Does anyone else have a piggie that doesn't Wheek

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Does anyone else here have a non vocal piggie?

Putt has never ever wheeked, she makes the occasional chuntering noise and used talk like this to her sister Pitch. But has never wheeked for food.

Pitch used to Wheek so loud that we maybe thought Putt didn't feel the need to. After we lost Pitch, she never bothered to find her voice and just looks at us expectantly at food times! :))

Anyone else have a silent pig? Am very interested to find out why some are noisy and some less so...
 
Carmilla used to wheek very very loudly for food and now doesn't. She has stopped now that hse has adopted little Lola. She will make a little happy noise when cuddled, but there's no wheek anymore. I've been trying to encourage my girls to wheek with treats whenever they do....but this has been a rod for my own back....
 
Yes!

Pig used to be so vocal it sometimes drove me crazy. He has not wheaked once since the end of July (when he first got ill). I was hoping that having Womble, who wheaks for his food, would help encourage Pig, but so far it hasn't. He is still noisy, he potters about "chuntering", just not wheaking. I miss it. But he still makes it very clear when he wants his veg, he comes and sits in the place that I put is food bowl and stares at me!

Edit: just remembered he did actually wheak once a month or so ago!
 
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My Gloria cant wheek! I've seen her occassionally try and wheek but all that comes out of her mouth is the kind of throaty breath noise! bless her x)
 
McMac has never normally wheeked on his own. Back when Momo his cagemate was still with us he would encourage McMac to wheek and be more confident but since he passed away I have only heard McMac wheek once :/
 
Sarah from Chucklebunnies said:
Carmilla used to wheek very very loudly for food and now doesn't. She has stopped now that hse has adopted little Lola. She will make a little happy noise when cuddled, but there's no wheek anymore. I've been trying to encourage my girls to wheek with treats whenever they do....but this has been a rod for my own back....
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:)) :)) It's a nice Rod though isn't it! we encouraged Cookie & Treacle to come to the bars for food, now they insist on receiving their breakfast this way!
It must be lovely to hear Carmilla's little happy noise x) when having a piggie snuggle.

Little Pig said:
Yes!

Pig used to be so vocal it sometimes drove me crazy. He has not wheaked once since the end of July (when he first got ill). I was hoping that having Womble, who wheaks for his food, would help encourage Pig, but so far it hasn't. He is still noisy, he potters about "chuntering", just not wheaking. I miss it. But he still makes it very clear when he wants his veg, he comes and sits in the place that I put is food bowl and stares at me!
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I hope Pig finds his voice again! I know the stare! They are so full of facial expresssion!
 
PiggiePal said:
My Gloria cant wheek! I've seen her occassionally try and wheek but all that comes out of her mouth is the kind of throaty breath noise! bless her x)
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:)) :)) Awwww, Bless!

LittleEskimo said:
McMac has never normally wheeked on his own. Back when Momo his cagemate was still with us he would encourage McMac to wheek and be more confident but since he passed away I have only heard McMac wheek once :/
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Maybe McMac felt like he needed his friend to do all the talking, I do find the vocal behaviour fasinating. I love McMac's name by the way!
 
Well, Wispa wheeks at everything - especially if she thinks it will involve food! The fridge, the cutlery drawer opening, the bin creaking, even the water running can set her off. It isn't a little wheek either, it can be heard from the other side of the house if she really wants that food! rolleyes
 
Rhiannan said:
Well, Wispa wheeks at everything - especially if she thinks it will involve food! The fridge, the cutlery drawer opening, the bin creaking, even the water running can set her off. It isn't a little wheek either, it can be heard from the other side of the house if she really wants that food! rolleyes
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:)) :)) You never know where food may come from!
 
My Fudge has been very quiet for weeks now, Couscous has always let him do the wheeking for him. I've started mimicking their wheek in order to set them off but it doesn't do much. I really miss hearing the sound,the louder the better, just have to be patient and enjoy it when it happens. ;)
 
awww poor gloria lol!

Rodney was very vocal, but Charlie didnt wheek once the whole time I had him! Even when I rustled a carrier bag...nada, nothing!
 
Pumpkin (RIP) very rarely used to squeek til she was bonded with Sherbert aka squeekiest piggy ever, then nothing could shut the two of them up.
 
It's considered an event in our household when Wally Whiskers wheeks, the other 3 let rip all of the time but he's a very quiet and self-contained chap. I didn't even think he could wheek when we adopted him from my brother in law he was so quiet, Mr M used to do all the talking.
 
