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Ilovemypigs123

Ilovemypigs123

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A couple of weeks ago I lost my oldest girl from my herd of 5 (now a herd of 4) and Piglet one of the other girls has started to bite the bars of the cage since her friend has passed away. She still has3 other girls with her they all get on no squabbles or anything. She’s still eating and squeaking and everything but I’m worried about her causing damage to her teeth with biting the bars.
Any advice?

They live in an 8x2 c&c cage.
 

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I've recently had two looses in my group and my remaining girls were quite subdued. They perked up a lot after I rearranged the cage completely. Maybe you could give it a try as well.
 
Ilovemypigs123 said:
A couple of weeks ago I lost my oldest girl from my herd of 5 (now a herd of 4) and Piglet one of the other girls has started to bite the bars of the cage since her friend has passed away. She still has3 other girls with her they all get on no squabbles or anything. She’s still eating and squeaking and everything but I’m worried about her causing damage to her teeth with biting the bars.
Any advice?

They live in an 8x2 c&c cage.
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Hi

Is the bar biting connected to any attention seeking behaviour or is it totally random?

My own Tribe is attention seeking bar biting as soon as they here us chopping an cooking in the kitchen and has been for over a decade. I have in the whole time only had one old lady with broken incisors - and that is more in line with the normal average and age related, considering that I had at least 60 bar biting piggies passing through my life since they discovered that is was something I could not make them stop by sheer dint of not being able to be in two different rooms at once...
 
My piggy did the same thing after her cage mate died to CBS despite having another friend to be with. Her anxiousness and bare biting stopped around a month after. However, you said a couple of weeks ago, has her weight been remaining consistent?
 
Thanks for the replies guys, yes her weight hasn’t gone up or down any worrying amount. She does it when she hears the veg but she’s always done this and stops once she’s eaten and never did it again until mealtime the next day but she’s doing it everytime someone goes into the room now just since losing her friend x
 
I have come home tonight and the same piggy seems to have dropped in weight since this morning and seems lethargic she’s still eating apple and grapes and munching hay now but she’s very quiet
 
I have no experience of a bar biting piggy but if you are concerned about her maybe a vet check would help.
At least it would reassure you.
I hope there’s nothing to worry about
 
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