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Post by RyanF on Sept 6, 2004 10:09:52 GMT -8
How often does everyone pickup ("capture") and hold their gerbils? I love to hold mine! ;D  |
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Post by queenofthenile on Sept 6, 2004 16:49:21 GMT -8
I try and pick up my gerbils every day, but it's usually every second or third day when I'm working. Mine don't like to be held much, so I just let them run around my shoulders and on the couch. They much prefer to interact with me when I'm holding a sunflower seed . |
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Post by RyanF on Sept 6, 2004 16:50:16 GMT -8
Yes, the usual "sunflower seed bribe." lol. Yeah, mine are very used to being held, I pick them up like 10 times a day. |
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Post by j on Sept 6, 2004 16:52:29 GMT -8
I don't really pick mine up except to take them out of the tank to run around for a while or to put them somewhere else while I clean it. So like a couple times a week. They don't really get anything out of me just sitting there holding them..They just sit there frozen or they squirm because they want to run around..so I don't bother much. I held them a lot when they were pups, but that was so they'd get used to me.
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Post by sweetie on Sept 6, 2004 16:54:08 GMT -8
Hey Ryan,
I pick mine up to get them in and out of the cage. They are more likely to want to run all over me than to stay in my hands. I try to "handle" / interact with them at least every other day!! It depends on the situation and how much time I have.
My new ones Mamma Bear and Honey munch love to be handled and niteracted with. Sweetie also. Bubba is pretty indifferent but will chase me if I walk around.
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Post by RW on Sept 6, 2004 18:32:47 GMT -8
I try to pick them up every day and handle them for a little while, usually while I'm doing tank duties.  RW |
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