kits biting

[lamping rabbit 11]

hi my jills have had kits and im keeping a few .they keep biteing there 8 weeks old . i handle them ever day but they still bite .i just wonder wats the best way to stop them biteing ?

 

cheers lamping rabbit.......

[Richie10 345]

They are still young, they will nip for a while until they calm down a bit.

What you can do is curl them round and put their tails in their mouths a couple times when they bite.

i don't like the flicking nose idea, more handling and keeping their bellies full usually solves the problem.

[lamping rabbit 11]

nice one pal cheers

 

lamping rabbit...

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Ferretone is a worth while investment.....drizzle it over your fingers they soon get used to associating your fingers with being licked rather than biting them.I usually find if you keep them grubbed up they soon stop biting

[Ideation 8,216]

I'll second the ferretone. Sit down, let them run over our hands and lick some ferretone off them. Also feed them before handling and try to present them the knuckle rather than finger tips.

[scothunter 12,609]

all i do is when they try and bite just push your knuckle into the back of their mouth not overly heavy just firmly.they dont like it and will soon learn not to bite.done that for years and none of mine bite

[Kay 3,709]

All i have ever done with kits is do the bulk of the handling after there bellys are full of meat & they usually couldnt care less what you do with them

[kurtrog70 6]

Ferretone is good, but when i had my kit i rubbed lemon juice over my hands. That soon put a stop to the biting.

ATB

Kurt

[terrier s 123]

lots of handeling has always worked for me

[The one 8,493]

Feed them them let the kids have a play with them out in the garden after a couple of weeks the kits dont bite and ive never had a sulker

[stubby 175]

have tidied this topic up and removed useless posts, it may be said it humour/tongue in cheek, on replies we have witnessed in the past on how to stop biting, but when I start recieving reports on such, its needs sorting, this topic can either carry on, trying to give good advice, or I'll delete it, simple as that

[Marksman 934]

belly full of meat and wash your hands in lemon juice before handling them, wor kid told me about it and it worked a treat on mine

 

Darryl

[mushroom 13,186]

have tidied this topic up and removed useless posts, it may be said it humour/tongue in cheek, on replies we have witnessed in the past on how to stop biting, but when I start recieving reports on such, its needs sorting, this topic can either carry on, trying to give good advice, or I'll delete it, simple as that

 

Is that me in trouble then

 

Sorry mate it obviously was a joke

[mancterrierman 1]

my new hob is ten weeks now and has stopped nippin, had him since 7 weeks, I just persavered with the handlin and held his top and bottom jaw together for couple of seconds with abit of preasure if he did bite. Soon stopped

[terrier s 123]

where do u guys get your ferretone from ?.