So it's gotten to the point where wheeking is no longer a super cute noise. I will sit in my room and occasionally he'll just come out of his house and start wheeking. Like crazy. You can hear him throughout the house from within a closed room. I've never really encouraged it, or rewarded him for it, he has set feeding times (pellets in the morning, then vegetables in the early afternoon, then a pile of grass later on and finally the last helping of pellets at night with occasional restock of hay as needed). We go upstairs to make dinner he'll scream (vegetables come out of that kitchen!) we leave the house, he screams (grass totally comes from outside), we try to feed the rabbits/rats, he screams (not ever single container/scoop/bag is for you piggy!). He's only been with us for about a month, but he has learned all sorts of noises already.
I don't want to totally discourage it, but at the same time, it would be nice to go a solid hour sitting in my own room without a screaming pig staring in my general direction. Occasionally I'll go to try and pet him if he gets overly annoying (he doesn't like being pet/held) but that only seems to make him more shy of receiving hand-held treats (which is what I do when trying to get him to try new vegetables). I'll try to wait for him to calm down before giving him anything too, but by the time I've gotten up to give it to him he's started up again because of rattling containers/scoops/bags or because I've left the room to grab something (or just because he's seen/heard movement).
Is there anything I can do to lessen his screeching?
I don't want to totally discourage it, but at the same time, it would be nice to go a solid hour sitting in my own room without a screaming pig staring in my general direction. Occasionally I'll go to try and pet him if he gets overly annoying (he doesn't like being pet/held) but that only seems to make him more shy of receiving hand-held treats (which is what I do when trying to get him to try new vegetables). I'll try to wait for him to calm down before giving him anything too, but by the time I've gotten up to give it to him he's started up again because of rattling containers/scoops/bags or because I've left the room to grab something (or just because he's seen/heard movement).
Is there anything I can do to lessen his screeching?