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Post by Cookies and Cream on Sept 8, 2011 12:10:39 GMT -8
I have my beloved duo Cookies and Cream. Cream is my tame baby and jumps out the unit into my hands to see me when I open it. He has only bitten me once and that was cause I smelt like tomatoes  and bit my dad badly but that was because he scared him. Cream will bite  anytime I put my hand in the cage to get their food bowl, put cookies down e.t.c. I do it slowly and he doesnt seem startled he just bites, they hurt but dont draw blood. I just want to know how to get him out of this ASAP, I have h ad them 4 weeks tomorrow and they are healthy and see me everyday ;D Thanks ;D Emma ;D |
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Post by Cookies and cream on Sept 8, 2011 12:12:55 GMT -8
I have my beloved duo Cookies and Cream. COOKIES is my tame baby and jumps out the unit into my hands to see me when I open it. He has only bitten me once and that was cause I smelt like tomatoes and bit my dad badly but that was because he scared him. Cream will bite anytime I put my hand in the cage to get their food bowl, put cookies down e.t.c. I do it slowly and he doesnt seem startled he just bites, they hurt but dont draw blood. I just want to know how to get him out of this ASAP, I have h ad them 4 weeks tomorrow and they are healthy and see me everyday ;D Thanks ;D Emma ;D NO COOKIES IS MY TAME ONE SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE |
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Post by cheekygerbils on Sept 8, 2011 14:42:33 GMT -8
It's still early days for your lovely gerbils. I had a huge problem at the beginning with my Mogey leaping and biting. Now she is the friendliest little gerbil. I think she was just protecting her little and not so strong cagemate Mary. 4 weeks is not a long time, stick in there and be patient  |
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Post by esztershine on Sept 8, 2011 14:55:15 GMT -8
Yes, you need to offer them treats from your hands. Cheekygerbils is right, 4 weeks is nothing. I've had my newbies for 4 months almost and were nibbling for about 2. Still very skittish at the age of 6 months but no biting as I offered them treats from my palm and when they are out my palm is always out for them with treats. Now if I put my hand out they run up to see what have I got to offer them It is like with anything is life, you need be patient for a great result. I always think of gerbils like a gardener who plants his rose, it wont flower straight away, he needs to cut it back, water it, feed It, care for it before It grows big and strong and having beautiful flowers. He works hard but he is patient |
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Post by cheekygerbils on Sept 8, 2011 15:04:42 GMT -8
What a lovely way to explain Eszter |
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Post by Cookies and Cream on Sept 9, 2011 7:03:00 GMT -8
I thought that would be the case but at the begining it was cookies who nipped and cream wouldnt do anything but take the treat of sniff your hands  |
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Post by codacegreen on Mar 2, 2012 19:53:15 GMT -8
Well I agree with all of the above, 4 weeks is too early to assume your gerbil is evil  Coda hated being picked up and would bite my friends if they held him for more than like a minute! Now he is just in his shy faze, but at least he doesn't bite anymore now he just has tiny nibbles that don't hurt at all, just be patient, if the bites start getting more frequent or start to show blood, thats when you should start to worry more. |
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Post by EffBeeAlias on Jun 30, 2012 7:16:53 GMT -8
If the little gerb is biting you but there is no skin penetration or blood then you are only being sampled, tasted, tested, tryed out, experimented on. Their teeth are like vicious little pins and even a young gerbil can easily puncture the skin and go in deep to make quite a painful bite that is a bit sore for a day or so after. I speak from very recent experience - one of my new ones was chewing a log and I offered him a treat by putting my fingers in front of him with some seeds on, unfortunately he switched straight from biting at the log to biting my finger before he realised that something else was going on.
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and bit my dad badly but that was because he scared him. 
anytime I put my hand in the cage to get their food bowl, put cookies down e.t.c. I do it slowly and he doesnt seem startled he just bites, they hurt but dont draw blood.
Coda hated being picked up and would bite my friends if they held him for more than like a minute! Now he is just in his shy faze, but at least he doesn't bite anymore