Any quick thoughts on the particular type of biting I'm encountering with our new babies? I would like to find the emotional root first because then I think it's easier to figure out how to fix the problem... We adopted a brother/sister pair 3 weeks ago here in Germany. Fixed but not descented (not allowed), 2.5 years old, sable, neither deaf. With original owner since kits. The girl is easy - she is obsessed with leather and fabric. She likes the feel of it in her mouth and bites our socks (with or without feet), but only stinky ones. She chews leather shoes and purses, not to mention "helping me" clean by trying to abscond with the cleaning cloth when I move it back and forth on the floor! For her, I fear there are no 12-step programs, only keeping these things away from her. Bitter spray doesn't deter her from biting the socks on our feet, so strong is her obsession. She understands how to play bite with our hands when we wrestle with her, but if the hand is in a mitten, all bets are off! We're going to buy houseslippers... The boy is a little more difficult because he bites flesh. When we first met him and picked him up, he bit the heck out of our hands. He likes the soft fleshy parts and also your arms, which leads me to believe that he knows this and is trying to have an impact with his bites (doesn't bite fingertips when they are offered). He also has bitten the tops of our feets, which hurts too. He bites at random times except when he's tired and falling asleep. Then you can pet him without any danger. But otherwise, he'll bite when you're holding him (I think because he wants to get down) but also just when you're reaching in the cage or across the floor near him. Just when he sees an opportunity - sometimes even when he's not nearby, he'll run over and bite if there's a chance. It's very strange. Does anyone have any ideas about what might be in this boy's mind? He didn't bite his prior owner and gave her lots of kisses. I think sometimes he might be jealous of the physical attention his sister gets, because she's much more cuddly. Looking for MOTIVATION :-) Thanks, Emily [Posted in FML issue 4295]