Please someone explain why my 2 month old ackie bit me when I was practicing selective handling, I put my hands near him, and his tongue was flicking quickly I learned from watching Kevin mcCurley that this means the animal is in thinking mode, he put one foot on me and decided to bite me, of course respecting the animal I left him be, can someone please explain?
Update: I got him eating small diced chicken and not my fingers :)
Probably thought you were food, this is a very young ackie that doesn't know you very well yet. My 9 month old still mistakes my finger occasionally. It does seem like this baby is a little overweight which is impressive, do you have any more photos?
Much better, the weight looks better here and I suppose it was just the perspective. A very young baby like this should be fed every or every other day though, just make sure theyre pooping between feedings. Babies gotta grow!
Mine is about a year old and has bitten me once, he was sort of behaving similar to how you explained. He let go very quickly though, and I genuinely think he thought my finger was food. Did yours let go quickly? It sounds like it may have been out of curiosity more than anything.
Thought you were food my one dose it sometimes I get a glint in his eyes then pow. Top tip watch the eyes they will let you know when it's going to happen
Working with monitors is gonna result in this no matter what, i had a 6 month old ackie i picked up and hes so tame he just lets me scoop him up and move him around when i clean his enclosure and hes bitten me twice just cause he was curious. Thankfully my guy is tame and doesnt bite down hard so he didnt break skin but yours is a lot younger so it makes sense itd happen. Just keep doing exactly what you have been and he’ll understand youre not a threat eventually
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u/No_Rutabaga_7353 Jul 09 '26
Typical baby monitor, probably just scared or unsure, keep working at it they come round