Question about puffing up??

[memknock6699]

When I go to misting or clean her cage the bottom of her throat gets all big and she seems to puff up so what does that mean am I getting her mad or something? I've got a female jack, this is probably a total noob question but just wanna make sure I'm not causing her unnecessary stress

 

[camimom]

When I go to misting or clean her cage the bottom of her throat gets all big and she seems to puff up so what does that mean am I getting her mad or something? I've got a female jack, this is probably a total noob question but just wanna make sure I'm not causing her unnecessary stress

yes. shes mad. they make themselves bigger to seem more threatening.

 

[dagy24]

Yeah, puffing up means she's pissed and being defensive. My cham puffs up and gets black whenever I get too close to her cage especially when I'm messing with it. I try to be quick when I need to get some poop out or put feeders in. Do your best to not harass her but sometimes it's going to happen. Don't do a full cage cleaning with her in there but if you're just wiping out the bottom or grabbing poop she doesn't need to be removed.

 

[memknock6699]

yes. shes mad. they make themselves bigger to seem more threatening.

I figured that

Yeah, puffing up means she's pissed and being defensive. My cham puffs up and gets black whenever I get too close to her cage especially when I'm messing with it. I try to be quick when I need to get some poop out or put feeders in. Do your best to not harass her but sometimes it's going to happen. Don't do a full cage cleaning with her in there but if you're just wiping out the bottom or grabbing poop she doesn't need to be removed.

I know mine does too I try to be quick when cleaning her cage just wiping it out and feeding her but I need to rearrange her cage here this weekend so she's gonna be mad at me