Piggies Knowing Their Names.

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I was talking to my guinea pig Sakurai earlier, telling her its okay that she's slightly jumpy as she will get over it eventually like all my other guinea pigs have. I said to her how Gilbert and Romano were very nervous and jumpy when I first had them and they soon settled down and are two very brave piggies now.

At that moment I saw Romano's head pop up and he looked over at me.

I got a chuckle and said to him 'Yes I'm talking about you'.

I thought it was cute he knew his name and I was talking about him. :))

I know Matthew and apparently Romano know their names. I'm not too sure about Sakurai and Ryou.

Do your piggies know their names? Any cute stories about it? :)

My piggie GIlbert RIP knew his name because as a younster I constantly told him off for playing tricks on Ludwig -rip- (one of his favourite being jump over him like hurdles). Ludwig also knew his name because I'd call 'Luddy or Ludwig!' and he'd rush right over as fast as his little feet took him.

Matthew is the same as Ludwig. If I say Matthew and point out of the room he'd know that meant leave and he'd walk out.
 
I agree, you have some clever ones there :)

Ours can tell tone of voice for sure... For instance 'Girls girls girls' Would have Cookie & Treacle wheeking and bar climbing... We haven't kept this up with the others so now it gets no response with Cookie (she must have forgot)

Only Putt used to pay attention to her name, but again I think with her it was tone of voice as she wasn't the sharpest tool :))
 
sport_billy said:
I agree, you have some clever ones there :)

Ours can tell tone of voice for sure... For instance 'Girls girls girls' Would have Cookie & Treacle wheeking and bar climbing... We haven't kept this up with the others so now it gets no response with Cookie (she must have forgot)

Only Putt used to pay attention to her name, but again I think with her it was tone of voice as she wasn't the sharpest tool :))
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Oh wow! I must have really smart piggies then. :)) how cute!
Though Romano isn't quite the sharprest bless him but he definitely knows his name. (when he gets too happy popcorning he often runs into the wall or into other items or trips)

piggyfan said:
I do too but no luck!
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Aww well hopefully one day? I've had Romano for 4 years so maybe thats also a reason why. :))
 
Julesie said:
Oh wow! I must have really smart piggies then. :)) how cute!
Though Romano isn't quite the sharprest bless him but he definitely knows his name. (when he gets too happy popcorning he often runs into the wall or into other items or trips)


Aww well hopefully one day? I've had Romano for 4 years so maybe thats also a reason why. :))
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I have had Amelia Jane for six years! Lol.
 
I just call mine pigs ;) Hahaha! I walk into the room in the morning with a, " Hello birds! Hello pigs!" Hahahahaha!
 
Mine seem to recognise my voice but I don't think they particularly respond to their names. You have some clever piggies.
 
I'm never sure with my piggies. They will respond sometimes but i they always get hyper when i talk to them so hard to say. And of their being naughty and i say there name they always look up at me with the 'butter wouldn't melt look' lol But that could be a guilty conscience! haha! and lmao at Romano, sounds so much like my Twix. She gets so carried away popcorning, she's always running into walls! lol i call her my wonky pig! :D She does alot of daft stuff!
 
SkyexXx said:
I'm never sure with my piggies. They will respond sometimes but i they always get hyper when i talk to them so hard to say. And of their being naughty and i say there name they always look up at me with the 'butter wouldn't melt look' lol But that could be a guilty conscience! haha! and lmao at Romano, sounds so much like my Twix. She gets so carried away popcorning, she's always running into walls! lol i call her my wonky pig! :D She does alot of daft stuff!
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Haha they may do. Test it. :) Say one of their names and see if they look over :)

Yeah Romano is a bit of a clumsy soul bless him. He often has bad luck happen to him. Like the amount of things that have accidentally bopped him on the head. He's so unlucky bless him.
Twix sounds adorable!
 
I'm not sure with Teddy neither. Sometimes it looks like he knows his name because when I call him, he looks at me, but most of the times, he just... ignores me hahaha. What he definitely understands is when I tell him to come near me when he is having floor time, which makes me really happy!
 
Teddybear22 said:
I'm not sure with Teddy neither. Sometimes it looks like he knows his name because when I call him, he looks at me, but most of the times, he just... ignores me hahaha. What he definitely understands is when I tell him to come near me when he is having floor time, which makes me really happy!
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I think he knows!
Sometimes my piggies chose to ignore me. Like Matthew. If he's having too fun exploring he will pointedly ignore me when I call him. I'm sure he's just doing that ;) stubborn little monkeys.
 
My Hazelnut & Peanut Butter know their names, certain phrases & all the words for their favourite vegies. Donny & Mason I haven't had for very long but I'm beginning to think they may know their names. Forgot to ask the rescue if they named them that or they came with those names..
 
Lilly said:
My Hazelnut & Peanut Butter know their names, certain phrases & all the words for their favourite vegies. Donny & Mason I haven't had for very long but I'm beginning to think they may know their names. Forgot to ask the rescue if they named them that or they came with those names..
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How sweet! We have some other smart piggles around. :)
 
O wow so sweet x can gpig tel who is who in house as my sons say they only go wild when they hear me coming down stairs or if am coming in n I say g morning to them every morning as I do with cats too x
 
mcbeth said:
O wow so sweet x can gpig tel who is who in house as my sons say they only go wild when they hear me coming down stairs or if am coming in n I say g morning to them every morning as I do with cats too x
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I think they can. Mine seem to know when its my mum, dad or I. They ignore my dad but they go crazy for me and wheek for my mum as she gives them treats.
They also somehow know what time I give their veg at and if I'm moving in bed and not properly awake or when I'm about to get up. Thats what freaks me the most. XD
 
Aww when I go to cage they all come up n jump up tho thought it was coz I feed them so they can smell food tho not sure now maybe they do know n there only me that can pick them up too without having to corner them so am the one that feeds them n give them treat the most :-)
 
Aww yeh prob so they are 14wks now n had them sins they was 3wks 3 brothers I have
 

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Gizi knows her name.... Honey who has a other name of Mizi gets confused and then she thinks she is Gizi! I just say Gizi and they both respond, i think i may have to say Mizi a little more often :)
 
Linney appears to know her name and the word 'no.' She also will popcorn on demand as a trick, but we have to repeat it a lot in an excited tone of voice, so it may be tone of voice more than knowledge of the word.

They do know the word 'treat' because if I ask the kids to get the guinea pigs a treat they will both wheek, even if the fridge hasn't opened yet.
 
Julesie said:
:)) have you told them often 'stop?' xD They get used to a word I think. :))
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Linney has always been really good at stopping when we said no, even as a baby. Frenzy, her original cagemate, had no clue! They both used to try to chew the door frames. We would say, "Linney- NO!" and she would stop. We could sit there and say "Frenzy- NO!" until the cows come home, and she would just chew the doorframe, looking up at us, wondering what we were going on about!
 
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