Sounds make by New Guinea Pig?

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Hmm.. i'm just wondering does all new guinea pigs to new owner would display such a behaviour?

Sugar is kinda defensive to me.. it's already 6th day and it seems that he is always making that "grrrr grrrr" sound whenever he sees Mocha, or telephone rings.. or when i'm stroking him.

It seems that his "grrrr grrr" is accompanied by his body trembling ?
What does this mean? is he afraid of me? fear? hmmm..


Mocha is totally different from him... mocha is much smaller in size and he is always eating and most of the time when i stroke him, he always sits there quietly and wheek wheek a little.

Does the sound of purring (in contentment) and in fear (grrr..grrr) almost the same?
It seems that i've been to several webbie and it is almost the same to me :-\

Sometimes he goes "grrrr..chutchutchut..grrrr..chutchutchut" and started to run about the whole cage! arrr O_o what is happening to Sugar? seems so funnie to me but i don't know what's wrong... sometimes i wish i understand their language :laugh: :laugh:
 
It sounds like he is rumbling and teeth chattering which is a sign of agression. Stick at it though, 6 days isnt long and they can take weeks to settle properly. Talk gently to them and take it slowly :)
 
All my male guineas have done this....sounds like a machine gun! They can do it to show dominance, show off to the ladies, aggression to other males - boys just generally rumble!
He wouldn't be showing aggression towards you, so don't worry, he would probably wants to get in with Mocha - he'll be able to smell if it's a lady pig ;D
 
sounds like sugar is struting his stuff, perhaps play soft calming music, this helped calm jessie sometimes who rattles and wobbles rump at zoe when jessie is on heat. i have found that they are very similar in sound the fear and happy sounds they make. usually i know when my girls are happy when i put them to sleep by talking and stroking them. they go all relaxed and just doze off, it is so cute. good luck with your furbabies. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: girls send :-* :-* :-* to your furbabies. it would be funny to watch sugar running about his cage carrying on carefree and happy. i too have wished i could talk to the animals, in time you get used to their body language and can understand some things they are trying to say. like when they are hungry, happy, sad, angry etc, just wish they could tell you what is wrong when they are sick. take care and good luck :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
hahahaha! Guess what? I tried to play soothing music.. but it seems Sugar still make that "grrr grrr" sound.
Sometimes even when i sings, he make that sound too! *awww* he doesnt like my singing :-\

Sugar always make that "grrr" sound whenever he sees Mocha eating the food.. going into the hutch etc. hahahaa i'm still trying to figure out whether Mocha is a female or male :-\ soon i will know on monday when i take them to the vet xx0

Whenever i took Mocha out of the cage.. Sugar will run about in the cage and making "whEek wheEk" sound.. sound so happie 98)
and Mocha (who's in my hand) will start to wheEek wheEek too and looking out for Sugar.. i'm still wondering what it means. hahahaa!


But when i put Mocha back into the cage, Sugar starts to "GrRRRRR" again.. hahaahaha! typical male attitude? =p
poor mocha seems so unwelcome by him. LOL but whatever, they still loves to sleep in the hutch together.
 
Skydreamie said:
i'm still trying to figure out whether Mocha is a female or male :-\ soon i will know on monday when i take them to the vet xx0
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Do the pigs share a cage or run? If so, and Mocha is a sow,there is a strong likelyhood of her being pregnant by now.
 
When i got them from pet shop.. Sugar and Mocha is in the same cage.. the petshop said Sugar is a male and Mocha is a female but they are not 100%..becos Mocha is tooo small size! maybe like abt hamster size. 88)

What makes u feel that Mocha is pregnant Boureki? her size is too small to have babies i think :-\
I did some check on her with my sis.. and my sis said Mocha is a male.. ?

Does the male likes to make such a noise to the female? hmmm.. but whenever Sugar is coming out from the cage to look for food, he will make that "grrrr" sound too.. and goes "grrrr" whenever he sees Mocha running towards him.. lol. But it seems Mocha know that he is "smaller" than Sugar.. so he doesn't really fight back much.

can't wait for the vet visiting this monday!
there's soo many things to know abt guinea piggies lolol
 
I'm not saying she is pregnant as obviously I have not seen her and have not dealt with females, preggers or otherwise yet! It's just as I understand it, females can pregnant from 3 wks old. (I'm sure someone will correct me if I am off the mark!) Pet stores often mis-sex guiineas, which results in new owners unwittingly carrying home a pregnant female or a member of each sex by mistake. They get pregnant really easily so just be careful. I think a female rumbles when she is in heat like the male dominance thing, so rumbling needn't necassarily mean that they are male.
 
