I "pet" my gerbils by making a tunnel with my two
hands as I hold them and letting them climb through.
--- Jill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gerbils are naturally fearful of anything that comes
> from above- in petting
> their back, an area where they can't necessarily
> see, you are touching them
> where they would most likely be swooped up by a bird
> of prey from above. It
> is their instinct to run and hide. Aside from that,
> gerbils really don't
> sit still to be petted- their curiosity gets the
> better of them and their
> crawling and climbing around to see what's new.
> Jill
>
>
> ----------
> > From: Timbit - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Help with Timbit
> > Date: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:26 AM
> >
> > Thank you all for all the help. Yes, I guess I
> expected to much from my
> > little friend. I guess affection isn't the right
> word for gerbils. More
> to
> > dog and cats. But I still have one question, Do
> gerbils not like to be
> > petted or is it just mine? Timbit will happily
> jump on my hand but when
> I
> > take my hand slowly to pet him and then lightly
> stroke his back gently,
> he
> > jumps of in a panic runs back to his house. I let
> him smell my hand
> before
> > I pet him but he still gos to hide in his home.
> >
> > Diana Releen
> >
> >
> > >From: Jill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: Re: Help with Timbit
> > >Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 00:08:13 -0400
> > >
> > >Often the best way to see the affection gerbils
> are capable of showing
> is
> > >to house them with a gerbil friend (same sex
> unless your intention is to
> > >breed). Although they may not be able to meet
> human emotional needs,
> when a
> > >pair of gerbils is bonded they are very
> affectionate with each other-
> > >cuddling, snuggling, grooming. They are not
> solitary animals by nature
> and
> > >I have found that often they are more responsive
> and friendlier to their
> > >human caretakers when they have a friend- if only
> because their life in
> > >general is happier.
> > >Jill
> > >
> > >
> > >----------
> > > > From: Timbit - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Help with Timbit
> > > > Date: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:15 PM
> > > >
> > > > I bought my very first gerbil on Thursday and
> brough him to his new
> > >home.
> > > > My family and I laughed as this little cutie
> ran madly around his new
> > >hom
> > > > with tubes, wheels and other toys, yet still
> having lots of room to
> run.
> > > > Letting our new friend "Timbit" get used his
> new home we left him for
> a
> > >few
> > > > hours. Later we decided that we should try to
> make him unafraid of
> us.
> > > > Now, he isn't afraid of us anymore but he
> treats humans as if were
> not
> > > > alive. Like were stepping stones and he shows
> us no affection. Are
> all
> > > > gerbils like this? Will Timbit grow out of it
> and relized were his
> > >family?
> > > > Is there some way to make him a little more
> affectionate?
> > > >
> >
>
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