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Tonight I noticed something veery odd going on with Sevilla- when I try to pet her on the back/butt area (actually, it's kind of a scratchy/grab-y thing), she stops still in her tracks, and postures in this weird way. It's like she's flattening out her back, but leaving her head high.
I saw rats mating a long time ago, this sort of reminds me of it. There aren't any males in the house, but could she be in heat? I know they go into heat every four days or so, but this is a new thing.
She hasn't done this before, and she only does it when I touch her from about midsection on back, or on the base of the tail. She also pops her eyes out a little, which freaked me out. It's not boggling, I've seen videos of that. She just bugs out and leaves them there.
The really creepy part is that she'll hold this position for a little while, a couple seconds at least. If I touch her on the back while she's doing this, she kind of hops forward while holding the position and then is still for a bit longer. It's usually when I start talking to her, and she sees my hand that she'll relax.
Otherwise, she's acting totally normal, moving totally normally. She hasn't fallen recently, so I don't think she's hurt anything. Is this just a horomone thing? And will she keep going it?! Cause it freaks me out, makes me wonder if she's going to jump around and sink her teeth into my hand, she looks so intense...
I saw rats mating a long time ago, this sort of reminds me of it. There aren't any males in the house, but could she be in heat? I know they go into heat every four days or so, but this is a new thing.
She hasn't done this before, and she only does it when I touch her from about midsection on back, or on the base of the tail. She also pops her eyes out a little, which freaked me out. It's not boggling, I've seen videos of that. She just bugs out and leaves them there.
The really creepy part is that she'll hold this position for a little while, a couple seconds at least. If I touch her on the back while she's doing this, she kind of hops forward while holding the position and then is still for a bit longer. It's usually when I start talking to her, and she sees my hand that she'll relax.
Otherwise, she's acting totally normal, moving totally normally. She hasn't fallen recently, so I don't think she's hurt anything. Is this just a horomone thing? And will she keep going it?! Cause it freaks me out, makes me wonder if she's going to jump around and sink her teeth into my hand, she looks so intense...