furgetful_piggy28
New Born Pup
Good day, everyone! I've been lurking on here for the past couple of years and this place has helped me immensely in raising my first guinea pig. He lived for six wonderful years until his passing in 2018. Now, my family recently bought me a new darling little guinea pig I named Horatio who I've been caring for for the last 3 weeks. He warmed up to me quickly and loves to cuddle and run around my room (with supervision, of course!). Everything was fine up until recently. I apologise if this is too verbose.
He's bitten me twice since last week, and both times led to bleeding (not a lot, but there was blood). Last week Monday, I think, he bit me whilst I was checking if stool had accumulated and been making it difficult for him to poop (I'd noticed that he pooped less frequently and had dry stool). I'd held him in this position before, so it was a shock when he bit me hard enough to draw blood. Anyway, please don't worry about this bit, his pooping and stool have gone to normal, but getting bitten was shocking as the past guinea pigs we'd raised had been docile little creatures who'd never bitten hard enough to draw blood. The second instance was even stranger. I was simply holding him like normal, no struggles, no complaints, he seemed rather content. He all of a sudden bit me very hard, causing another finger to bleed again. My hands did not smell like food nor did I hold him in an abnormal way. He's a very gentle cavvy, and he hasn't displayed any aggressive behaviour since then.
Today I noticed that his chin was wet with drool, his bowl had some drool and sort of yellow-y material (also liquid-y), and he appeared to be gagging. After gagging, though, he went on to eat like normal. In fact, his whole attitude has been completely normal minus the drooling, heaving, and random bursts of aggression (he hasn't been aggressive recently, though!).
Is it teeth problems? He's eating normally and isn't lethargic in any way. Something I've noticed, however, is that he's constantly 'talking' or grinding his teeth. Other than the issues mentioned above, he's still a happy boi who loves to eat, cuddle and explore. He hasn't been losing weight either (quite the contrary, really!). What's going on with my Horatio? I've never experienced this from my previous piggy and I feel helpless.
Many thanks in advance!
He's bitten me twice since last week, and both times led to bleeding (not a lot, but there was blood). Last week Monday, I think, he bit me whilst I was checking if stool had accumulated and been making it difficult for him to poop (I'd noticed that he pooped less frequently and had dry stool). I'd held him in this position before, so it was a shock when he bit me hard enough to draw blood. Anyway, please don't worry about this bit, his pooping and stool have gone to normal, but getting bitten was shocking as the past guinea pigs we'd raised had been docile little creatures who'd never bitten hard enough to draw blood. The second instance was even stranger. I was simply holding him like normal, no struggles, no complaints, he seemed rather content. He all of a sudden bit me very hard, causing another finger to bleed again. My hands did not smell like food nor did I hold him in an abnormal way. He's a very gentle cavvy, and he hasn't displayed any aggressive behaviour since then.
Today I noticed that his chin was wet with drool, his bowl had some drool and sort of yellow-y material (also liquid-y), and he appeared to be gagging. After gagging, though, he went on to eat like normal. In fact, his whole attitude has been completely normal minus the drooling, heaving, and random bursts of aggression (he hasn't been aggressive recently, though!).
Is it teeth problems? He's eating normally and isn't lethargic in any way. Something I've noticed, however, is that he's constantly 'talking' or grinding his teeth. Other than the issues mentioned above, he's still a happy boi who loves to eat, cuddle and explore. He hasn't been losing weight either (quite the contrary, really!). What's going on with my Horatio? I've never experienced this from my previous piggy and I feel helpless.
Many thanks in advance!
