Guinea Pig Noises When Scared

Thunder creates loud noises that can cause stress in our guinea pigs leading to loss of lives in some cases.

Guinea pig noises when scared. A scared guinea pig may also be unusually fussy. Difference in eating or toileting habits. There are happy guinea pig sounds. In fact guinea pigs use sounds as a primary means of communication and since they are herd animals sounds are also their means of maintaining social rank.

Angry guinea pigs will often make this teeth chattering sound when a new guinea pig is introduced to the cage. Prey animals like guinea pigs do this sentry behavior in the wild too when they feel like they re being threatened by a predator. This is the way that i interpret the noises. In the case of thunder we would advise you to place your guinea pigs indoors in the central part of your home away from doors and windows.

There is extremely loud guinea pig wheeking so be careful with headphones. Cavy is a chatty animal amusingly interactive and communicative so you should know what he she is trying to tell you. Check out my other guinea pig video. I did do research on the purr people said it was a rumble scared afraid annoyed but how do you prove that when these guineas are laying down and.

When a guinea pig wheeks you will hear a series of short squeaks followed by high pitched squeals or the whistle like noises in between that are often long and loud. If you have a specific time when you feed your guinea pigs you will notice that this is the time of the day they usually wheek the loudest. If your guinea pig seems to spend a lot of time circling its cage it could be trying to look out for a threat. As guinea pigs are prey animals they get scared of loud noises.