I have two girls, Fiona and Ophelia. They are about a year and a half old and have lived together since they were babies.
Ophelia has been making a sound that I can only describe as very very loud and slow, drawn out wheeking. She's typically a very chatty pig, but this is louder than anything I've ever heard. It doesn't necessarily sound bad, but it's certainly alarming.
It doesn't seem to be food related. It typically happens when she's in her pigloo with her sister. It happens whether we are in the room or not, but lately it's been happening in the middle of the night (so loud it wakes us up from two rooms over).
When this happens, my first instinct is to go over to her cage and pick her up. She seems to want to be picked up and doesn't squirm at all. In fact, she's very still. I just give her some pets and put her back and then she seems fine.
My fiancé thinks she's doing it when she wants attention, but I don't know. I noticed the last time that this happened, the two girls were a little rumbly when I put her back, so maybe it has something to do with her being in heat?
I've owned several piggies in the past, but these are my first girls, so I don't know if it's different for them. Has anyone ever experienced this?
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Ophelia has been making a sound that I can only describe as very very loud and slow, drawn out wheeking. She's typically a very chatty pig, but this is louder than anything I've ever heard. It doesn't necessarily sound bad, but it's certainly alarming.
It doesn't seem to be food related. It typically happens when she's in her pigloo with her sister. It happens whether we are in the room or not, but lately it's been happening in the middle of the night (so loud it wakes us up from two rooms over).
When this happens, my first instinct is to go over to her cage and pick her up. She seems to want to be picked up and doesn't squirm at all. In fact, she's very still. I just give her some pets and put her back and then she seems fine.
My fiancé thinks she's doing it when she wants attention, but I don't know. I noticed the last time that this happened, the two girls were a little rumbly when I put her back, so maybe it has something to do with her being in heat?
I've owned several piggies in the past, but these are my first girls, so I don't know if it's different for them. Has anyone ever experienced this?
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