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Date Posted: 06:30:14 11/28/06 Tue
Author: Linda
Author Host/IP: dialup-4.249.18.71.Dial1.Washington2.Level3.net / 4.249.18.71
Subject: biting response
In reply to: Mary 's message, "Re: How old is he?" on 20:36:59 11/27/06 Mon

Your response is far too nice. Almost a reward!
"After this I usually grab him and wrap him in a small towel and keep rubbing his head and talking quietly (while bleeding profusely from the wounds) to try and calm him down and stop the war dancing, or just get p.o.'d and throw him in his cage for time out."

Need to instantly respond every time with something that he will hate.
Do you have a hand free to flick him hard with your thumb and middle finger?
Or try a loud whistle immediately (whistle around your neck).

Something to think on -- very few things try to bite a porcupine.
E.g. For a while I rented a horse that bit everyone when they worked with him in the stall. Never bit me because I kept a brush with very stiff bristles right where his nose hit when he swung his head around. Not easy to have one hand ready with the brush and one doing the job, but he soon gave up trying, because he thought I was covered in stiff bristles.

>These are not just little nips like
>Ms. Bubbles gives me when she doesn't want to go back
>in her cage at night, these are vicious bites where he
>is hanging on to my skin for dear life! Husband keeps
>saying if he keeps it up he's going to be sleeping
>with the wild flyers out back!

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