02 September 2009

He bit me!

Chaz bit me tonight! Hard! He's never bit me before. In fact, he's only ever bit Steve once, because his fingers smelled like food and it was a tiny little nip, but this time he bit me hard enough to break the skin and make me bleed a little.

I'd just finished bathing him and had him on my lap while I was at the computer. He seemed kind of tense and was sniffing around like mad and he just chomped down on my hand! Right on the web between my thumb and index finger too! Ouch! Well, I put him on the desk so I could inspect my hand without him falling off my lap and I noticed he was dribbling a bit so I put him back in his cage and he went right to his litter box to wee! (Yes, he's litter trained.) So I think that he might have been trying to get my attention because he had to use the bathroom. I'm hoping so anyway. If this biting thing becomes a habit, I'm going to be pretty mad. I had just bathed him so my hands didn't smell like food or anything.

Oh well, I know hedgehogs get moody sometimes the same way people do. Maybe he's just having an off day.

Anyway, I'm off everyone, to nurse my wound. Ciao all.

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