Mocha's fur is black and nowadays he always wet his bottom :embarassed: its like his hair at the bottom is always wet! and i need to wash his bumbum for him quite a few times too. so its kinda difficult to take piccies of Mocha's "there" :-\

I'm going to take Mocha/Sugar to the vet tomorrow to confirm their gender ;) Mocha seldom makes the "rumbling" sound... she's always wheeking happily hahahahaa.. Sugar is the one "dominating". always rumbling in his house.. hahahahaa.
 
Oh right :) seems like yo dont no the sex as you swap from saying he to she ;D at least youll know for sure tomorrow if your vets are good at sexing as mine werent :( due to me ending up with loads of babies :P most of which i kept ;D :smitten:
 
I think Sugar is on the defensive side and from my perspective that means Mocha must be male too. When you examine them, push gently yet firmly down just above the genital area and if something pops out you have a boy! Maybe bath them both in the same wash and try your :( best to make them feel equal. Hope for your sake Mocha is not a girl. How old are they?
 
I posted this same question 5 weeks ago and now I have 1 pregnant piggy as I was suppose to have 2 sows! ::)
I seperated within 24 hours of having them as well so is a very high chance Mocha if a girl is preg by now as they have been together a good few days.
Shame as well esp if she is so small bless her x
 
Hiye hiye...
Mocha passed away a few days ago =( think he already got some sickness when i bought him from the pet shop. Didn't get him to the vet in time =( he was eating well/ drinking well.. his departure was so sudden.

i think he's a male becos Sugar is still popcorning around since he got more cage space now :'( :'(

now i'm still thinking should i get him another companion.. afraid that Sugar will "grrrrrrrrr grrrrr" again.


Charlene, Mocha is 1+month old.. and Sugar is 2 month old.. got them both from pet shop becos Mocha is always following Sugar all around... although Sugar "grrr grrrr" at Mocha always.. but mocha is always eating nonchalently... and sleeps beside Sugar for warmth.

sigh.. I'm thinking does Sugar miss Mocha or not~ lol.. after Mocha's gone, he doesn't do that "grrr grrr" sound anymore.. only when i did funnie noises to my niece. he will "grrr" at times. lolol.
 
Hi Skydreamie.

Sorry not got back faster! I think if your wee boar is pop-corning e.g (jumping) about, I think he will be happy.
No depressed boar would be so content at doing this if it were depressed. He should be a boar, although girls are known at times to display such behavior. I would say since they spent such a short time together he is fine. A depressed mourning pig would sit in a corner and more than likely go of its food. I had two sows together for years one died at 5 and the other went into some sort of depressive shock. But with love and cuddles and more treats she got better and lived to the grand age of 9, 1/2. Maybe get him a smaller friend? or same size, that is, if you cannot give him a cuddle at least once a day, as boars loveeeee attention till the cows come home, well when they are not with sows!

Take care and soo sorry for the lose of your piggy. Maybe get one from somewhere you trust more this time, and make sure its healthy in every way you know. Do not be drawn into a pretty face only to find problems once you get the piggy home.

Take care,

Charlene.
 
Try and rescue a pig next time - then you'll definately know the sex and if it's healthy. Before you get Sugar a friend be sure to confirm he's a male. Sorry for the loss of Mocha :(
 
Hey my to boys do this 2 when i get them out for floor time. My youngest boy does it the most and sometimes he will even run out of the room. He does sometimes when i tell him off for chewing stuff but think its only cos he is still young well i hope so plus he was on his own till about 2 months ago so still getting used to my new male. They are called fudge and badge or badger cos he look like a badger lol. I also have a sow called wendy i didnt name was her name when i got her. :) :) :)
 
Thanks Charlene and Starla!

I've tried getting a guinea pig from rescue but guess what? their pictures were posted up on their website and within a day, they are all adopted! rofl.. so no choice... i gotta go elsewhere to scout for a new piggie for Sugar.

After discussing with my Sis and Boyfriend, we decided to get Sugar a sow.. so he can have a wife to be with. hahahaha ~
we thought of the breeding issue definitely but we won't let them breed for more than once (since per childbirth average is about 3 piggies) when Sugar is 6months old, we will bring him to get neutered.. so at least he still have some offspring =p

We feel that its kinda sad to house a male/male together.. as in a male never meet a sow in his life.. would be kinda sad yea? lol.

