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Tracy
AnonyMouse
9/29/2005
10:48:53
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 Subject: Good mouse gone bad
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Hi Guys!
Just wanted to give you a quick update on Hanta.He is big fat and ornery now. HE eats everything but my sweet little baby is LONG GONE. Ho hum! I miss the little cutie who used to curl up in my hand to sleep or jump in my hand as soon as I put it in the tank. He started biting along the way and no matter how much I handled him he just kept doing it-- which of course leads to less handling. Now I try hand feeding his treats (cheerio, carrot, sprouts). Would you believe the little bugger will reach past the treat to bite my finger to make me drop it? Once in a while if he's sound asleep and I pull him out of his tube he'll sit in my hand a minute til he wakes up but as soon as he does...you guessed it...he bites me.He will on occasion,if he's eating something delicious and in a really good mood let me pet him a little until he decides he's had enough and well... you know.I can relate to Judy and Boo Boo. He has escaped twice now and got into the baseboard heater and run back and forth quite a while basically blowing me off when offered treats. Eventually I leaned his tank next to the baseboard and he crawled back in. Always scarey cuz DH doesn't want him in the house as it is. But so far so good. I guess he's just grown into and antihuman little fella.
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Kim
AnonyMouse
9/29/2005
13:46:26
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Squeaky isn't as sweet as he was either. I figured it was because I put him in with Marty. But then he is growing up and doesn't need his mom anymore. ha! Marty seems mellower so it was better for him. I guess as long as they are happy. I don't have too many problems with biting, or them getting out. I still try to handle them once a day, but I think they are happier doing their own thing. Mine will take treats out of my hand easily. I don't like getting bitten either, but they have never drawn blood so that is good! :-) I don't know how to stop the biting though. Maybe Paul knows.
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Ann Vole
AnonyMouse
10/03/2005
08:41:36
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The way I stop almost all species of animal from biting is to first of all ignore the biting as much as you can. They bite to get a reaction and if you do not react, they give up. Most of the time I use gloves so I can ignore the bites if I cannot hold them in ways that keep them from biting. I then like to play with the animal's teeth and lips everytime they try to bite. I can do this by holding them in ways to control the chin or by wearing gloves. If your fingers are in the same direction as the rodent's teeth, they are less likely to be able to bite and remember they have no teeth on each side of the insisors so I can usually hold onto the insisors and not get bit. Controlling the chin can keep them from opening their mouth to bite allowing you to rub their cheeks and lips. With most animals, they quickly decide that biting is useless and quit for life.
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paul
AnonyMouse
10/08/2005
13:12:00
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I've had good luck using gloves too. I had one girl, Pumpkin, that would bite when I tried to pick her up. Once I had her in my hand she was fine, but she was active and wouldn't sit still for long. She would run up and dopwn my arms, but wouldn't bite except when I would remove her from her cage.
paul
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