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Weird Noises...

saleejo

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Recently I've become worried as I have noticed one of my pigs has all of a sudden a crackling scratchy wheek. Is this cause for concern?
 
Oh yes and shes half long haired, and tonight I picked her up and some of her hair was sort of clumpy so I pulled it a tiny bit and a big long string of it came out in a clump. :/
 
May be mites. The different type wheeking could be a sign of pain. You can treat her for mites even if she doesn't have them, it won't hurt her. See www.guinealynx.info/ivermectin.html for mite and treatment info.
 
What are the typical signs of mites?
 
If you read the page the link points to, you can find all the information there.
 
This sound your pig makes: Only happens when wheeking? Kinda looks like she is gasping? Like maybe she has a scratchy throat and is trying to wheek but can't very loudly?
 
Yes it only happens when she wheeks but she does wheek normally also. Doesn't really look like she is gasping. Its a scratchy week and it has me worried as she has never had this kind of wheek before.
 
One of my females does this too. I'm told it's pretty normal. I find it happens most when I'm preparing something for them that they like a lot. It seems to happen when Bracken is most excited, as it's accompanied by her trying to climb up the side of her cage or sitting on her hind legs. She only does this for romaine or parsley!
 
Well I'm relieved that this may be normal but it does sound rather sickly doesn't it.
 
Saleejo, how old is your pig that is doing this? My Chatty went through something like that a couple months or so ago and it made me think that maybe during puberty their voices get scratchy a bit and change. I don't know if that's true or not, but Chatty was never sick, she just sounded weird everytime she wheeked or purred like she had a frog stuck in her throat.
 
Shes about 6 months old.
 
That is about the age Chatty was when she was sounding scratchy. But none of the other pigs did that.
 
Ya my other pig who is the same age wheeks crazily and she doesn't sound like that. They are both 6 month old Abbys.
 
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