So this is a bit of a strange one;
My newest chin Sid (we got him before Christmas) is a real sweetheart, he adores scratches on the chest and neck area but gets upset and makes an angry noise if you touch his back. Anyway, about two weeks ago he escaped from his cage and I panicked since the very awful cat we were minding at the time was out prowling so I chased him down a bit to catch him and had to grab him by the base of the tail, he was pretty freaked out by the whole experience and wouldnt have anything to do with me for the next two days but he got over it after a couple of days...... but since then it's like a switch has been flipped and every time I put my hand in the cage he lets me scratch him for a bit and then mounts my hand. It's only my hand, he hides from my boyfriend but is all over me, he peeps when he sees me and as soon as I open the cage he stretched his little hands up to grab my hair and try to climb onto my shoulder. I don't get it, especially since I was the one who scared the heck out of him when he escaped.
I don't get why his behaviour would change literally overnight?
Also, in regards to the hand mounting, his penis doesnt actually come out but he grabs and wont let go of my wrist.... what's the best way to handle this? It doesnt really bother me too much so I've just been letting him do it but would it change his ideas of dominance and things like that?
My newest chin Sid (we got him before Christmas) is a real sweetheart, he adores scratches on the chest and neck area but gets upset and makes an angry noise if you touch his back. Anyway, about two weeks ago he escaped from his cage and I panicked since the very awful cat we were minding at the time was out prowling so I chased him down a bit to catch him and had to grab him by the base of the tail, he was pretty freaked out by the whole experience and wouldnt have anything to do with me for the next two days but he got over it after a couple of days...... but since then it's like a switch has been flipped and every time I put my hand in the cage he lets me scratch him for a bit and then mounts my hand. It's only my hand, he hides from my boyfriend but is all over me, he peeps when he sees me and as soon as I open the cage he stretched his little hands up to grab my hair and try to climb onto my shoulder. I don't get it, especially since I was the one who scared the heck out of him when he escaped.
I don't get why his behaviour would change literally overnight?
Also, in regards to the hand mounting, his penis doesnt actually come out but he grabs and wont let go of my wrist.... what's the best way to handle this? It doesnt really bother me too much so I've just been letting him do it but would it change his ideas of dominance and things like that?