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I've had my "girl" for 2 months and she certainly loves to explore the world with her mouth. She's given me plenty of bites on the hand, one on the eye, and once on the stomach, which was today. I'm a little concerned that this will carry into adulthood. These don't seem to be defensive bites, as she carefully considers before doing it. She does not get man handled, is fine with me being in her viv, walks up onto my hand willingly, etc.

I'm just wondering if this is a phase, or is there something I should be doing to discourage this? She is fed daily until she's full, and I wash my hands before handling.

[QUOTE="Yutahji, post: 153387, member: 7069"] I've had my "girl" for 2 months and she certainly loves to explore the world with her mouth. She's given me plenty of bites on the hand, one on the eye, and once on the stomach, which was today. I'm a little concerned that this will carry into adulthood. These don't seem to be defensive bites, as she carefully considers before doing it. She does not get man handled, is fine with me being in her viv, walks up onto my hand willingly, etc. I'm just wondering if this is a phase, or is there something I should be doing to discourage this? She is fed daily until she's full, and I wash my hands before handling. [/QUOTE]

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