Anyone have a deaf pig?

[LittleHazel]

Just curious if anyone has a deaf piggy out there?... I am really starting to think one of mine is. First I just thought it was odd that she didn't make any sounds!

Now I have been testing out my new theory. I can drop a book on the ground or clap loudly and my Hazelnut runs at the sound. Coconut just sits there and stares at me like "what"?... and doesnt respond like Hazelnut does to the sound of my door opening or the sound of the food bag.

 

[tattyruncy]

I had a deaf and bling piggy R.I.P. Sleepy the little chap in my avatar.
He sensed and smelt us and other piggies and would squeak when being fed or excited bless him. When cuddling him he was totally oblivious to other noises my piggies reacted too like the tv to loud or the hoover being on or sudden movement or loud noises. He never used to run off in the run like the others did if they were startled by something he would be sat there unaware
I think it is a special gift to have a special needs piggy cos they are just so special Give your piggy loads of love and extra cuddles xoxo

 

[pelicano]

I've just done a search on this and come up with this thread, as I've just been giving my oldest piggy (she's 4) a hearing test of sorts tonight, as she's been acting strange. Basically, she reacted to only the sound that was right in her face, but nothing that was loud but a few feet away. She has been blind (or pretty much blind, not completely sure) for a long time now.

 

[Laura-CCC4]

I suspect my Gwen is also deaf. Maybe some minor sight impairment also. She doesn't react *at all* to sounds. Everyone else hears the tiniest noise, but she doesn't hear loud clatters or bangs. I did a few tests - the alarm clock was the most reliable! Everybody else scattered as the noise increased, while Gwen didn't stop what she was doing or react at all.

 

[tanya1]

I have two deaf and blind piggies, one is completely deaf but the other one can hear some higher pitched noises but only just!

how do you find yours get on wiht other "normal" piggies. do they mix in alright considering they can't hear the conversations!

 

[Laura-CCC4]

My 'deaf' girl gets on great with her cage companions though she is a bit of a loner, likes to keep herself to herself. She is with five well-hearing piggies. The body language speaks as much as the voalisation as far as piggies go!

 

[tanya1]

My 'deaf' girl gets on great with her cage companions though she is a bit of a loner, likes to keep herself to herself. She is with five well-hearing piggies. The body language speaks as much as the voalisation as far as piggies go!

Mine a blind too though so they wouldn't be able to others body language either! Does anyone have blind and deaf ones with normal pigs?

 

[ellie_jo3213]

just out of curiosity, are the deaf piggies white/have partial white colouring, and do the blind ones have red eyes?

wondering if its the same as dogs (dalmations/white boxers etc), as many white breeds have a predisposition to being deaf, and albino animals have partial/total blindness.

 

[tanya1]

just out of curiosity, are the deaf piggies white/have partial white colouring, and do the blind ones have red eyes?

wondering if its the same as dogs (dalmations/white boxers etc), as many white breeds have a predisposition to being deaf, and albino animals have partial/total blindness.

Petal is totally blind and deaf, she is completely white and has small reddish eyes.
Primrose is totally blind and mostly deaf, she is black with white and tan bits. She has only one eye which is very small and dark.

 

[LittleHazel]

I have two deaf and blind piggies, one is completely deaf but the other one can hear some higher pitched noises but only just!

how do you find yours get on wiht other "normal" piggies. do they mix in alright considering they can't hear the conversations!

Coconut gets along great! with my other "normal" (if you want to call her normal xx>>>xx>>>) piggy great! She just seems really attached to her. Follows her everywhere and searches/crys for her if I seperate them for some one on one cuddle time. She always lets my normal piggy eat first, go up ramps first and doesn't react to a sound unless she sees my normal piggy do so first.

 

[LittleHazel]

just out of curiosity, are the deaf piggies white/have partial white colouring, and do the blind ones have red eyes?

wondering if its the same as dogs (dalmations/white boxers etc), as many white breeds have a predisposition to being deaf, and albino animals have partial/total blindness.

My deaf piggy is mostly white with black running down the one half of her body and has a black spot on her one eye... So that is a VERY interesting theory!

 

[Laura-CCC4]

just out of curiosity, are the deaf piggies white/have partial white colouring, and do the blind ones have red eyes?

My deaf girl is a PEW - Pink Eyed White. Her eyes seem pretty sensitive to light, I know a lot of owners have noticed their pink/ruby eyes piggies squint in bright light.

 

[pelicano]

My virtually blind and deaf girl is a PEW too. The reason I didn't notice at first was because her sense of smell is still great, and she can still detect movement like footsteps fine. She also picks up on what the other two are doing and follows them - very clever stuff! I would imagine it's like when a human loses a sense, where the other sense become more acute to compensate.

Thinking about it now, I realise that it was a gradual thing, as I'd been thinking she was getting more confident and less nervy, but it was just because she couldn't hear!

As for not being able to listen to the conversations etc, both of my two oldest piggies always look at Cassie (the chatty one) like she is talking nonsense anyway!