Twinkles is about 9 months old (Humane Society rescue -- we think he was an unwanted Easter bunny), neutered in October. Our previous experience was with a very mellow spayed girl who never made any noise (except when she ran too fast and crashed into the walls). Twinkles thumps, snorts over his food, and has taken to growling and lunging at me. This usually happens when I'm adding food to his stash, i.e. putting in the hay after he's attacked the pellets I just put in, or when I'm giving him greens after he's attacked the carrots I just put in. I'm trying to be careful about not bringing my hand in too directly in front of him. It's almost as if he thinks we're going to take his food away (which we've never done, of course). I'm afraid I'll draw back a bloody stump one day when putting his food in!
He also gets nippy when we're doing things he hates (going outside to be brushed during molt, getting his toenails clipped, getting picked up for any reason at all, etc.)
Is this just his personality to be aggressive or something we're doing? Or maybe the way he was treated in his previous home?
He is strictly indoor, uncaged during the day, plenty of cardboard boxes and paper bags to play with. But no mate (I would like to find a spayed girl for him, but my husband remains unconvinced).
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