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RE: food aggression

Depending on how often and what you feed it could be a little of both,.. him being hungry and a butt head. But if he's acting that way now,.. I would stop feeding him in his cage all together. Does he act the same way if you let him come out on his own then feed him? Or give him a little time to explore, calm down and stretch out before feeding.

When I came back from Germany Dino was a bit cage aggressive. My coworker let me know before hand that he was since she couldn't always feed him out side of it. When I got him home if he acted up he stayed in his cage and I wouldn't bother him. When he was calm I opened the door and left if for him to come out on his own. After a while he would only rush half way out of his hide or half way to the glass then stop. He still postured but it was progress so I didn't care.

Eventually he figured it out and we got back on track.

<blockquote data-quote="Bubblz Calhoun" data-source="post: 81330" data-attributes="member: 1151">RE: food aggressionDepending on how often and what you feed it could be a little of both,.. him being hungry and a butt head. But if he's acting that way now,.. I would stop feeding him in his cage all together. Does he act the same way if you let him come out on his own then feed him? Or give him a little time to explore, calm down and stretch out before feeding.When I came back from Germany Dino was a bit cage aggressive. My coworker let me know before hand that he was since she couldn't always feed him out side of it. When I got him home if he acted up he stayed in his cage and I wouldn't bother him. When he was calm I opened the door and left if for him to come out on his own. After a while he would only rush half way out of his hide or half way to the glass then stop. He still postured but it was progress so I didn't care.Eventually he figured it out and we got back on track.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblz Calhoun, post: 81330, member: 1151"] [b]RE: food aggression[/b] [font=Times New Roman][i]Depending on how often and what you feed it could be a little of both,.. him being hungry and a butt head. But if he's acting that way now,.. I would stop feeding him in his cage all together. Does he act the same way if you let him come out on his own then feed him? Or give him a little time to explore, calm down and stretch out before feeding. When I came back from Germany Dino was a bit cage aggressive. My coworker let me know before hand that he was since she couldn't always feed him out side of it. When I got him home if he acted up he stayed in his cage and I wouldn't bother him. When he was calm I opened the door and left if for him to come out on his own. After a while he would only rush half way out of his hide or half way to the glass then stop. He still postured but it was progress so I didn't care. Eventually he figured it out and we got back on track.[/i][/font] [/QUOTE]

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