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milzyy19

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Hi, I have had my guinea pig for two months now and he was so gentle and loving to begin with. We introduced our new Guinea Percy and his brother Wilbur to our one Guinea's who had recently lost his partner. We soon found out that three is a crowd and Percy turned to hurting the others and drawing blood. The other two became so quiet and withdrawn and frightened of him, we had to make the hard decision to take Percy away from the others. He now lives inside with us and he loves the company of our dog through the bars in his cage and he is handled regularly and he gets up in the garden for a run most days. He is cleaned out everyday and given lots of love. he used to lap up the attention but he has turned to biting my nine year old. She has held him before and having has Guinea pigs for most her life she knows how to hold them and I watch her with them and she is ever so gentle. Percy will occasionally bite her so hard he draws blood and bruises her skin. He doesn't bite anyone else. We have tried to look for patterns in his attacks but they are so random we cant figure it out.
I would appreciate some help asap. My nine year old is terrified of him and wont hold him anymore and when she gains her confidence to hold him again he will be okay for a couple of weeks and he will turn on her again.
Thnak you in advance
Milly.
 
Hi! Ask your daughter to try the piggy whispering tips in the biting guide; let her use a mixture of love and dominance, starting with love. Percy will not bite another piggy/person ranked higher than him. At the moment he is feeling that he can get away with dominance/bullying behaviour with your daughter.

A number of forum members that have tried this method have actually found it surprisingly effective. it has put their relationship with their problem piggy on a much more loving and friendly footing.
 
The best piggy whispering technique I found was talking to my piggies as I was approaching them. A predator comes in silently. Talk any old rubbish they won't understand. I talk about what I'm cooking for dinner, I went to Sainsbury's, I had a bath instead of a shower this morning for a change etc then they know that you are coming and that something is about to happen.
 
I agree with the above, when I got Iggy he was so poorly and took to biting myself and my mum when doing his meds. It carried on for a bit afterwards but since doing the piggy whispering he’s the most adorable little boy.

My mum didn’t want to do the technique and she often got bitten by him. Luckily he grew out of it with her but he still firmly believes she’s ranked below him and can be a right little devil for her and an angel for me :))
 
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