Two gliders, had them about four months. The bolder one climbs onto my hand, sniffs around and then licks me, quite enthusiastically, usually along the fingers. Then after a while the licking turns into little nibbles…
Dwarf hamster, about a year. I leaned in while he was asleep in the afternoon and heard tiny squeaks, and his paws were twitching with them. It was sort of adorable and sort of alarming. He is normal at night: running,…
Syrian, two years old. For about a week she has been making a small squeak when she bites into her hard pellets. Not every mouthful, but often. She is still eating, still stuffing her cheeks, still awful to me at four…
Two boars, three years old, have lived in the house since I got them. I have just finished building a hutch and run and I am keen to use it. It is mid October here and the nights are already going down to about six…
The most useful fact first: most guinea pigs rarely need a full bath at all. They groom themselves, and frequent bathing dries their skin out. In winter there is a second problem, which is that a damp guinea pig gets…
House rabbit, had her two years, and she has never licked me once. Not my hand, not anything. She will come and sit against my leg, she follows me into the kitchen, she lets me do her forehead for as long as I am…
Two boars, three and four, living in a converted shed with a run. It has gone properly cold here in the last ten days and the younger one is leaving hay. Not refusing it, but the rack is fuller in the morning than it…