So just now i went to this reputable pet shop who is recommended by lots of piggies owner.. saying that her piggies on sales are all mite-free and fungus-free =)
and yuup, we got a sow for Sugar.. but sugar is 2months old and the sow is 3 weeks only. the pet shop owner assured me that i still can keep them together... becos they usuallie won't breed until the sow is 4months old+ (by then sugar would be 6months already i guess)

But i'm just afraid that Sugar would be too rough on Coffee?
Sugar is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited to see coffee! Sugar is like :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: over Coffee.. and he doesn't bite me anymore! Moreover.. he wheeks a lot a lot! gosh.. i guess that time he was too upset over Mocha's death thats why he bited my boyfriend's finger and it bleeds :o


And after observation, we realised tt Mocha is a MALE. Becos sugar doesnt goes smelling Mocha's butt for much.. and it seems more like "brother"

As for Coffee.. when Sugar meets Coffee.. gosh he do that "obscene" humping on Coffee.. even on coffee's face!
the pet shop owner said its normal so no worries.. they will know their limit.

Jus wanna ask anybody who sees this... would u house your boar (almost 2months old) and sow (3 weeks) together? as in safety issue? I'm afraid Sugar would popcorn-ed too much or groom Coffee's too much until he hurts her. tats my worse fear.


Ooo.. lemme post some pictures of Sugar (its a snapshot.. so not v well taken)




And this is Coffee.. taken from the pet shop's webbie which is selling her =) their copyright. hehe

 
coffee is way to young to have keft mum and the litter, females can get pregnant at 4 weeks old. so if you don't want coffee to perhaps die giving birth i would seperate them asap! as for breeding them, from what i have heard there so so many piggies at rescue wanting homes it seems mean to breed. this site is a rescue site and doesn't support breeding. really hoping you remove coffee from sugar as females can breed from about 4 weeks and males at 3 weeks. so please be careful. sending you hugs and cuddles :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: girls send :-* :-* :-* both piggies are cute. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
ok you shouldn't have them together boars can start breeding from 3 weeks and the little girl should be much older O0
this is an anti-breeding forum so we don't agree with breeding them deliberately O0 it's a potentially dangerous buisness having a pregnant sow and it's not that fair O0 so i'd separate them if i were you O0
 
This is an anti breeding forum meaning its rescue O0

I would take the boar away from the sow as shes only 3 weeks old :o :o :( a pregnancy could kill her and I'm sure you wouldnt want that as shes sooo young :-\

The boar or sow dont need a litter to love each other - get him neutered and after a few weeks of his operation put them together and I'm sure theyll be fine :smitten:
 
I have just sexed some pigs at a local pet shop and to my shock a poor six week, possibly 5 week old sow was defenitly carrying.Which is a very poor start to that young sows life, she could die, become very ill, have died young etc.
I also urge you not to house them together and I think you should castrate Sugar asap if you intend to keep them together long term, he will not know the difference and they will both bond very well then. Also keep in mind poor coffee is tiny and to have sugar going at it on her will stress the poor wee thing out. let me know what you decide. I certainly hope my advice did not lead you to do this. i think sugar would have been happy alone with lots of fuss. As from experince, and experience I am having right now, boars are not easy at getting along! Two females are always better to manage. Even ask a friend if they would take sugar and you then rescue or find a new sow for wee coffee. Hope she is not pregnant. I have known boars to be sexually active at the end of 2 weeks just coming into 3 weeks old, which is young. pet shops should not sell them unless they are at least a healthy size and 6 weeks old. Need advice pm, do not make another wrong turn. O0
 
I am very shocked at your post SkyDreamie. I don't want to sound harsh on you but after all we say about bl****y pet shops :tickedoff: They have no concern for the animals welfare, they just want to sell them on to get a profit - so of course they'll tell you it's fine to put Sugar and Coffee together, because they want a sale.
Poor, poor Coffee. You have just dictated her life for her - to be taken from a pet shop, put in with a boar when she's far too young (she WILL get pregnant, and chances are she will die/get ill/babies will die), all because you have some misguided opinion that Sugar should have offspring.
Why? My last boar was neutered at 6 months old, he didn't need to breed, sounds stupid but he's an animal! So he doesn't know if another guinea pig is his son/daughter! He doesn't care, he just wants constant companionship. He got that by being neutered, and being put with a lovely lady friend.
If you went through all the guinea pig rescue websites around you'd soon change your tune - there are literally hundreds of animals out there that no one wants. I used to consider breeding, but now I wouldn't dare put any of my animals at risk, not to mention being over run with guinea pigs and possibly having to put some into rescue. I would then have contributed to the mess rescuers have to clean up as it is.
Please take Coffee out of Sugar's cage (if it isn't too late already and she is pregnant), Leave them next door to each other until Sugar is old enough, then have him neutered. Give your animals the chance of a half decent life.
And again, I don't mean to sound harsh or try to offend, but I feel very strongly about this. PM me if you have any questions :smitten:
 
Sorry about causing all these.. but like I said, before I bought Coffee from pet shop, i did even went to call-up the rescue for guinea pigs adoption, but they are all adopted very quickly so i didn't have any chance to rescue any of them. (by the way i'm in Singapore and 1 guinea pig actually cost a lot.. if compare to other countries).

