help! she bites!

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i had juliet for a while and i cant seem to break her out of biting.Its strange because she'll start to lick my hand then she'll bite it and I'm worried that Mei( my new one) will pick this up :(
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Hi there :)
Gosh well yes they can do this at times, i have one who'll be happy to be on my lap and then give me a nip to say that's enough! I can read what she's about to do and i just raise my voice just a little bit and say NO VELVET (i don't scream as i don't want to frighten her) and she usually pulls away.
Perhaps you could just give her little cuddles and pop her down with a treat, then she may learn that staying longer with you is a happy and nice time :)
Good luck :)

(sorry was trying to send off quick reply for you, but got interupted here at work!)
 
is it a hard bite or playful bite?sometimes Mac will start licking a finger (can probably smell tasty veg on it) and then have a little nibble,i put that down to him being able to smell food.does she do it all the time?
 
I don't think Mei will pick up this habit. I simply withdrew my finger and said uh!uh! when any piggy of mine went from licking to nibbling or biting. They all quickly learned what was acceptiable and what was not.
 
My Bo bites. Sometimes he nibbles to check if I'm edible, but sometimes it's just a bite. What I usually do is to remove any biteable body parts (mine), say "NO" and then continue to pet him for a little while, like 30 secs or so, before putting him back down again. I think he bites when he wants to be put back down but I want to teach him it's a bad way of telling me about it.
 
Mm Pod bites, he's a real naughty pig, completely ruled by his tummy, and because he's so used to my hands having vegetables in them when he's cuddled he's constantly trying to bite them. Katie my 9yo daughter won't entertain him anymore, however his cagemate is the gentlest little piggie going and expects me to stand and hold his vegetables while he nibbles at them, think this might be to do with the fact that Pod will pinch them from him if he gets half a chance. Pea then charges him gets the veggies back and goes into the pigloo with his bottom sticking out the door, so Pod can't get to him. LOL I could watch those 2 piggies all day long.

I've just accepted Pod for what he is and keep my hands away from his mouth whenever I can, I'm hoping he'll grow out of it.
 
My Eliza will bite me if I pick her up and she doesn't want to be handled. It is mainly when I am putting her back in her hutch. She is sometimes so desperate to jump back in, she will nip my finger! It isn't a 'proper' bite as she doesn't draw blood but it does sometimes hurt. Eleanor on the other hand has never bitten xx
 
Most of my piggies bite, not for food but in frustration and defense, when they are being picked up etc. They just aren't used to alot of contact so they are biters, it's ok though and I just say NO when they do it.
 
None of mine have ever bitten me. I even do their nails on my own. I think it is a matter of showing them who is boss.

They sometimes teeth chatter at me when I have them out and I just say "No" in a stern but not too loud manner! They promptly stop and move them from my chest where they like to perch to my knee & they have to sit on my knee a while longer (maybe only 1 min) before I put them back. I think they are just saying they want to go back in but I don't like them chattering as they are normally up near my face and they do it in my ear which is a little unnerving.

When they are behaving they pull at my clothes gently to ask to go back in and I let them go back straight away as this is an acceptable way of telling me :))
 
Having sustained several nasty bites from both of my boys whilst seperating them from fighting I know that the odd nip I sometimes get during cuddle time is probably just the piggie saying 'Ive had enough petting'. Maybe the more your piggie relaxes with you the less she will nip. I'm sure the other piggie wont copy the behaviour.
 
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Farquhar said:
Having sustained several nasty bites from both of my boys whilst seperating them from fighting I know that the odd nip I sometimes get during cuddle time is probably just the piggie saying 'Ive had enough petting'. Maybe the more your piggie relaxes with you the less she will nip. I'm sure the other piggie wont copy the behaviour.
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thats very unusual, none of mine have ever bitten me, its one of the things that attracted me to them, are you sure they arent rabbits lol(kidding).
 
Having sustained several nasty bites from both of my boys whilst seperating them from fighting I know that the odd nip I sometimes get during cuddle time is probably just the piggie saying 'Ive had enough petting'. Maybe the more your piggie relaxes with you the less she will nip. I'm sure the other piggie wont copy the behaviour.
 
I've got a biter! He's the only one out of every guinea pig I have owned that actually likes to bite lol You have to watch your fingers when handling Champagne, it's an adventure when he has to be bathed, have his hair cut/brushed because he is a long haired piggy. Biting can be because they arn't relaxed or they just don't want to be handled at that time, but our piggy just does it anyway no matter what. All 15 of our other piggies though our very sweet and never bite, it's just Champers he's a piggy with an attitude haha
 
Roger usually bites me during lap time when he needs to pee it's his way of saying put me back I need the loo!
 
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