MerryFriarTuck
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I'm not overly worried, but wanted some input on this...
Within about the last week my Friar Tuck has been acting more spooky than usual--- he's jumpier, shys more easily, seems a little quieter, and hasn't popcorned as much. He's a male, around a year old, and has always been timid and on the touch-me-not side of things ( doesn't like getting picked up and likes to be pet only on his chin and sometimes nose )
He hasn't lost any weight, everything looks normal ( pee/poop/ fur is shiny/no dandruff/etc), and eats like, well, a piggy
He still popcorns just not as much--- he does popcorn if I actively play with him with my hand or wiggle his toys around!
Is he just going from a frisky baby piggy to a lazier grown up pig now that he's turning 1?
He seems to scratch more than my other piggy Robin Hood. I see him paw at his face or scratch somewhere about 5 times a day at the most. He doesn't show any other signs of mites at all, nor does Robin Hood, but i just wanted to put it out there.
Could it be mites?
The only other change in his life is we recently rescued an Indian Ringneck parakeet. He makes a loud sort of "bweeep bweeep!!!" a few times a day. That being said, we also have always had two macaws, and he isn't fazed in the least by their much louder occasional screams. But it's still a very different noise so I'm thinking it's maybe that.
Could that, as a loud and new noise, be the cause?
Sorry to ramble, just want to make sure he's ok! Thanks for any insight!
Within about the last week my Friar Tuck has been acting more spooky than usual--- he's jumpier, shys more easily, seems a little quieter, and hasn't popcorned as much. He's a male, around a year old, and has always been timid and on the touch-me-not side of things ( doesn't like getting picked up and likes to be pet only on his chin and sometimes nose )
He hasn't lost any weight, everything looks normal ( pee/poop/ fur is shiny/no dandruff/etc), and eats like, well, a piggy
He still popcorns just not as much--- he does popcorn if I actively play with him with my hand or wiggle his toys around!Is he just going from a frisky baby piggy to a lazier grown up pig now that he's turning 1?
He seems to scratch more than my other piggy Robin Hood. I see him paw at his face or scratch somewhere about 5 times a day at the most. He doesn't show any other signs of mites at all, nor does Robin Hood, but i just wanted to put it out there.
Could it be mites?
The only other change in his life is we recently rescued an Indian Ringneck parakeet. He makes a loud sort of "bweeep bweeep!!!" a few times a day. That being said, we also have always had two macaws, and he isn't fazed in the least by their much louder occasional screams. But it's still a very different noise so I'm thinking it's maybe that.
Could that, as a loud and new noise, be the cause?
Sorry to ramble, just want to make sure he's ok! Thanks for any insight!
We rescued him from a situation where he was bullied by two older guinea pigs, and he was underweight and sneezy. He recovered and filled out--- and we discovered his mighty personality! He's bold and mischievous...a perfect little outlaw, and since he likes to steal things into his house, Robin Hood became his name 
