So for the past week and a half, my Dad has been working on installing new floor molding, doors, windows, and any number of other random things he has to get done before the house can be refinanced.
However, in the midst of putting in new door trim, we discovered something. A rather odd sound was coming from the guinea pigs' room-a bird chirping? Crickets? No! It's our 3-year-old guinea pigs, Beep and Blip! They were making this really odd sound that was not a squeak, and not a grunt. They were making this really odd whistle sound kinda like a bird-chirp.
Why were they making it? We figure that they didn't like the sound of the nail gun.
Anybody else out there have any stories about their pets making weird sounds? Come on, lets hear it!
[ August 24, 2003, 05:54 PM: Message edited by: BelladonnaOrchid ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
My pet tiger Hobbes (pictured here) talks to me, does that count?
Hobbes
[ August 24, 2003, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Glad to see he keeps such good company, Hobbes.
That is so bizarre - I can't imagine a guinea pig making that noise.
The weirdest animal noise I've ever heard is a mountian lion scream - it sounds just like a woman. Freaky.
Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :
Hobbes~no that doesn't count. Or at least, I'm pretty sure it doesn't if he was a human in a past life.
Annie~It was the first time we've EVER heard them make that noise. And your noise does count as a weird noise. Aren't there some owls that make that sound too? Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Anyone else ever heard a rabbit scream? Yikes! Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
The guinea pig's grunt is a happy noise that is okay as long as you're being gentle with it. If it is squealing in response to a specific noise, it has come to associate the noise with something it wants i.e., our little guy used to make a high squeal when we messed with his food bag...he could hear it and thought he was being fed. Both noises are probably ok...don't be too worried.
added: are you sure it is both guinea pigs? Make sure it isn't just one...if it is, there's a slight chance you have an injured guinea pig.
[ August 24, 2003, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :
Nah, it's both. They don't like the sound of the nail gun my Dad is using. The noise they make is nothing like their happy grunt. I have noticed that over the years Beep and Blip will start screaming any time that a plastic sack is rattles near them, thinking it's food or a treat. Such spoiled little buggers!
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
I used to have guinea pigs, and one of them had this squeal she would do in short bursts. It was really loud and sounded kind of like a car alarm. She did it at seemingly random times.
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They were making this really odd sound that was not a squeak, and not a grunt. They were making this really odd whistle sound kinda like a bird-chirp.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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