Creatures Caves

I've had the urge to play C1 for some reason so I've been playing with the midgard norns. I keep encountering weird obedience issues that I haven't seen anybody mention, which leaves me wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if this is just something everyone else has accepted but me O__o

So when norns are born they're generally very obedient and will do whatever I tell them to, but as they age they gradually listen less and less to the point that they essentially WON'T listen 75% of the time, which makes nursing sick ones especially painful when you can't make them eat herbs

second the norns are weirdly ignorant of food and food specifically. If they see a toy they'll immediately go over and play with it, but I can put a norn into a little room with nothing but 5 pieces of cheese and it'll just walk around, sleep, and complain about how hungry it is. (I have injected Gimmecat's say need COB but it seems to have done nothing) If I place them into the carrot patch they'll eat by themselves, but NOT if I tell them to!

thirdly the presence of the hand seems to distract them more than anything else. they will push the hand instead of doing something productive. There is probably a genetic fix for this but meh

fourth every Grendel i've had ends up living in the tunnel under the island. They will never leave because they'll push the cart back whenever it tries to move them. again I guess this is more of a problem with the cart agent than anything else

I really like C1 sometimes but other times it leaves me on the verge of pulling my hair out because of stuff like this! any help?