Hi so I posted a week and a half ago about my piggies Liam and Noel! At the time they weren't getting on but I'm pretty sure that all the behaviour is dominance and they have no established a hierarchy!
Problem is my piggies still are not fond at all of me let's say. Noel the dominant male is more skittish towards me than Liam but when I even try to give him veggies he chatters his teeth which I know is him saying back off to me and can be upsetting and frustrating when I know I'm just trying to be nice to him!
Liam although he's more bold and is confident if I have food when I go to pick him up or pet him on my lap he squeals like I'm murdering him!
I don't know their past and they are already 8 months old so their past very much so will have affected them. I'm just struggling as I've been talking to them outside the cage,letting them sniff my hand, hand feeding them, giving them floor time to let off any pent up energys and I always feed them when they're on my lap but as soon as they've finished I have to put them back as they're trying to do anything to get away from me! I pet them gently with one finger on their nose and top of their head when they're eating which they let me but as soon as they've eaten that's it!
I feel like now they know I get them out for floor time and lap time they are even worse than nearer the beginning of me having them but obviously I can't just leave them in their cage as they need floor time and will never be tame if they are left in it!
Problem is my piggies still are not fond at all of me let's say. Noel the dominant male is more skittish towards me than Liam but when I even try to give him veggies he chatters his teeth which I know is him saying back off to me and can be upsetting and frustrating when I know I'm just trying to be nice to him!
Liam although he's more bold and is confident if I have food when I go to pick him up or pet him on my lap he squeals like I'm murdering him!
I don't know their past and they are already 8 months old so their past very much so will have affected them. I'm just struggling as I've been talking to them outside the cage,letting them sniff my hand, hand feeding them, giving them floor time to let off any pent up energys and I always feed them when they're on my lap but as soon as they've finished I have to put them back as they're trying to do anything to get away from me! I pet them gently with one finger on their nose and top of their head when they're eating which they let me but as soon as they've eaten that's it!
I feel like now they know I get them out for floor time and lap time they are even worse than nearer the beginning of me having them but obviously I can't just leave them in their cage as they need floor time and will never be tame if they are left in it!