Is it ok to bite your pets back if they bite you?

Say you have a new pet that doesn't know the rules yet, and it bites you. Is it ok to give it a light bite just to show it how it feels and whatnot?

I would'nt bite them as such, instead you should give it a light slap on the nose to discourage it. After being slapped on the nose afew times, most pets will get the message. It really depends on what type of pet we are talking about, can you be more specific?

Ferrets.

You may have picked up the ferret when it was in the mood to run, then let it go when it bit you. Ferrets learn “Bite = Let me down” amazingly fast. So when it bites you, don't let it down, carry-on as if nothings happened. If it's a baby it may not be fully accustomed to being handled by humans, or it could be teething, too. Heres a short article about stopping the biting, here.

If one of my "pets" bit me, and I returned the favor, we'd both be way worse off, than if I just pacified it...

Who the fuck bites their pets back? Only time I have heard of it was on snow dogs....

Us Russians live in heavily wooded and cold areas. We get bored.

when one of my cats bit me or scratched me i bit them on the ear... it makes them run like fuck. now they take their frustration out on the scratching post or their toy mouse

I have never been bitten by any of my pets except when they're sick or have been very scared by something, ie fireworks ect.
In either of those isntances, biting rather than comforting would be cruel and horrible.

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