[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I tried the "firmly but gently hold at the base of the tail" technique on
> three girls last night. Flopsy was sleepy and just "flopsed" on my hand as
> she would have anyway. Mopsy twisted around, looked at my hand holding her
> tail, appeared to think "Oh, it's just you", and took off down my arm
> dragging the "holding hand" behind. Spidey tried to squirt every time I
> tried to hold the base of her tail. She was happy to snuggle for short
> periods & seemed affronted by the tail restraint.
>
> Julian, do you teach this to young gerbils? If it take a human 30 seconds
> to learn this technique, how long does it take the gerbil?
I have never had much luck with this either.
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