Baby Pig Biting After Hand Feeding

[Poe'sMom]

Hello. I'm a new pig mom and I took in a very young pig (He's roughly 2 months old. When he came to me his umbilical cord scab was still present) who became really sick due to the situation he was in before he came to live with me. Fortunately he is getting better. I've been hand feeding him the past few days. Now when I handle him he's taking to biting me. Not the playful/cleaning type nibbling he had done before. I'm not sure if it's his way of letting me know he doesn't want to have another syringe in his mouth, or just afraid it will be another stressful situation. I just don't want to have ruined this little guy's sweet disposition. Just not sure why he's taken to biting as hard as he has been lately.

 

[Wiebke]

Hello. I'm a new pig mom and I took in a very young pig (He's roughly 2 months old. When he came to me his umbilical cord scab was still present) who became really sick due to the situation he was in before he came to live with me. Fortunately he is getting better. I've been hand feeding him the past few days. Now when I handle him he's taking to biting me. Not the playful/cleaning type nibbling he had done before. I'm not sure if it's his way of letting me know he doesn't want to have another syringe in his mouth, or just afraid it will be another stressful situation. I just don't want to have ruined this little guy's sweet disposition. Just not sure why he's taken to biting as hard as he has been lately.

Hi please assert your dominance with him, so you can tell him what is good manners and what not. You can be best of friends again, as you can at the same time tell him that you love him in piggy terms.
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