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Health / Biting, and other attitude changes in my chin
« on: January 22, 2010, 10:02:52 AM »
Hi everyone!
I need some advise on my 4 year old black velvet female chin. She has never been super friendly, but she never would bite. Lately she has been in attack mode. If anyone comes near her cage she will pee on them, and when I go in her cage to feed her she will bite really hard. She can be in a dead sleep, and I will be a quiet as possible when feeding, but she will still wake up and try to take a chunk out of my hand. She doesn't bark, but by her stance you can tell she is on guard all the time. This is totally new, she would bark in the past if she didn't want to be bothered, and nibble your fingers when she was getting chin rub... but now I can't even get near her cage.
She appears healthy, poops are normal, same amount, size, texture. She is eating fine, no eye discharge or drool, she is very active, I worry she is not resting enough. She will take a treat with out biting, its the only time I can near the cage. I did take her out yesterday and gave her a good check, physically she is fine. I changed all the chins food about 6 weeks ago, and everyone did fine with the change, no other changes have happened in the house. Her cage mate is not acting any different, he is very social and sweet still, and they are not fighting. It maybe possible she is pregnant, but with her last litter she seemed to want attention more. She is not showing any signs of being pregant though, and there are no signs that mating has happened. ..
It has been a few weeks since this change, is this stress? Any suggestions on how I can get her to at least stop peeing and biting? I was thinking of taking her cage mate out, but I think that may stress her out more. I also have been putting a dust bath bucket outside of her cage to make her leave and get close to me to bathe, but it hasn't helped yet. I am at a loss, any idea what's going on or how to resolve this?
I need some advise on my 4 year old black velvet female chin. She has never been super friendly, but she never would bite. Lately she has been in attack mode. If anyone comes near her cage she will pee on them, and when I go in her cage to feed her she will bite really hard. She can be in a dead sleep, and I will be a quiet as possible when feeding, but she will still wake up and try to take a chunk out of my hand. She doesn't bark, but by her stance you can tell she is on guard all the time. This is totally new, she would bark in the past if she didn't want to be bothered, and nibble your fingers when she was getting chin rub... but now I can't even get near her cage.
She appears healthy, poops are normal, same amount, size, texture. She is eating fine, no eye discharge or drool, she is very active, I worry she is not resting enough. She will take a treat with out biting, its the only time I can near the cage. I did take her out yesterday and gave her a good check, physically she is fine. I changed all the chins food about 6 weeks ago, and everyone did fine with the change, no other changes have happened in the house. Her cage mate is not acting any different, he is very social and sweet still, and they are not fighting. It maybe possible she is pregnant, but with her last litter she seemed to want attention more. She is not showing any signs of being pregant though, and there are no signs that mating has happened. ..
It has been a few weeks since this change, is this stress? Any suggestions on how I can get her to at least stop peeing and biting? I was thinking of taking her cage mate out, but I think that may stress her out more. I also have been putting a dust bath bucket outside of her cage to make her leave and get close to me to bathe, but it hasn't helped yet. I am at a loss, any idea what's going on or how to resolve this?