Teaching a baby not to bite?

[BriannaDawn]

So, I've have my babies for a little over a week. They have been really good, they always gave me licks. All of the sudden Twinkle started biting me, like kinda hard. I try to just leave her alone and let her throw her fit but she's goes on a search and destroy mission. I try to do mundane tasks that they're used to me doing, and shes like latching onto my arm and hands. Her sister is really sweet and I always get licks from her. I don't know what happened one day she's fine and the next she started this up. Now, she's always been pretty shy. She startles easily, so maybe somebody in my household startled her bad enough to really start fearing humans. There are 4 kids in the house, and they can be noisy. I don't know, I'm worried that this will continue into adulthood. She could really start to hurt me when she gets older. Of course she stops biting when I pick her up and hold her. luckily I can tell now when she's coming for me without having to search for her one mark different from Stars, since Star now almost has a full on smeezy nose. So I know when to pull my arm out.

 

[jorats]

How old are the babies now?
You could try saying a loud shriek when she nips down on you. Also, lots of touching and hand socializing like scooping up, petting, handing her treats.
I've also noticed that babies who do this, simply outgrows it.

 

[henry's_mum]

Cole and I eeep at them when they bite, just like mama would.
but just like Jo has mentioned, lots of scooping up, and hand snifing, a,nd socializing is key!

 

[BriannaDawn]

How old are the babies now?
You could try saying a loud shriek when she nips down on you. Also, lots of touching and hand socializing like scooping up, petting, handing her treats.
I've also noticed that babies who do this, simply outgrows it.

They're about 6 weeks old now. I have been continuing to socialize her. She stops nipping at me once I get her out of the cage, and in out time. I noticed today she's already starting to show some dominating behavior from her towards Star. I'm thinking she's trying to test her limits with me. I'll try that squealing thing with her too, and see what she does.

 

[jorats]

The good news is that she's still quite young so I'm betting you'll be able to stop her because it gets to the point where she is too dominating.

 

[BriannaDawn]

The good news is that she's still quite young so I'm betting you'll be able to stop her because it gets to the point where she is too dominating.

Thanks! It worked perfectly, after a few days of squeaking at her it worked! I got my whole household in on it, and she got the message. I'm so happy I can feed and play with them again without being attacked.

 

[jorats]

That's great!