theory on chirping
I have to ask, is wheeking same as them chirping? See, I have a very vocal pig who is making very soft noises all day, and then I have Choko, who is not vocal until I either walk into the room or when he hears the fridge or a bag sound. But his is more like a wheek kind of sound, very high pitched and LOUD. I know that he does it asking for veggies hee hee
My chirping pig made it sound like there was a bird in the house. If you hear chirping, there is no mistaking what it is.
My Chick is a chirper. Sounds like a bird, late at night, you know the story.
This morning after I delivered clean bowls and fresh pellets, she and her cagemate Scratch were arguing as usual over who got to stand in the food bowl first. About 5 minutes later, Chick was chirping at the top of lungs and didn't stop when I came in the room. All the neighbor pigs stopped in their tracks and listened. Chick was facing Scratch, who had buried herself in the hay.
Could it be she's unhappy when she's chirping? She and Scratch tolerate each other but don't seem to be best buds. Is she complaining about her poor lot in life? "I have no friends, stupid Scratch doesn't want to play, Scratch ate all the food...."
This morning after I delivered clean bowls and fresh pellets, she and her cagemate Scratch were arguing as usual over who got to stand in the food bowl first. About 5 minutes later, Chick was chirping at the top of lungs and didn't stop when I came in the room. All the neighbor pigs stopped in their tracks and listened. Chick was facing Scratch, who had buried herself in the hay.
Could it be she's unhappy when she's chirping? She and Scratch tolerate each other but don't seem to be best buds. Is she complaining about her poor lot in life? "I have no friends, stupid Scratch doesn't want to play, Scratch ate all the food...."
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3 out of my 4 pigs chirp, so life is just down right torturous here. :p
No, I don't think it is a complain or a whine.
I think it is just ,... a call to the Alien Mothership.
No, I don't think it is a complain or a whine.
I think it is just ,... a call to the Alien Mothership.
I only ever had one of my pigs chirp. Morgana chirped at my father when he was installing the ceiling fan in the animal room. I guess she thought he needed a supervisor to tell him how to do his job!
Our Eggnog has only chirped once, from what we've heard (maybe he's done it other times when we weren't around though...who knows). It was around 7am and the chirping began. We listened to it for a minute, then I tiptoed to their room and peeked into it and he was just laying there, chirping away. I accidentally creaked the floor, he spotted me, and immediately stopped and starting eating some hay. That was last summer...haven't heard it since.
CeCe, my sweet, brainless, texel, has chirped twice that I know of. Of the 17 pigs we've had for any length of time she's the only one who's ever done it while we could hear. (For all I know the entire lot of them spend the whole time we're off to work/school chirping in harmony.)
Mostly, in addition to wheeking, they sit and burble at each other, or what we call "borking" since whatever it is, it sounds like the Swedish Chef.
Mostly, in addition to wheeking, they sit and burble at each other, or what we call "borking" since whatever it is, it sounds like the Swedish Chef.
AGH! Library, that's EXACTLY what me and my bf call it. He likes it even more than I do. He'll sit there, reading a book, and occassionally look up at the pigs and go 'bork bork bork bork!' Or alternatively, 'borka borka borka!'
He's weird. The pigs just bork right back at him.
He's weird. The pigs just bork right back at him.
I've got video of chirping! A week ago, I was sitting next to the pig condo and Chick started chirping. She kept it up for nearly an hour and fortunately, the camera was close by.
She's chirped numerous times since and no longer stops when the humans are present. I wish I knew what she wanted!!
Video at http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l203/ ... Chirp1.flv
She's chirped numerous times since and no longer stops when the humans are present. I wish I knew what she wanted!!
Video at http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l203/ ... Chirp1.flv