Ok, serious answer. Are you feeding him live food? If you are, stop it. Start giving him frozen thawed only. This way, he doesn't associate warmth and movement with food so you don't trigger his feeding response every time you get near him. That will help mellow him out. I free handle my FWC's and have handled 8 different FWCs in my lifetime...all of them have tamed down very quickly. The male I used to have used to shoot across the cage at my hand every time I openned the cage but after a few f/t feedings, he stopped doing that. Also, sometimes they just do that...they shoot to your hand, stop on a dime and discern you from food. Once you get used to it, it's no big deal but the first couple times, it will scare the pee out of you. LOL!

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• FWC owners - discoferret, Wed Jul 14 13:52:48 2004
• RE: FWC owners - rearfang, Wed Jul 14 14:51:37 2004
• Maybe he doesn't like you...you can send him to me. LOL! - Sybella, Thu Jul 15 02:22:35 2004
• And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. np - Sybella, Thu Jul 15 02:23:35 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. np - rearfang, Thu Jul 15 12:11:14 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. n - Sybella, Thu Jul 15 14:29:04 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. n - rearfang, Thu Jul 15 14:51:06 2004
• RE: And, yes...you're right. A lot of people don't handle them. It's sad. n - discoferret, Fri Jul 16 08:00:26 2004
• RE: FWC owners - trust, Thu Jul 22 12:35:34 2004