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Post by marissasorrell2 on Oct 17, 2022 14:44:28 GMT -5
So I got a new addition about 3-4 months ago, she’s not even a year old yet but bite training is just not working. No matter what i try, light scruffing, hissing, doing small taps on her nose and saying no. Nothing is helping. She is biting my older ferret, leaving punctures on him. Biting our dogs, our babies around the house, unprovoked. If i can’t get help i’m afraid i’ll have to rehome her, which i do not want to do. She doesn’t mean it to be aggressive, she’s usually trying to play but i can’t break her of this habit like i did with my other boys.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Oct 20, 2022 8:39:39 GMT -5
I never was good at teaching them not to bite. I just protected my feet with socks and let time tame them. I did not have any dogs or babies in the house, so I did not have to figure that one out. All I can think of is putting a ferret playpen in middle of room --- still letting them get the stimulus of all the hustle and bustle about--but preventing them from using their teeth on everybody(a playpen with goodies and blankets, small box, or short tunnel, and potty). Yes, with a bitter you will need some patience.
I hope you can get a better answer:)
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Post by silentdook on Oct 21, 2022 18:04:24 GMT -5
Have you tried a "sin bin"? Basically a small kennel/carrier (not their cage or the vet transport carrier) where you put them there as soon as they get too rough. Only a couple of minutes, because they forget why they are there, and then play gently again when you let them out, preferably with a toy so they associate it with "this bite is now okay, that bite was not."
Repeat as often as needed.
Unfortunately, scruffing, tapping, hissing, etc can seem like an aggression or dominance fight, so doing the ole "you're on Ignore until you behave better" is the ferret way of shunning others who get too rough.
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