Originally Posted by
BigNibbler
This is a big help in understanding her.
She knows you have the power, and so when she has to compete with others and they keep taking her nuts, she is comming to Mommy that she knows and trusts and has trouble understanding how you could be treating her this way,
A few ideas: Veggies I think are a waste.
She should be eating the vegetation that is already there, if it is not treated with insecticides or polluted by other animals.
I would give her more nuts, BUT I would not be so quick to give her exactly what she wants.
I would substitute Almonds, I like them better, consider them healthier for her, but here I would do that simply because it is a way of her getting some of her nut fix but also getting redirected by you and so weened off from what she expects to something that is different.
I would consider personally giving her the treats, BUT might start wearing a uniquely bright sweater, or a special hat, or carrying a unique looking box.
The idea is that over a few weeks she will start to associate her sourcing of treats, not with someone that looks like a human but someone who has that attribute. I will make sure she sees the nuts come from that object.
Obviously that object must be something NOT likely to be worn by anyone else.
After she gets x number of treats, I would then NOT dispense them to her. Possibly I would let her see me chuck them hither or yonder. Or put them into a special spot. I would be prepared with tough love like a shout, a horn, or a spray after a few minutes of interaction. Over a period of a 2 - 3 weeks I would reduce the nuts, until I have NONE.
And reduce my patience.
During this time, I would start to distribute that which she is looking for in those other places, BUT NOT WHILE SHE IS WATCHING. When she runs across the street, when she is in her nest, I would do it on the sly.
Result is that she gets tapered off from you, just like from a drug.
Ideally you could tailor your schedule around her, and do this interaction when others are not around so much.
The important thing is that instead of just considering her like a crazy person or a "wild animal", try to measure her actions as if she was a scared child. I hope this will help you.
I feel for you both and only trying to share what I have learned from personal interaction.
They are very smart, and yet they have limited ways to communicate.
Likely if she had more opportunity to interact with you, more often, sooner, after less frustration, the bite would be more subtle. She is not pregnant - is she ? Cause that would cause her to be much more impatient and desperate.