Pulling at clothes

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Does anyone know why pigs may sometimes pull at your clothes when you're holding them? Corly does this a lot, he didn't really do any damage, just grabs it and pulls lol.
 
It's either for fun/annoying you or for the purpose of alerting you that he needs to go to the toilet.
 
I would definitely say it was for the toilet. All my piggies do this. I ignored it once and ended up drenched.

However, Choccie is very sly, he will pull at you clothes anyway so you putting him down LOL:)):))
 
I thought it might be this but nothing happens even if I don't let him down. I tend to get a bit worried myself if he starts constantly doing it so I put him back in his cage but usually it's just a feww minutes after I've got him, he'll slowly pull at my t-shirt and just sit there with it between his teeth looking at me, he does it with the towel I dry him with and also the quilt when hes on my bed. Never had an accident tho. =]
 
Beautifulness, it sounds like your lad just likes playing with you and enjoying the attention, bet its very endearing.
 
Spike always pulls my top when he wants to go down. Three tugs and if he's not back you'll get a little nip on the hand! It's usually because he wants to go to the toilet but sometime just because he's had enough. The toilet pulls get a little more frantic though!
 
Mine do it when they're getting tired of being out of their cage, or like other people said it's usually a sure sign they need a wee. However sometimes they'll have an experimental nibble just to see if whatever they're sitting on tastes good rolleyes
 
I think Africa does it out of anger. After 'cleaning him out' he usually bites hard on my stomach (nearest thing to him once he's flipped over) then numms on my shirt for a while like a security blanket. Then I gave him a bath today and whilst trying he kept attacking the towel much like Corly does after a bath. =]
 
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