seems to be going on at the time.

@Eileen's Mum & @Reenie shall I rent Cissy out for singing lessons?

 

[Reenie]

yes please - she can come and serenade my boys

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

yes please - she can come and serenade my boys

She's a real hussy I warn you

 

[Louise's Zoo]

Yes please. If she could please teach Eden to chirp instead of squeak, it would be much appreciated. She makes my ears throb. She's so loud and high pitched!

 

[Reenie]

She's a real hussy I warn you

My fellas would love that -they've never met a woman lol. Do you think if I play chirping to them they might learn it? We could have a social experiment!

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

My fellas would love that -they've never met a woman lol. Do you think if I play chirping to them they might learn it? We could have a social experiment!

Like Iggy I think they'd go a bit mad meeting a lady for the first time!

It's worth a shot! I'm sure if it's a girl chirp they'll wanna learn sharpish Think I've got a thread with Cissy chirping on here somewhere!