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New Guinea pig teeth chattering at me?! Pls help!

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Jojoactually

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About 2 weeks ago I got a female guinea pig named Mabel. I gave her a good home and she gets pellets every morning,fresh water, unlimited hay, and a cup of veg every day. I let her settle in for a day or 2 and she became comfortable and let me pet her and began popcorning! She even crawls in my lap when I open her cage to give her nightly vegetables! But I’ve noticed that when I sit in front of her cage and talk to her she will teeth chatter and then crawl in my lap! I looked it up and teeth chatter is a sign of aggression! So then why is she crawling on to me? Pls help I don’t know why she’s chattering at me.
 
1 of my boars loves tickles. He'll come right over to me and lie down and lick me. He will stretch out his front legs and then the back legs get kicked out to the side. Hecc will stay there for ages and clearly enjoys it but once he's done he couldn't simply just get up and walk off. No! Frodo has to do the full rumble strut XD I take no offence. As I was typing just now I was smoothing him and he looked at his food dish and chattered. He was simply saying then "give me some food!"
 
@Jojoactually I have one pig that does it alot. He's called Jon Snow and he's so outgoing and demanding of food. I can't go near the cage without him standing up at the bars and if I ignore him he starts chattering his teeth!
 
Jaycey said:
@Jojoactually I have one pig that does it alot. He's called Jon Snow and he's so outgoing and demanding of food. I can't go near the cage without him standing up at the bars and if I ignore him he starts chattering his teeth!
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My boy bernie. Gets to the highest place possible to get noticed, On his house roof, and wont move until i give in. What i love about him is that his favourite veg is red bell pepper
 
Skypipdot said:
My boy bernie. Gets to the highest place possible to get noticed, On his house roof, and wont move until i give in. What i love about him is that his favourite veg is red bell pepper
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Jon currently loves cucumber, which is good as he doesn't get it all over his face. He's all white so looks so scruffy when he's been eating red pepper
 
Welcome to the forum @Jojoactually .
We’d love to see pictures of Mabel.
Is she a single piggy?
If she is, are you planning on getting her a companion?
You sound like a caring owner, Mabel clearly trusts you and that can sometimes take several weeks
 
Merab's Slave said:
Welcome to the forum @Jojoactually .
We’d love to see pictures of Mabel.
Is she a single piggy?
If she is, are you planning on getting her a companion?
You sound like a caring owner, Mabel clearly trusts you and that can sometimes take several weeks
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Yeah I’ll post photos soon! She is a single piggy and I wasn’t really planning on giving her a piggy sister but after reading more on the forum I’m thinking about it.
 
Just a thought but has she had a vet check? My new piggy Clover did a scary amount of teeth chattering at us and the other piggies when we first adopted her, turns out she had an old leg break injury, but since the vet gave her metacam (its like piggy paracetamol or ibuprofen) she hasnt chattered her teeth at all and is much happier. But dont worry, some piggies just have attitude :)
 
There seems to be at least 2 degrees of teeth chatter. The lesser being their lower jaw is slacking away, but no sound. My current female does that, but it doesn't appear aggression related. My boar does it once in awhile too. A female I had as kid it a lot as well. Sometimes it's directly related to where you are petting them. Pet the head, nothing. Pet the shoulders, jaw moves. The older it gets and more accustomed to you, the less you might see it, or the more it'll be familiar with you and what you are doing.

The more serious degree is when you actually HEAR the teeth chattering. That's a legit warning. Whether to you or another gp. If you hear teeth, back off a bit and try petting when it's eating hay, or veggies (assuming it doesn't snatch the veggie and run to a hiding spot with it) and pay attention to if it allows/tolerates or tries to get away or move away.
 
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