I tried the "firmly but gently hold at the base of the tail" technique on
three girls last night. Flopsy was sleepy and just "flopsed" on my hand as
she would have anyway. Mopsy twisted around, looked at my hand holding her
tail, appeared to think "Oh, it's just you", and took off down my arm
dragging the "holding hand" behind. Spidey tried to squirt every time I
tried to hold the base of her tail. She was happy to snuggle for short
periods & seemed affronted by the tail restraint.
Julian, do you teach this to young gerbils? If it take a human 30 seconds
to learn this technique, how long does it take the gerbil?
