My boy Sebastian has changed quite a bit in the past month or so. He used to always come to his dust bath when I set it in the cage to get him for playtime. Now he is very suspicious of it, and I've had to get him by the base of his tail to get him out of his cage for the past few weeks! What can I do, the boy needs his bath! I feel like a mean, mean mommy!
He also began biting my boyfriend a few months ago whenever Derek would reach into his cage to scritch him. We figured he must just like his flavor! But last week he actually bit me for the first time that wasn't a nibble, but an angry bite. I was scooping him up to take him back to his cage after playtime, and I guess he didn't want to go. He also is less active during playtime than he was in the first few months we had him. He stares at me more too.
I guess my question is if his behavior is just changing with age? We got him in mid January this year, so he's been with us for about 10 months. We guessed that he was around 6 months or younger when we got him since he's gotten so much bigger since then. Also, he still eats/drinks/poops normally.
Maybe changes in his home are affecting him? One of our upstairs neighbors has a new baby that cries ALL NIGHT LONG and I was thinking maybe that is making him more nervous. Also our very loud air conditioner hasn't been running lately since it's been 55-60 degrees lately, and maybe he isn't used to the silence.
Sorry for the looooong post, but I am a still relatively new chin parent and I do worry sometimes if everything is "normal".
He also began biting my boyfriend a few months ago whenever Derek would reach into his cage to scritch him. We figured he must just like his flavor! But last week he actually bit me for the first time that wasn't a nibble, but an angry bite. I was scooping him up to take him back to his cage after playtime, and I guess he didn't want to go. He also is less active during playtime than he was in the first few months we had him. He stares at me more too.
I guess my question is if his behavior is just changing with age? We got him in mid January this year, so he's been with us for about 10 months. We guessed that he was around 6 months or younger when we got him since he's gotten so much bigger since then. Also, he still eats/drinks/poops normally.
Maybe changes in his home are affecting him? One of our upstairs neighbors has a new baby that cries ALL NIGHT LONG and I was thinking maybe that is making him more nervous. Also our very loud air conditioner hasn't been running lately since it's been 55-60 degrees lately, and maybe he isn't used to the silence.
Sorry for the looooong post, but I am a still relatively new chin parent and I do worry sometimes if everything is "normal".