ChrisK
Well-Known Member
I'm fostering a boy rattie who was surrendered by someone because he bites -- as in drawing blood. After his intake, he was neutered, and now I have him just a few weeks while his hormones settle down.
I've been careful, but I've been bitten a few times. Mostly to me, though, he just looks very scared. He's not overly social with me. But I'm noticing some behaviours I think are somewhat strange, and now I'm wondering if something else is going on with him.
When I give him food close to my finger tips, he sometimes bites my fingertips hard -- I think he thinks he's getting the food but he's missed. Tonight when I took him out, he wouldn't come out of the carrier. So I slowly pulled the fleece liner out, and then he got kinda freaked out. He ran out, ran around frantically looking for something.. hid for a moment in an igloo where he pooped, and he went back into the carrier several times but didn't recognize it without the fleece. His breathing was hard -- he was really scared.
Once I realized this, I put the fleece back into the carrier, and he ran back in.
Is this normal scardy-cat behaviour? Or does it sound like something's wrong with his vision or one of his senses? I'm not sure if this is all fear or if it's something else..
I've been careful, but I've been bitten a few times. Mostly to me, though, he just looks very scared. He's not overly social with me. But I'm noticing some behaviours I think are somewhat strange, and now I'm wondering if something else is going on with him.
When I give him food close to my finger tips, he sometimes bites my fingertips hard -- I think he thinks he's getting the food but he's missed. Tonight when I took him out, he wouldn't come out of the carrier. So I slowly pulled the fleece liner out, and then he got kinda freaked out. He ran out, ran around frantically looking for something.. hid for a moment in an igloo where he pooped, and he went back into the carrier several times but didn't recognize it without the fleece. His breathing was hard -- he was really scared.
Once I realized this, I put the fleece back into the carrier, and he ran back in.
Is this normal scardy-cat behaviour? Or does it sound like something's wrong with his vision or one of his senses? I'm not sure if this is all fear or if it's something else..