Most of mine don't do this except once in a great while, except my Snowy who is kinda
bad about it. With him, I think it's excitement. He gets more excited than anybody
about being played with, it's really funny. I get the lid off and boom, he's hanging
from the rim waiting for me to grab him, or sometimes he jumps high enough he actually
lands on me! Left shoulder *sniff sniff*, right shoulder *sniff sniff, grind teeth at
other gerbil smell*, right ear *sniff
sniff contemplate nibbling*, top of the head, back down to the shoulder, try to tiptoe
down the back, run back up when hollered at, dig in the hair or chase the ponytail
depending on my hairstyle, then start all over again. He's so eager sometimes he
jumps before I get the lid off and bonks his head on the lid! He's a character. :)
The Jeu-jeu Gerbils wrote:
> I think the amount of poopies they do is related to their level of stress. Gerbils
>on the whole do not like the exercise balls. I know mine absolutely abhors them.
>They'd do anything to stay out of them, including hanging on for dear life to a pot
>inverted over the ball to make them drop into it! And when they do get tricked into
>them, my gerbils produce an excessive amount of poopies. I'd suggest you stop
>putting them into the balls if they continue to do so.
>
> As for pooping on you ... maybe they're not comfortable enough with you yet?
>
> Amy
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> On Mon, 18 June 2001, Blue wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It's been a little more than a week since I've had my
> > gerbils. :) Well, I started to let them run around my
> > shoulder and arms two days ago. They run around and
> > explore, etc. However, they also leave a *lot* of
> > droppings. Maybe 4-5 each. It's not that unpleasant
> > since the droppings are hard and dry but I wonder if
> > there's a reason? Am I rushing them in taming? Are
> > they frightened or do they just like to poop on me? :p
> >
> > Also tried one of those "runabout" balls. They pooped
> > *and* peed in it. Both of them. They also leave
> > droppings and pee in their wheel in the cage so maybe
> > that was the reason..
> >
> > Any way I could possibly get them to stop?
> >
> >
> >
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