Speech Recognition

Mantha16

Mantha16

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Can piggies learn to recognise specific words like dogs with walkies. I usually call mine piggy poos when feeding them veg and now if I do it and they are awake I get extra loud wheeking so I was wondering if they'd learn the connection
 
I think they can at least understand the inflection in your voice, mine do the same kind of thing.
 
I’ve heard some people say a guinea pig can learn to recognise words that are used often but personally I think it’s more about a particular sound than language.
Mine respond to “veggies” - probably because that sound is swiftly followed by food.
They’re not really stupid are they?
 
They certainly respond to voices. I inherited a young boar who has only been here since friday evening. I've been calling his name everytime I go in the room, he is already running up to the bars to see if I've got food. This evening I got 2 little popcorns when I called. Of course most of all piggy's respond to sounds they associate with food.
 
Mantha16 said:
Can piggies learn to recognise specific words like dogs with walkies. I usually call mine piggy poos when feeding them veg and now if I do it and they are awake I get extra loud wheeking so I was wondering if they'd learn the connection
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I'm pretty sure they can. I'm pretty sure if you say the same tone everytime you would say the word, they would eventually start to get used to it.
 
Merab's Slave said:
I’ve heard some people say a guinea pig can learn to recognise words that are used often but personally I think it’s more about a particular sound than language.
Mine respond to “veggies” - probably because that sound is swiftly followed by food.
They’re not really stupid are they?
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not so sure about that I threw in some spinach earlier and the kept begging I was like you literally just need to turn around lol
 
I'm pretty sure mine all know their names and will come and get their food from me in the right order, most of the time!
 
If my piggies aren't already out of their hideys and wheeking away, they come running when I call out "Wheek wheek!" like I always do when I'm about to dump a salad in their pen. I think they're also starting to recognize their names. They aren't as smart as dogs and cats, but they're fairly intelligent as far as mammals go.
 
I use the same words i.e breakfast and dinner time and Pippin in particular goes mad pop corning! When they go down for floor time i put their house back in and say bedtime and they jump in!
 
Patrick and Casper both know their names! They also know each other's names. Casper looks over for Patrick when I mention his name, and Patrick will sometimes rumble or wheek loudly when he hears Casper's name.

I don't know if Patrick knows more words or is just very dramatic when he hears them. He also knows bathtime, a snack, treats, and more recently with all the vet trips, bye-bye. Patrick has specific noises and responses for just about everything, where as Casper doesn't chat or wiggle nearly as much at these words.
 
When it's cage cleaning day I put the pet carrier in the cage and tell them "In your box" and they get in it.
If I say "pea flake" they run over to where they are kept.
They also know the sounds of different bags. If I open the pellet bag they run over to their bowl. The hay bag means they jump into the litter tray to wait. Touch the bag of forage and they run to a different bowl.
They are definitely more clever than people think.
 
I do think they can learn, it just depends if we have the dedication to teach them I think. I doubt they'd be able to do it now (I haven't tried tricks for a long time) but my oldest two learnt when I said "tube" they'd go through their tube and receive a treat. As well as various other tricks like turn which they responded to well.

My Tonks knows her name for sure because if I so much as mention her name in a conversation she goes into high alert, scanning the room for the dangerous hand that tries to stroke her sometimes or pick her up :))
 
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