do BP's hiss?

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Originally Posted by Jaker

I have a bp that will hiss constantly when i hold her but it almost sounds like a weeze. when i feel her muscles contract i hear her hiss a little, is this bad news? keep in mind she has been doing it since i got her about 3 months ago and i have not noticed and infection development and seems perfectly healthy regardless.

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Nah, that's just a normal hiss. They make the sound by expelling air out their nose very quickly, so the muscles contracting is normal.

One of my babies does that, but I call it "huffing" instead of hissing because they do it with their mouth closed.

My little boy, Nago, always huffs when I pick him up. It's just his way of telling the big, bad monster [me], that he could do some serious damage if he had to.

He's my little sweetie. He's never struck at me, but his huffing scares hubby to death, even though he's not even big enough to get your finger in his mouth.:rofl:

Gale

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Originally Posted by Eventide

Nah, that's just a normal hiss. They make the sound by expelling air out their nose very quickly, so the muscles contracting is normal.

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Thanks for the feedback :)

Hey all, just joined this am.

I have 31 bp's all I have acquired in the last year. Pastels can be hissy. My male is serious, the female not. I have 2 sister BP het pieds that hiss every time but never struck. I have a female het albino that hisses and then strikes, LOL. But I would say 80% never hiss or strike. But, if you come to my house, and I say go pick up my butter, I probably dont like you. HA HA

My pastel girl hissed at me on the first day. She never spoke to me since then.