Guinea pig sounds may be gibberish to you and when you first get your guinea pig you might be wondering, what is that guinea pig saying?

Guinea pigs are social animals and like humans, they like to communicate with each other about what is going on in their world.You may have noticed that guinea pigs make a variety of strange noises much more than many other pets this is how they talk to other guinea pigs and with you too.Well you just need to learn their language and with just a bit of ciphering you'll know whether they are happy, sad, or upset.

In alphabetical order

• Chirrup: The chirrup may mean your guinea pig is upset, or making the noise to attract attention to himself.
• Chut: A common sound they are happy, sometimes they chut to each other.
• Chutter: A not so happy guinea they do it when they want to be alone.
• Drrr: Your guinea pig is scared he may freeze at any moment.
• Purr: A happy guinea pig, sometimes they purr to each other.
• Scream: Could be startled or lost a fight with another guinea pig.
• Squeal: If he is squealing he wants some attending too, it could be major like he is in pain or minor like her cage buddy is sitting in her favorite spot.
• Tweet: Younger guinea pigs telling mom that they went potty after nursing.
• Low wheek: Sound the alarm its time to clean the cage.
• Wheek: It's time to eat and they are so happy you are coming with the food. Sometimes they will wheek when you let them out to play.
• Whine: If you guinea pig is whining they are very unhappy

As you can see guinea pigs are like little kids..

Before you get a guinea pig it's good to know what to expect, one person had a question and here's the summary... Are guinea pigs clean and easy to take care of? Do they made a lot of noise during the night?

Answer

Guinea pigs like any animal in a cage needs to count on his or hers owner to keep the cage clean for optimum health. If you spot clean the cage daily take out the leftover veggies the guinea pigs didn't eat (if any) the night before, and little poo they leave behind you may get 4 or 5 days before you might have to clean the entire cage.

That's for one guinea pig, if you have more than one guinea pig or don't want to spot clean you are looking at every couple days. It can also depend on the size of your hutch or cage. You should always buy the biggest cage you can afford.

Guinea pigs need fresh water and food daily, and they do squeak, squeal, and get all happy when they know the food is on the way. They also talk to each other through squeaks. They won't keep you up all hours of the night carrying on since they are the most active during the day.

So if you are able to feed, water, pet and play with your guinea pig daily and willing to clean at the cage weekly or more if necessary then a guinea might be the pet for you. Undecided?

Consider reading Guinea Piglopaedia: A Complete Guide to Guinea Pig Care (Complete Guide To Guinea Pig Care) It comes highly recommended for people who are thinking about getting a guinea pig.

I read an article a few minutes ago about getting a guinea pig as a pet and the basics of taking care of your new animal. The author mentioned guinea pigs love to eat (don't we all!). Now I'm not saying they are party animals and will eat you out of house or home or anything like that but he brought up a good point, if you take a vacation or leave for a day or two you can't leave them alone like you could a cat.

Your cavy needs fresh food and water daily so if you need to get away for a few days and for some reason can't take your pet with you then you need to find a sitter or take your guinea pig to a friends or relatives house.

When you drop off your pet make sure you bring your own food as they may not know which fruits and veggies your guinea likes best, or worse feed him or her the wrong foods. It would be helpful a few days before you leave on vacation the sitter can come over and visit with your cavy and get to know them a bit.

If you would like to read the article that inspired this post you may view it here.