You have the right idea. For a gerbil bite you want to wash it off with
soap and water, dry it, then put antibiotic cream on the bite.
As for your biting friend: tap him o the nose lightly whenever he bites,
play with him a couple times a day, offer him treats from the palm of your
hand, and let him smell you if thats all he wants to do. After a while he
will know you are the boss and that you can be nice. He will learn to
reconize your sent and eventually won't bite.
I have two boys that used to bite my hand as a greeting. Nothing too bad,
no blood, but I didn't want them to bite me or take anyone else by surprise.
They were nice and knew who I was they just thought that greeting me with
a nip was what they were supposed to do. I would just tap them on the nose
whenever they niped and they have stoped it now. I also offered them treats
when they didn't nip.
Good luck!
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>From: Iva English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Biting Question?
>Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:33:33 EDT
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a few questions if anyone could help me I'd relaly appreciate it :)
>
>1. After you get atdeep bite by a gerbil what is the best way to treat it,
>do
>you use anitibiotic ointment, soap and water or what?
>
>2. One of my boys bit me today, i think i took him a littleby surprise
>moving some stuff around in his cage, but he has a tendancy to do so anyway
>(his name is Bleep after what my brother said when he nibbled on him the
>first time he played with him :) What is the best way to tame him to the
>point where he accepts hands in his cage without seing them as a threat?
>His mate is pregnant, due around the 20th and I do want to be able to get
>to
>the babies without being bit by him even more. He and his mate came from
>dierent pet stores and she is much tamer, are my other pair.
>
>Thanks evreyone :)
>
>~Iva and the clan..............
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>Cinco the big black great dane
>Striker the furry ferret girl
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