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09/07/14 12:41 PM
09/07/14 12:41 PM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 17 United States // Missouri
D_e_s_t_i_n_y_D
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Posts: 17
United States // Missouri
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I'm at my wits end. I've tried so hard to bond with my gliders, and they're doing okay, but the biting isn't stopping. They're around 3-4 years old and I've had them for two months as of today, and their previous owner never corrected the biting. This is also the man who fed them fruit loops. I don't want to get rid of them, and I won't, but I just want to cry. They don't lunge at me or crab, it's just a curious hard bite. I know they don't mean to hurt me, and that they just want to see what I'm all about, but we have a few good days and then I get chomped and I'm scared of them all over again. Please help. I've tried the 'psst' sound, and it rarely works anymore. I don't use lotions or hand sanitizers too often, and when I wash my hands I wash them with clean water before trying to touch them. Thankyou.
.:: Lives with ::. 3 Leopard Geckos 2 fellow humans Max & Ariella
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Re: I need help.
[Re: D_e_s_t_i_n_y_D]
#1377474
09/07/14 01:39 PM
09/07/14 01:39 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,816 Longview, Texas
Kris_N_Zoe
Glider Slave
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Glider Slave
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,816
Longview, Texas
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Zoey responds to the "tss", I get it back from the sassy little fuzzbutt sometimes... But for the most part, she stopped biting me in a week or so. Have you tried licky treats?
Last edited by Kris_N_Zoe; 09/07/14 01:41 PM.
Pibble pup Jenson Glide free: Smoke (6/16/15) and Zoey (10/2/15)
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Re: I need help.
[Re: D_e_s_t_i_n_y_D]
#1377521
09/08/14 03:15 AM
09/08/14 03:15 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 7,748 New Jersey
JillMarie
Serious Glideritis
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Serious Glideritis
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 7,748
New Jersey
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Try: Make the pzzt sound very emphatically in their face. Gently blow in their face (this must be done at the exact time they bite, if dont after the bite they wont get it) Distract them with a toy. This one is real hard: ignore the bite (when they realize it gets no reaction, they may stop)
I would NOT distract them with food as they MAY learn that bite=food(reward)
I do not like the idea of licky treats to stop biting, although some say it works.
Last edited by JillMarie; 09/08/14 03:17 AM.
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