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Hi everyone! I am new to this forum and was hoping someone might help me with this....I got my first two GPs two months ago and completely fell in love with them. Their names are Duncan and Carter. I bought them from a petstore but will never do that again. I will definitely adopt the next time around. They are very spoiled piggies! They have a huge cage from cavycages, they get floor time all the time, and constantly get fresh veggies and hay. They've started reacting in a happy way when I come up to their cage and popcorn when I get more hay out.
Since the beginning, Carter has been somewhat of a biter. I quickly learned to hold him with a towel so he couldn't bite me. Duncan will only give slight nips sometimes. (He's defintitely more gentle!) I took them to the vet shortly after I got them to get a checkup and mentioned to the vet that they might have mites because I heard biting is sometimes a result of that. Here's what made me a bit uncertain about the vet--He looked the piggies over with the naked eye and combed through their fur and then told me that he did not believe they had mites. I was thinking, "Aren't they microscopic!?" So I'm not sure about him now.... Anyway, recently Carter has been getting worse with the biting. The other day he bit me so bad on my arm and I now have a little black and blue mark. He also freaks out when I hold him and won't let me touch his head. I know it helps to hold them everyday to get them used to it, but I don't want to stress him out too bad. I honestly wonder if they have mites? Also, yesterday I noticed that the top of Duncan's back foot was missing a patch of hair. I have no idea what to think about all this. If someone could let me know, I'd appreciate it
Thanks!
Since the beginning, Carter has been somewhat of a biter. I quickly learned to hold him with a towel so he couldn't bite me. Duncan will only give slight nips sometimes. (He's defintitely more gentle!) I took them to the vet shortly after I got them to get a checkup and mentioned to the vet that they might have mites because I heard biting is sometimes a result of that. Here's what made me a bit uncertain about the vet--He looked the piggies over with the naked eye and combed through their fur and then told me that he did not believe they had mites. I was thinking, "Aren't they microscopic!?" So I'm not sure about him now.... Anyway, recently Carter has been getting worse with the biting. The other day he bit me so bad on my arm and I now have a little black and blue mark. He also freaks out when I hold him and won't let me touch his head. I know it helps to hold them everyday to get them used to it, but I don't want to stress him out too bad. I honestly wonder if they have mites? Also, yesterday I noticed that the top of Duncan's back foot was missing a patch of hair. I have no idea what to think about all this. If someone could let me know, I'd appreciate it
Thanks!