I've got mama who actually looks like she's wheeking but nothing comes out...
And I've never heard sam even attempt to make a wheek...
I've never hear gem wheek even...
I think some of them don't bother... :))
Silly pigs...
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Yup! Fuzzy (the nearly 2kg beast) surprisingly doesn't wheek. He mumbles occaisonally but thats it. The other 3 wheeks like crazy but Fuzzy, nope. I think he uses his sheer mass to get what he wants ;)
 
gogoguineas said:
Yup! Fuzzy (the nearly 2kg beast) surprisingly doesn't wheek. He mumbles occaisonally but thats it. The other 3 wheeks like crazy but Fuzzy, nope. I think he uses his sheer mass to get what he wants ;)
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I love the phrase 'sheer mass' it is like he has his own gravatational pull like a planet.... Maybe that's how he gets his food it is pulled from the fridge towards him! :)) :))
 
Well as he's currently sitting IN the food bowl attempting to wash said sheer mass, i think you might be onto something......;)
 
Dougle had a very quiet wheek but since we have got the girls he now wheeks the loudest! (they are not in the same cage but if he gets a whiff of their scent...boy is he loud)
 
I haven't got a silent pig as such, but I have a quiet pig. Well, she may be average but the racket of the other could two block her noises out for all I know haha. As Lily and Penelope are quite vocal, especially Lily.. all the time bless her! Tallulah seems quite quiet compared to them, but I bet in herself she isn't quiet at all. Like humans though, everyone is different. :)
However, Tallulah is practically always rumbling for dominance! This just shows that being quiet doesn't mean your a pushover. ;)

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Best regards,
Isabella, Tallulah, Penelope & Lily.
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Hafina hasn't got a big wheek. That doesn't prevent her from being the first wheeker for pellets, though! It's just very hoarse.

I guess there is just too much interaction between the piggies to have a really quiet piggy in the Tribe! They can all get quite vocal in telling Hywel where to takes his business!
 
Miss Mabel is a true wheeker! Any time any place any where! I'm sure my neighbours can hear her when she gets going! Doodle-pig on the other hand is so quiet, I've never heard her wheek. Was hoping miss Mabel would bring out the wheeker in her but no. Most I've heard is some quiet chuntering to herself as she pootles around!
 
Maybe McMac felt like he needed his friend to do all the talking, I do find the vocal behaviour fasinating. I love McMac's name by the way!
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Yes Momo would always do all the talking :) The only time I have heard McMac wheek was a little after Momo passed away. He got so excited and started running around my bedroom wheeking at the very top of his voice lifting his head high up in the air and coming up to me all excited. It was such a shock and I have never figured out why he did it lol...And thankyou :) I like to imagine he's Scottish or something with a name like that haha
 
Is a wheek the noise they make when they're popcorning?

I'm pretty sure we heard one of our four bark this evening. Is that normal? He didn't seem to be upset when he did it, and had just been reunited with his cagemate after a bath (unfortunately, they've all got lice - grrr).
 
SDRB_TP said:
I haven't got a silent pig as such, but I have a quiet pig.
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Now I have two of them. Redemption would wheek occasionally when he was still a baby, but he rarely says anything anymore. He will make one chirp as he runs away when he sees my hand reaching for him, and I think he talks to himself very quietly sometimes,but other than that, nothing much. He still sounds like a squeaky guinea pig balloon when I rub him sometimes, and if the back door squeaks just right when I open it Red will respond to that noise. Salvatore is about the same. He squeaks when I comb him and maybe yank a hair, but as yet I have heard no loud noises.

I am thinking that if they have lots of food they see no need to yell, so they get out of the habit.
 
Wiebke said:
I guess there is just too much interaction between the piggies to have a really quiet piggy in the Tribe! They can all get quite vocal in telling Hywel where to takes his business!
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:)) :)) His ladies are the boss of him!

_Lu_ said:
Is a wheek the noise they make when they're popcorning?

I'm pretty sure we heard one of our four bark this evening. Is that normal? He didn't seem to be upset when he did it, and had just been reunited with his cagemate after a bath (unfortunately, they've all got lice - grrr).
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This is wheeking, found a clip on http://www.jackiesguineapiggies.com/guineapigsounds.html - http://jackiesguineapiggies.com/guineapigsounds/sweetpeawheeking.wav. Hope there lice clears up soon.

Pat Shields said:
I am thinking that if they have lots of food they see no need to yell, so they get out of the habit.
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Your boys need to tell Cookie this - Cookie can be eating food at the time but still wheek for more with her mouth full!

I think wheeking is my favourite noise in the whole world, I love it
 
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Misty is getting less wheeky as she gets older. She will make mini wheeks to herself and to us but we don't get as many of the shouty ones. I think she does it to keep me on my toes - I get worried if I haven't heard her wheek and rustle something so she wheeks at me -and then I have to give her some extra veg! :))

I do like it when she talks to us though, and I love her quiet wheeky/chirrupy type noises x)

Does this mean you will have to post videos of your 3 so we can compare their wheeks?! :)) :))
 
Posiesparkles said:
Misty is getting less wheeky as she gets older. She will make mini wheeks to herself and to us but we don't get as many of the shouty ones. I think she does it to keep me on my toes - I get worried if I haven't heard her wheek and rustle something so she wheeks at me -and then I have to give her some extra veg! :))

I do like it when she talks to us though, and I love her quiet wheeky/chirrupy type noises x)

Does this mean you will have to post videos of your 3 so we can compare their wheeks?! :)) :))
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:)) :)) Awww, Misty has just done this to get more noms! Clever beautiful girl x) x)

I will try and get Cookie + Treacle video! They are very loud, Putt would be like a silent movie!
 
I take back my previous post - I put Pig and Womble together in the hallway last night and Pig was super wheaky and noisy, well both of them were to be honest!
 
I think as others have said, some let the other piggies do the talking for them :)) Out of my herd of six girlies, one never wheeks as five more do it for her :(|)
 
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