So I've had my girls about a month and a half now. They've been handled everyday, give or take. I get them out seperatly and have them on my knee whilst I either stroke them, or groom them with a soft toothbrush. They seemed to be coming on well.
For some reason lately they have become much harder to handle. Catching them in their cage has become harder. Toffee especially will do anything to avoid my hands, including jumping in the air and trying to climb up the sides of the cage! Treacle is a little quieter. Once I have them on my knee they have become very fidgety. To the point where I'm having to keep hold of them on my knee, which I don't like to do, to stop them from climbing off. They wiggle around a lot and have started turning their heads around, trying to get to my hand. Today both of them were nibbling at my trousers a little.
I think I should add that I handle them either before or after I'm putting them in their exercise pen. So they are either moving from their pen back to their cage, or vice versa. Is this a bad idea? Should they have knee time just generally when I'm not planning to do anything with them?
I just want them to be tame and I'm worried that they're just going backwards. Or are they just testing the waters? Any help would be great
ETA: they have also started making a sort of chewing noise when I stroke them on my knee. As soon as I stop they stop.
For some reason lately they have become much harder to handle. Catching them in their cage has become harder. Toffee especially will do anything to avoid my hands, including jumping in the air and trying to climb up the sides of the cage! Treacle is a little quieter. Once I have them on my knee they have become very fidgety. To the point where I'm having to keep hold of them on my knee, which I don't like to do, to stop them from climbing off. They wiggle around a lot and have started turning their heads around, trying to get to my hand. Today both of them were nibbling at my trousers a little.
I think I should add that I handle them either before or after I'm putting them in their exercise pen. So they are either moving from their pen back to their cage, or vice versa. Is this a bad idea? Should they have knee time just generally when I'm not planning to do anything with them?
I just want them to be tame and I'm worried that they're just going backwards. Or are they just testing the waters? Any help would be great
ETA: they have also started making a sort of chewing noise when I stroke them on my knee. As soon as I stop they stop.