Blowing a Puff of Air (NOT SNEEZING)

PippinTook1

PippinTook1

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Hi-

I just got my guinea pig almost a month ago, I've been bonding with him as much as I can. Sometimes when I am holding him, or just letting him sit on my chest, as he's chirping or squeaking, he blows like a puff of air. He is 100% not sneezing, I've already gotten to understand what his different noises mean, except this one. If you have any ideas about what it is, please let me know! I don't know if he's just puffing out air for fun? He also loves to popcorn A LOT. Thank you for the help! And again, he is not sick or sneezing! Only happens when I'm holding him and he's licking me and such.
 
*Note he is probably about 3-4 months old, not sure.
 
I was wondering if he's a skinny pig, my baby skinny pig puffs air and flares her nostrils a fair bit, and stamps her feet, like as a mildly annoyed but feeling sassy cheeky thing. Mostly when piggy daddy gets her salad wrong and gives her red chard which she hates :)
 
I would say he's skinny. He hasn't done it when he's waiting for me to add food at the end of the night or in the morning when he gets his veggies. He mostly squeaks and starts "talking" loud because he's like "Gimme my morning veggies! I know you're awake!".
 
He just seems to only do it when I'm holding him and will do it in between squeaks and chirping. I've heard him get angry (when clipping his nails of course) and the blowing puffs of air never happens during that time.109279
 
PippinTook1 said:
I would say he's skinny. He hasn't done it when he's waiting for me to add food at the end of the night or in the morning when he gets his veggies. He mostly squeaks and starts "talking" loud because he's like "Gimme my morning veggies! I know you're awake!".
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A skinny pig is a hairless guinea pig by the way👍. Give us an example ( pic)@PigglePuggle
 
Your pig will fill out as he gets older. He will grow longer then get wider😁
 
My young boar has grown about 3 times his pup size now. Just some advice, you need to keep your pig with a friend 👍
 
One of my pigs does these 'faux sneezes' usually when he's really excited. He popcorns around and 'sneezes' when I bring fresh hay. I can tell that these are not real sneezes because one of my other boys sneezes for real around fresh hay when it's dusty. I think it's just another outlet for their excitement/impatient energy.
 
Does your guinea pig have a friend to keep him company? They need to live in pairs.
Your pig is just precious. :)
 
denverguineas said:
One of my pigs does these 'faux sneezes' usually when he's really excited. He popcorns around and 'sneezes' when I bring fresh hay. I can tell that these are not real sneezes because one of my other boys sneezes for real around fresh hay when it's dusty. I think it's just another outlet for their excitement/impatient energy.
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I was trying to think of words to describe without someone thinking he's sneezing. Such a great way to describe. But that explains a lot because usually, he will popcorn as well as 'faux sneeze'. Thank you!
 
cavylover2002 said:
Does your guinea pig have a friend to keep him company? They need to live in pairs.
Your pig is just precious. :)
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He does not. 😅 I got him from a store and the worker helping me was saying it was okay to just have him. They just had one and it did fine. But yeah I know 😅 When I got him, his cagemates ignored him and he was the only one popcorning. He has the emotions of two guinea pigs. But my family and I are definitely making sure he's adjusting well and getting attention.
 
Thank you, everyone, so far for the advice! Pippin and I greatly appreciate it. 🥰
 
My Jasmine does the puff of air when she is annoyed. She does it at the other piggies instead of teeth chattering. Sometimes she does it to me if she doesn’t want to be picked up.
 
PippinTook1 said:
He does not. 😅 I got him from a store and the worker helping me was saying it was okay to just have him. They just had one and it did fine. But yeah I know 😅 When I got him, his cagemates ignored him and he was the only one popcorning. He has the emotions of two guinea pigs. But my family and I are definitely making sure he's adjusting well and getting attention.
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Trust us, the petshop is completely wrong in saying this. Not having a go, but definitly get a cage mate for him
 
Does he do it before grooming? Pigs secrete thick, whitish 'tears' that they use to groom... some of them make a puff sounds prior to grooming as they get the 'tears' flowing.
 
One of my girls does it when she eats too fast... I think it's a "burp".
I mean... piggies do "parp" :blink: and after that she seems content again to carry on filling her face!:woot:
 
Freela said:
Does he do it before grooming? Pigs secrete thick, whitish 'tears' that they use to groom... some of them make a puff sounds prior to grooming as they get the 'tears' flowing.
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Um, that I'm not sure. He does it sometimes when he's grooming me. I definitely try to watch him to see if he grooms after.
 
One of my piggies can be quite moody and does that when he's annoyed. He used to do it more often when he was a lone piggy though. He's a bit less huffy since he got a friend.
 
One of my females does it when shes had enough of me grooming her.I think its slight annoyance.I don't think its a common noise.Not all piggies do it.
 
does it sound like a huff? My piggy does that sometimes before grooming or sometimes his nose just tickles. There shouldn't be a problem unless he does it a lot or has a runny nose.
 
The pet shop definitely gave you some bad advice. Pet shops are awful places and usually full of terrible information. Your piggy does need a friend. No matter how much human attention he gets, it is not the same as having a companion of his own species.
 
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