This is my first post so please be patient. We got our girl December 27th. She was born Nov 9th. When we first brought her home she was of course a little hissy and balled up when she was scared but really she was excited to explore. She has since had a terrible issue with dry skin. We took her to the vet to make sure she didn't have mites. No mites, soon she was loosing quills like crazy and more grumpy than ever. (I keep saying we because Rexi is really my 10 year old daughters hoglet but of course I help ALOT). We bathed here a few timed with Aveno and that helped a lot and the breeder gave us lavender and rosemary oil to put on her. I haven't heard anyone mention that they used that but it did help a lot. The soap she gave is too fragrant it is also rosemary and lavender so we switched to Aveno unscented, much better. Her cage is a consistent 78 degrees. I have been feeding her Spikes Ultra which the breeder recommended and I have recently gotten her Wellness Indoor Cat. I first only gave her 1/4 and slowly moved up to about 50/50 now. She gets freeze dried meal worms and crickets for a treat. I am going to try hard boiled egg soon. The breeder also gave us freeze dried liver treats which she loves. Her cage is 2' X 4' and we use fleece liners. We use a bucket wheel and have ordered the new Carolina wheel thingee (sorry don't remember the name). Her problems started before the food change but thought I would mention it anyway.
My question is this. Is it normal for her to jump and hiss every time we try to pick her up. She seems to come and out of her ball and want to explore after a bit but the minute she gets a little nervous she starts jumping and hissing like crazy. She is hard to hold on to. She also bites fabric like our shirt to kind of move it around to burrow I think. She has bitten us a few times through our shirt. She is really fast and hard to let just explore on us and sit. She is always on the move and we're afraid she will get away. Any suggestions? Thanks
My question is this. Is it normal for her to jump and hiss every time we try to pick her up. She seems to come and out of her ball and want to explore after a bit but the minute she gets a little nervous she starts jumping and hissing like crazy. She is hard to hold on to. She also bites fabric like our shirt to kind of move it around to burrow I think. She has bitten us a few times through our shirt. She is really fast and hard to let just explore on us and sit. She is always on the move and we're afraid she will get away. Any suggestions? Thanks