Isabellajones
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi guys,
I’ve only ever posted once on here before about my single male pig Shaun. I don’t want to go into tons of detail about why he’s alone etc as I have explained it before but in case you guys need a refresh:
He is a rescue pig
I have tried multiple times (7 times) over the last year since I rescued him to bond him with other pigs, both females and fixed males but each time he has completely shut down and will not eat or drink and will only huddle in a corner.
He would not move from the corner of the bonding area, resulting in him not eating and drinking and as a result he become impacted and his health deteriorated so rapidly he had to to be rushed to the emergency vet.
When he wa removed from the situation and placed back into my bedroom with no sight or sound of other pigs, he quickly began to eat and drink again although he needed a lot of critical care for awhile after. This was a year ago and he’s fine now. Please don’t tell me “I have to bond him” because I will just not reply to you. Thanks!
Ok so onto the issue.
Shaun will nip at me when I do certain things in his enclosure (He’s in a 2x4 C&C), like picking up his poops, and no it’s not a playful nip like when he’s nibbling my hands when he’s having petting time.
Tonight he lunged at my hand and bit me rather nasty on the hand when I was fluffing up his hay which I do multiple times a day and he’s never bitten me like that before when I’ve been fluffing his hay.. he actually broke skin.
Is this territorial behaviour? And if so, how do I curb this? If not territory related, does anyone have any idea what it could be?
Cheers!
I’ve only ever posted once on here before about my single male pig Shaun. I don’t want to go into tons of detail about why he’s alone etc as I have explained it before but in case you guys need a refresh:
He is a rescue pig
I have tried multiple times (7 times) over the last year since I rescued him to bond him with other pigs, both females and fixed males but each time he has completely shut down and will not eat or drink and will only huddle in a corner.
He would not move from the corner of the bonding area, resulting in him not eating and drinking and as a result he become impacted and his health deteriorated so rapidly he had to to be rushed to the emergency vet.
When he wa removed from the situation and placed back into my bedroom with no sight or sound of other pigs, he quickly began to eat and drink again although he needed a lot of critical care for awhile after. This was a year ago and he’s fine now. Please don’t tell me “I have to bond him” because I will just not reply to you. Thanks!
Ok so onto the issue.
Shaun will nip at me when I do certain things in his enclosure (He’s in a 2x4 C&C), like picking up his poops, and no it’s not a playful nip like when he’s nibbling my hands when he’s having petting time.
Tonight he lunged at my hand and bit me rather nasty on the hand when I was fluffing up his hay which I do multiple times a day and he’s never bitten me like that before when I’ve been fluffing his hay.. he actually broke skin.
Is this territorial behaviour? And if so, how do I curb this? If not territory related, does anyone have any idea what it could be?
Cheers!