Zaelis
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Knock on wood, so far my 'gu has shown no aggression toward me, or family. However he seems to have one habit which, I'm seeking advice on. He doesn't seem to lunge out of aggression, as he only seems to show this behavior before he has been fed/when hungry. Is there any way for me to curb this behaviour? From what I've observed, it seems when he is hungry, he feels the need to chase after and "attack" anything that moves quickly, that he thinks may be food. This can range from my hand while I was digging in his cage, to the dirt balls rolling from when I was digging. He initially was simply chasing dirt, which I found amusing, but changed his attention to my hand when he saw it moving through the dirt, which I was not amused about. Luckily he's still relatively small, and barely scraped me. When he did this, I didn't jerk my hand away, and he simply started licking/sniffing my hand, as if realizing "Oh, that's not food." before walking away. I noticed while sweeping the other day, that he was trying to chase the broom handle, and came out of his cage to run at the bristles. (He has free roam of my room while I'm in it.) He didn't bite the bristles, but showed the same behaviour as he does when he's lunged at my hands. The best way I can describe it is he gets way to excitable at the prospect of food. Is there anything I can do to discourage this sort of behavior? Or is it something most young 'gu's show? If any more details are needed, ask away! I'll answer them asap.