I'm not into breeding for sales or anything :-\ i'm keeping all of them (including the babies) as i intend to make a C&C cage. I know there's a lot of piggies in the rescue at your countries and i wish i can adopt them =( but here i am in SG and i can't adopt any of them from here..

The petshop lady is a reputable lady who loves animal.. so thats why i trust her when she said coffee won't bear any babies only unless she's 4 months old (as in sexually maturity)

but my worse fear is still if a sow can actuallie get pregnant at 3 weeks.. this would be dangerous to Coffee as i doesn't want her to get pregnant so young!


Is there any piggies getting pregnant at 3 weeks old? if yes i would definitely separate them =( hope its still in time.. becos they have already been staying together for 1 night.

pls advice asap~

Coffee/sugar seems to be so happie together though.. i can't neutered Sugar yet becos he's only 2 months old~
 
yes a guinea pig can get pregnant at 3 weeks and usually die. i know how you feel when people on here talk about rescue a piggy from a rescue place. this is fine for the people in the UK but for those of us who can't have no choice but to go to petshops or breeders, as i do here in south australia. we who don't like in the UK don't have rescues so we have to get our piggies where we can. i would definately seperate the piggies if it isn't too late and put their cages side by side. perhaps get a teddy for coffee to cuddle up too. hoping things work out for you, coffee and sugar, you were only doing what you thought was right cause some lady in the petshop gave you the wrong information. perhaps get coffee vet checked, good luck and remeber we all make mistakes, hopefully there has been no harm done! chin up, seperate and enjoy coffee and sugar :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: girls from oz send :-* :-* :-*
 
I saw them cuddling in the hutch and its kinda heartpain to separate them in 2 cages... afraid Sugar will be angry @ me. lol..
but for the safety of coffee, i guess i gotta do it.

Coming monday is the vet visit... now i got a problem becos i only got 1 pet carrier =(

I'm going to get materials to make a C&C cage now.. so i can separate both of them.
Does anybody have experience of their sow getting preggie at 3 weeks?
I know from some ppl that its possible.. but from reports (the guinea pig PhD researcher or something) said its earliest is abt 2mths for sow to get pregnant.. although some ppl told him its 3 weeks earliest.

ohwell.. whether it is.. gonna get DIY another bigger cage to put Sugar in.

they will still communicate yea? =(
i hope they wun blame me.
:-\
 
I'm not suggesting you rescue, in some circumstances that isn't possible, I can understand that. I've bought animals from pet shops in the past, so nobodys perfect ;D I just get really cross with pet shops and the way they advise people. Please don't take offence at what I said, I just get mad at pet shops and breeding unnesscarily, and I feel Coffee is too young. She could get pregnant at 3 weeks. Maybe put a divider between her and Sugar so he can still see her. I'm sure he is excited, guineas love company :smitten:

Because this is an anti breeding site I can't say do it or not, but if you do choose to go ahead, any problems and we are all here to support you and offer advice :)

good luck :)
 
She could certainly get pregnant! The lady at your pet shop has but you in a right situation! separate them asap! Then wait a few weeks and then book Coffee in for a ultra sound to check if she is carrying. I only hope she is not as she will more than likely suffer serious troubles, if she is, I know it sounds horrible, but the best thing for Coffee is to miss carry in the first month to prevent her getting ill, and giving birth. She is so tiny I cannot see her coping. Young piggies can get pregnant its a fact!!! This usually happens in the wrong hands i.e the breeders not separating them and letting son mate with sister, which is crazy and very cruel! This as well as young pregnancy will led to in-bred babies, with god knows what problems! They are not related are they? The chances are if you bought them from the same place they will be. I as said before just seen a 6 week old if that female pregnant, her future does not look good! Please do not believe all this information, they can get pregnant from a young age. Do your best from now on. And I think you should concentrate on the pigs you have and then if all is ok, I would leave the boar alone, the chances are he will not bond with another male, and you will end up having to make another box. But if coffee is ok I would get her a female friend.
 
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