My guinea pig has bitten me several times on several different occassions! It just recently bit me and it drew blood, and this wasnt the first time!! I really need to know if maybe my guinea pig needs even more care than I give to it or if it has just gone Completely insane!
2007-08-05 15:53:26 · 8 answers · asked by Girlygirl 1 in Pets ➔ Rodents
Guinea pigs usually only bite when they are scared, do not like what you are doing or if they can smell food on your hands. Your guinea pig should be getting a balanced diet, 1 hour of floor time a day plus cuddles from you. You may wish to hold him/her in a towel. A big cage is also essential, 1 guinea pig needs a 7.5sq ft cage, guinea pigs are social animals by nature, they live in colonies or groups in the wild, thus why they do far better in pairs, please consider getting another guinea pig, 2 guinea pigs need a 10.5sq ft cage. Mites is another possibility, these are very painful for your guinea pig and should be treated with Ivermectin once a week for a month. You can do it yourself or you can get your vet to do it, overdosing can kill. If you have done all of the things above then the only other thing that I can think of is the personality, some guinea pigs absolutely hate being picked up and what not. Maybe it is the same case with your guinea pig.
Good Luck!!
2007-08-05 16:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Guinea pigs bite for specific reasons. Fright, hunger, mites, and youth are the mail ones. If your hand smells like food, they try to eat your fingers. Younger pigs can be nippy but grow out of it.
Mites is a likely cause. Mites cannot be seen. You may not notice any bald spots or even any itching. You can treat yourself with ivermectin (but you have to be 100% sure what you are doing... overdosing can kill your pig) OR your vet can give him the ivermectin treatment weekly for a month. Get him treated. Mites are painful for your pig. Even if this turns out not to be the cause of his biting, it will be a preventative treament.
2007-08-05 16:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by MemphisGal 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Just as a side note (and in agreement with what others have said about mites) ~ You can also treat mites easily with KITTEN Revolution from the vet. It only takes a drop or two, depending on how much you pigger weighs.
2007-08-05 16:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by Jenn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When does he bite you? It is a response to some behavior, you need to specify what is going on when he bites. I had a pig who bit me to get my attention. Had another who bit because that was his way of playing and kissing. ( we do a lot of piggie kissing here.) Have one now who bites my neck when he is held up on the burping baby position whenever I nuzzle him. They will try to relate to you as much as possible, especially if they have no cagemate to bond with. We had one lone guy who developed a biting game with us, he would run up to one of us and nip, and we had to then chase him around till he got tired and went back in his cage. He could also be biting you simply because he gets food if he bites you, they will learn to do anything to get food.
Since he is drawing blood, I would figure this is a young pig who is just testing his powers. Yell ouch enough times and put him back in his cage with no treat and he will learn that he is biting too hard and communicating incorrectly. He will figure it out.
2007-08-05 18:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by smik s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as quickly as we've been given Gizzi and Dani, we got here across they the two have been male. We figured that Gizzi mounting Dani is organising dominance, considering Gizzi is older then Dani (by means of a minimum of 6 months). If one guinea mounts the different in many circumstances, that's from equipped up ability and/or intercourse force. i does not difficulty until the single on the backside starts off to scream/yelp or runs out from the perfect one and starts off to combat (uncovered tooth, chattering tooth, seen assaults). as quickly as we had piggy play time (i could block off the front room, make it piggy friendly, provide nutrition and a open, heavy bottomed water dish) and placed Gizzi and Dani to play over night, i could awaken and Dani (the backside) could have white stuff throughout his lower back end (from Gizzi). Gizzi persevered his dominance over Dani (yet when I had to bathe Dani particularly properly we stopped piggy play time for a whilst).
2016-11-11 08:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do u have multipal guinea pigs? if u do give that one a lil more attention than u normally do. if u dont spend mor time with it. when it bit u tap its nose get a lil harder each time it taught my guinea pigs no bitting. hope it helps!
2007-08-05 16:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by ipj9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the vet.
2007-08-05 15:57:46 · answer #7 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd say mites.
2007-08-05 20:29:57 · answer #8 · answered by MotaroRIP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