theory on chirping
- SusieQ
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Wow,
I thought this was so weird when I listened to the sound clip. Then I was just browsing over Teresa's dream date thread (he sounds like a great guy!) when I heard Ellie chirping. It was so strange to hear it coming from one of my pigs... maybe she smells the boars in the other room? I've never heard her do this before.
I thought this was so weird when I listened to the sound clip. Then I was just browsing over Teresa's dream date thread (he sounds like a great guy!) when I heard Ellie chirping. It was so strange to hear it coming from one of my pigs... maybe she smells the boars in the other room? I've never heard her do this before.
Last night I got to hear our Parvati do it for the first time. We were sitting in the living room chatting, and all of a sudden I noticed the A/C was making a weird noise. Then I realized the A/C wasn't on. We were able to sneak over to the cage and saw her, standing rigid and tranced out, forcing little puffs of air out and cheeping like mad. It was really, really amazing watching her do it - it almost looked involuntary. She went for fully five or ten minutes, off and on, before she snapped out of it, raced around the cage, and stuck her head in the hayrack and started munching away.
I've never heard my two chirp, but from reading all of the "Theory on chirping" replies it seems the pigs do it early in the morning. Just a few possibilities:
1)darkness (probably not)
2)telling that it's morning or the crack of dawn (probably not)
or
3)maybe they think it's too quiet and they want to spruce up the room with some noise.
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1)darkness (probably not)
2)telling that it's morning or the crack of dawn (probably not)
or
3)maybe they think it's too quiet and they want to spruce up the room with some noise.
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I only have one chirper--Job, a pig who lives by himself because he attacks other pigs. He has only chirped on two occasions: 1) when I first put him in a cage that adjoined other pigs' cages and 2) the night after he bit me, which also was a night that he got a new neighbor. I think he chirps when he is upset.
Ours do it any time of day. Seems to go in cycles. It will be peaceful for a few weeks and then chirping at all hours for a week or so. They do it early morning, evening and middle of the day. The other pigs don't seem concerned. I've had both boars and sows chirp. Right now it's just 2 or 3 who are into chirping. We yell at them to shut up. I think they're just mesmerized by the sound of their own voices. They certainly aren't panicked.
pinta, Seems like your pigs just want to sing...lol! Maybe they have fun annoying you...or they could be mesmerized like you said..;)
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- KarasKavies
- For the love of my girls!
I agree with Pinta. Exact same here. she just likes the nifty sounds she can make and thinks we ought to listen!