Hi Lisa,
I don't consider nibbling a problem, and in my (admittedly limited) gerbil
experience have found it to be separate completely from biting. That is,
nibbling doesn't lead to biting. The gerbil seems to be checking for food or
experiencing you through taste (especially the pups and youngsters).
Don't know if one teaches another about nibbling; maybe they both think you smell
salty or something. They do seem to teach the pups about crawling through tubes
and gnawing them up.
-- Donna A.
Lisa Paleczny wrote:
> Kateela (female) never bit me when I first got her, but Marley (male) did.
> Well acutually nibble. Now Kateela "nibbles" all the time. Do you think she
> got this from Marley. Since she always see's Marley doing this she could have
> got this from him. Right? Marley is alot older so maybe she thought that's
> what she is supposed to do. And yes, I do hold her as much as I can. Do you
> know where she got this "nibbling" from. She never did it before.
> Thanks,
> Lisa and The Field Clan
> <:3 )~~~ (Kateela)
> <:3 )~~~ (Marley)
> Kateela and Marley say hi to y'all too!
