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Piggy behavior

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Question

Shadow's Chillin'
Two weeks ago when I got Shadow, he's a tiny little 3 month old male, American shorthair piggy, he's been one heck of a chatterbox, especially when you hold him, he likes to naw on his cage now %26 then %26 at night even though he eats a lot %26 has plenty of food %26 he likes to dig near the wall I built that seperates the cage, so he has his side %26 Ginney has his side until next month when Shadow get's his own cage. Since Ginney's in heat, he digs when he hears Shadow %26 Shadow digs when he hears him. Now my question is, is it normal for him to be a chatterbox when he get's petted, to naw on the cage when he has plenty of food %26 to dig like he does? Why does he do that? Also, he will not eat carrots, only red leaf lettuce, he nibbles on the carrots %26 spits out the pieces, why is that? Me, Shadow %26 Ginney thanks you for your help.

Answer
Hi agian Chaz!
Agian thank you for the lovely pics. I just answered your other question, so this one is done the same way.

1) Being a chatter box is very normal, He is just expressing his love for you.

2) Nawing on cage bars is normal as well. He is most likely bored, here is a link to a great site with some toy options: http://www.guineapigcages.com/toys.htm'

3) Digging is normal. Why? He is looking for poo poos to eat. Old dryed out poo poos help with there digestion. Gross eh?

4) He ate too much carrot, he dosent like the taste of it or he enjoys wating your money ;)

Hope this helps!
-Nicole