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Re: What do you do about biting
Posted by Dee Anna on 12/31/05

On 12/28/05, Kristine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We got our quaker about 4 months ago. She goes through
> stages where she bites a lot. She even bites you when you
> try to pick her up out of the cage to hold her. I have
> started having to wear gloves to hold her. Now she has
> started biting my daughter's ears when she is holding her.
>
> I read that you should just distract them when they bite
> and we have tried doing that, but it does not seem to be
> working. It is to the point I am leaving her in her cage
> most of the time because I am tired of being bitten.
>
> Do any of you have some good suggestions to stop this bad
> behavior?
>
> Kristine
Kristine as hard as it might be don't move your hand when
she bites. quakers seem to believe if you run I'll chase
you. i have good luck with rearanging her territory reguraly
and if she has extremely nippy for several days i move her
to a new room. i also find that she is very sweet when not
in her cage so i coax her on to my hand and then take her to
another room for one on one time and i practice the step up
and tell her good girl. after many bloody bites haven't any
in a few days now (yea) but if she does get nipy i shut the
door and ignore for a few hours and then try again.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• What do you do about biting, 12/28/05, by Kristine.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 12/28/05, by Dee .
• Re: What do you do about biting, 12/28/05, by MKay.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 12/30/05, by LindaC in OK.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 12/31/05, by Dee Anna.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 1/05/06, by Verdell.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 1/05/06, by MKay.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 1/05/06, by Kristine.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 1/05/06, by MKay.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 1/18/06, by nikole.
• Re: What to do about biting, 1/19/06, by Breanna.
• Re: What do you do about biting, 5/18/06, by Angela.