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I posted a thread here a few months ago about one of my boys, Lucifer, who had bitten me a couple times. I got a lot of great advice on how to go about gaining his trust and (hopefully) stopping his aggressive behaviors towards people. Unfortunately, things have gotten a lot worse. I've recently had to move him to a different cage because he started fighting with my other boys, which he hadn't been doing before. It got so bad that one of my boys ended up with a large gash on his tail.
I've been trying to work with him, letting him out of his cage and trying to spoil him with treats. For a while he was doing alright, taking the treats out of my hand, and letting me pet him a little bit. But things have suddenly gotten worse. Every time I walk near or even just past his cage he lunges at the bars (a couple times he's gotten a hold of my skirts and has torn holes in them if I pass by too close). He immediately goes in to bite at my hand when I'm going to refill his food bowl; I've started putting on multiple layers of gardening gloves just to be able to do this. Even letting him out has become hard on me; when I let him out now, I have to wear boots because he goes after my feet, and if I'm not careful he'll climb up them and bite at my legs.
I don't know what to do anymore, I'm at the end of my rope here. I've been trying so hard to get him to relax a little, but it seems that everything I've been working for has been for nothing. To be honest, I'm terrified of him now, and I just can't understand why he's so aggressive.
I've been trying to work with him, letting him out of his cage and trying to spoil him with treats. For a while he was doing alright, taking the treats out of my hand, and letting me pet him a little bit. But things have suddenly gotten worse. Every time I walk near or even just past his cage he lunges at the bars (a couple times he's gotten a hold of my skirts and has torn holes in them if I pass by too close). He immediately goes in to bite at my hand when I'm going to refill his food bowl; I've started putting on multiple layers of gardening gloves just to be able to do this. Even letting him out has become hard on me; when I let him out now, I have to wear boots because he goes after my feet, and if I'm not careful he'll climb up them and bite at my legs.
I don't know what to do anymore, I'm at the end of my rope here. I've been trying so hard to get him to relax a little, but it seems that everything I've been working for has been for nothing. To be honest, I'm terrified of him now, and I just can't understand why he's so aggressive.