tlera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>[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.
I can't say I have ever had to train a gerbil to do this.
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Julian
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