Probably the reason you received no replies is that this is what happens when I try to use your email. ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> See below for a reply (sent to the GML this time) PS -- gerbils always run away when they get a treat to eat it in the corner, even if you place the treats in the center of the tank. Otherwise another gerbil will grab it away. Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Hi Caroline, Sorry you've gotten no replies. I'm a hobby breeder with an extremely friendly line, so not much experience here. But I'll give it a try. With my "rescue" gerbil Bite-Bite (as the kid's call him), he'd nip (though not painfully) when I took him out. I'd ignore it and take him out several times a day and let him run on my arms for just a minute or two and then put him back. He stopped nipping in about three days and enjoyed coming out. A tank is a better setup for taming (my guess) is a ten gallon tank with a removable screen top. Take off the top, take out the nest box and other places to hide and rest your hand in there. Let them explore you. Move your hand very slowly to corner one and scoop with two hands and lift him out. My gerbils are much more motivated by coming out time than food, but letting them take sunflower seeds from your palm can also build a good association. Good luck to you, Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com --- Caroline Hussey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I posted this sometime last week, but got no > responce. I would really like > some advice with this. Thanx again. . . . > > I've had 2 female gerbils for some time now, and > ever since I got them they > always run away from me when I tried to pick them > up, or even put my hand in > the cage. I've tried to get them to walk onto my > hand using treats, but they > just grab the treat and run to the corner. And when > I open the cage door and > hold my hand outside of it they put their front paws > on me and if I move my > hand at all they run. This is getting very > frustrating, especially when I'm > trying to clean the cage. Is this normal? What can > I do to get the gerbils > to let me pet them and pick them up? > > -:¦:- > ._¸..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- > ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) > ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- > -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´. . . . .CaRoLiNe. . . . . > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
