yayoiharuko
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi guys 
I'm sure some of you may know me from the whole "am I welcome here as a newbie" post, and some may remember me from the Introduction post.
Anyway, I read the link that someone provided me about guinea pigs and biting and what it means and all, and today I decided to try and implement what I read.
So from here on out I will be trying to do things a little differently and will be letting you guys know how it is going.
I have some good news/bad news, depending on how you look at it. Blue decided he didn't want to bite me today. I sat there with him for a good five minutes after he finished eating and he just stared at me like.. maybe if I just do this, she will give me another carrot.
Since he was obviously in a better mood this afternoon I figured I would go ahead and try rubbing gently around his eyes/rubbing ears etc. Just to see what he likes. He started sqeaking. Not sure what kind of squeaking though. Sometimes he sqeaks when I'm holding him and I open the fridge like, "YES, FOOD!" and some times he squeaks the same exact way when I'm bringing him back to his cage from the playpen. (I perceive this to be more of a "PUT ME DOWN!" squeak)
I don't know. It's hard for me to tell. He's a very vocal pig, that's for sure.
I just threw in the part about him squeaking as I rubbed around his eyes because I don't know if that's a good thing or not and could use some clarification there.
As for the biting, I'll see how things go tonight when I bring him back inside.
I do want to mention a couple things:
He doesn't bite me because he thinks my fingers are food. He's way too smart for his own good, and at this point knows exactly what to do to make me put him down. Every time he bites, he draws blood.
I've tried putting on gloves.. he just bites my face and my arms.
I'm sure some of you may know me from the whole "am I welcome here as a newbie" post, and some may remember me from the Introduction post.
Anyway, I read the link that someone provided me about guinea pigs and biting and what it means and all, and today I decided to try and implement what I read.
So from here on out I will be trying to do things a little differently and will be letting you guys know how it is going.
I have some good news/bad news, depending on how you look at it. Blue decided he didn't want to bite me today. I sat there with him for a good five minutes after he finished eating and he just stared at me like.. maybe if I just do this, she will give me another carrot.
Since he was obviously in a better mood this afternoon I figured I would go ahead and try rubbing gently around his eyes/rubbing ears etc. Just to see what he likes. He started sqeaking. Not sure what kind of squeaking though. Sometimes he sqeaks when I'm holding him and I open the fridge like, "YES, FOOD!" and some times he squeaks the same exact way when I'm bringing him back to his cage from the playpen. (I perceive this to be more of a "PUT ME DOWN!" squeak)
I don't know. It's hard for me to tell. He's a very vocal pig, that's for sure.
I just threw in the part about him squeaking as I rubbed around his eyes because I don't know if that's a good thing or not and could use some clarification there.
As for the biting, I'll see how things go tonight when I bring him back inside.
I do want to mention a couple things:
He doesn't bite me because he thinks my fingers are food. He's way too smart for his own good, and at this point knows exactly what to do to make me put him down. Every time he bites, he draws blood.
I've tried putting on gloves.. he just bites my face and my arms.
