Does your pig sing?

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Does your pig sing? Daisy (see piccie in my previous post) sings quite alot. Last night she sang twice which I hope means she is happy now she has Piglet for company. I have actually seen Daisy singing and managed to make a recording but it isn't very good. Jasmine used to sing as well and before her I had a boar who sang.

How common is it and what does it mean?
 
I mean chirp like a bird, I thought it was called singing but maybe I am wrong. I only have a sound recording of Daisy doing it and it isn't that good. But if I work out how I will post it.
 
Oh that is meant to be really rare and nobody really understands what it means!
 
Ah, so Daisy is quite special then. She has done it since she was 1 year old. It is really odd to hear (especially when it wakes you up at midnight like last night!) I don't think she does it because she is distressed, or at least I hope not. It might be just me but after the double singing session last night the atmosphere in the cage has been very chilled. Even Piglet has been chilling, like full on legs stretched out nibbling hay chilling. Really nice to see.
 
It is quite a rear noise, chirping. Some think it goes back to them being in the wild and think that it may be a noise to warn other piggies in a herd of imment danger. But people don't know for sure.

This is my Merlin chirping:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olTg6c0bOUU"]Merlin Chirping guinea pig - YouTube[/ame]

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Two of mine are singers I've only managed to get it on video once

Pixie does it usually when another pig has died
Greedy tends to do it in the middle of th night
 
I've read about it but never heard it before! I just played it to my guineas to see what reaction there would be. None from Rosie, but Poppy was very scared, big eyes and ran to hide!
 
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I've only ever heard one of my piggies 'sing' once, and obviously I didn't get a recording because it was so unexpected. They did it when I was taking their veggies out to them. There seems to be conflicting opinions on what it means!
 
That is exactly what Daisy does but she tends to do it in the middle of the night. I would love to catch her on video but so far no luck.
 
Just got home and used my laptop instead...oh my god that's crazy! I have never heard a guinea pig make that noise before! My Jewel ran into her hidey when I played it!
 
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