[Gpdd] BEHAVIOR: A biting piggy

Sandra Oliver-Poore warmbreath at comcast.net
Wed Mar 28 02:56:51 EDT 2012


I haven't ever had a bad biter.  Question does she treat men the same way
she treats you? Maybe she had an early abuser?  I agree that punishment
won't work, I think Janna said it well. In general your hand must the
deliverer of all things wonderful. In the past biting got her what she
wanted or made her feel safe. She will miss the good stuff.  I also agree
that she must not bully  and if she does they must be separated. They can
and should live side by side and have floor time and lap time together that
ends the second bad behavior begins with the good piggy continuing to get
the deluxe treatment. I have had some piggies smart enough to make
connections about cause and effect and learn to moderate bad behavior.. But
you must be prepared to remove her immediately when the bad behavior occurs
in a way that she can see the good piggie still is getting treats. Eve
deserves a stress free life. 

I also think she is young and has had a tumultuous time and your constant
love and consistent behavior can turn her around. Find out where she likes
to be scritched and her favorites treats and go from there. She will learn
how to prolong her scratching  time and lap time hopefully. Sammy is a
nibbler. Seems how he reaches out to say hi, he is doing it less over time. 
Good luck  Sandy Sammy and AR

I'm hoping this is just due from stress and being in a new environment, but
Callie is looking like she is going to be a biter.  Both of Eve and me.
When I am holding them together on my chest, all Eve has to do is move one
whisker and Callie hauls off and whacks her a good one.  Today, I was
trying to separate them from doing this bickering on my chest and Callie lit
into me.... hard!  I mean, she bit down and didn't let go!  I have always
had piggies nip and let go but this one drew blood.  She wasn't going to let
go and I had to actually push her away from my finger to make her let go of
it.  What is the advice as to how to handle this behavior?  Or, should I
just assume this is stress behavior? 







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