i have 2 wonderful ferrets. i love them to death and i believe they love me back. i can hold them and play with them and kiss them, they no longer bite. ofcourse they did when they were kits but i taught them good. well sort of good...my girl wont bite me but she bites other people. whethers its my friends that have been over my house 100 times or people shes never met before. the conclusion i have come to is she is a bully. i think she just enjoys biting people but she knows not to bite me cause mommy will yell no or put her in time out. my friends jump on the bed to get away (she definetly goes after the feet) and they are too scared to try and punish her. i think if they put her back in her cage or the carrier she might learn. they would rather sit on the bed and call her nasty names (half the time i think thats why she bites them) even people who love ferrets will go to pet her and get a nice nip on the hand. is there something i can do to stop her?
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You need to correct her when she bites other people. To her you are the alpha ferret. You need to let her know what behavior is acceptable and what isn't.
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I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.
i do tell her no and if there is a place for time out she goes but it usually does nothing, when she comes out shes ready to bite. sometimes when she gets real crazy and playful around me i remind her "no bite" cause sometimes she will nip me a little, if i say that she will not bite. so i told other people to tell her that, she does it any ways.
If you can't correct the behavior, I wouldn't let her around other people. I have one little girl that was badly abused that I only let around certain people for fear she might bite someone who would turn her in. So far she's only bitten me. Go figure. LOL
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I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.
the other day my cousin was here and she kept going after his ancles just like she does to every one. we kept telling her no bite, no bite, over and over and it workd but if we didnt say it she bit so i put her in the cage for some time out. that does make her want to bite less. i think i will be able to fix the problem, it just wont be instant.
