Guinea whines at me and gives kisses to my son

[lattiee2]

When I hold Fuzzy it sounds like he's whining at me it's not a sound I have heard from the past guinea pigs I owned so I'm wondering why is making a whining sound which gets louder everytime I pet him so I put him back and hear purrs when he gets back in his cage.

When Brendan holds onto him he will head to his face and just kiss it non-stop.

Somehow I'm wondering why ?

[3piggles]

He could be talking. They do make a lot of different sounds. They also have favorites, and if he wants to be with Brenden, maybe he's trying to tell you that. I wouldn't give up on him. I had a pig that didn't want to be with anyone but me. He'd make that very clear! Just work with him, and see what happens!

[yodelpig]

Some piggies have preferences in humans.

[doodles]

Hi Lattiee2,

Don't give up--keep giving your attention & holding your piggy & be super patient! We have a piggy that did the same type of thing with my daughter & I. He was and is a very high-strung, nervous piggy, but has come a lot longer way than any other piggy we ever had. He was so frantic when we brought him home, you couldn't even hold on to him, he would try to go around to our backs or behind us--I think to hide. But, we kept holding him in our chairs/sofa and became so very patient with him, being careful to give him love, but not overwhelm him. And, now nearly four years later he sits on our laps, gives kisses, sometimes throws himself down on my chest and cuddles. He still gets nervous easy, but they will learn that their people are safe if we are patient & gentle and will bond with us just as the friendly, at ease piggies do.

When we first got him to calm down, he would give my daughter many kisses, but not me. I kept holding him and learned to be more patient and gentle with him and just determined that I would care about him as much as I did the friendlier pigs and eventually won him over.

He gives me lots of kisses now too, when the mood comes upon him and cuddles and is very loving in his own way. I have come to have a big soft spot in my heart for him now, but it took time & patience and faithfulness to keep caring about him no matter what--even if he never reciprocated--and it worked! I've become quite attached to him and I think him to me.

Just keep trying. One more thing, I think that helped, is I backed off from expectations from him and I think he sensed that and didn't feel overwhelmed with my attention and soon started to bond with me.

Don't be discouraged and be content with small steps. They may eventually lead to huge leaps!

[3piggles]

Excellent advice, Doodles! I think we often expect too much too soon from pets who are starting life all over again, with all their own baggage. Little works better than patience and love!

[doodles]

Thanks 3Piggles, I sorta learned it the hard way, in that I wanted to be real cuddly with him fairly soon, and he just wouldn't have it. But I just kept caring about him & for him, but tried to back off from being too gushy (I get very silly over the little guys) until he decided he wanted to be cuddly with me.

I eventually got way more than I expected to--lots of kisses, he comes out of his hidey house as if he's listening and wants to hear me when I talk to the boys (and of all the piggies we have right now, he's the only one that does that), and actually lays down to cuddle on my chest sometimes when I hold him.

Sometimes they just need time & patience to see that it will be safe and all right to trust us. And, like you mentioned and it is so true, we don't know what experience they've had with other humans before us, if much experience, what it was like.

It is worth the time and care though, when they do come around!

[3piggles]

Glad he's settled down with you, and knows you are his friend. We just have no idea what emotional baggage they bring with them, and have to give them time to get it all sorted!