At 3:00 PM -0700 4/25/01, Jocelyn Kessinger wrote: >I have notice that REW >babies seem to be more skittish then any other color. >Thet are harder to tame and not as willing to sit >still. This is the case with REWs form all the >different litters, not just one. Tell me what you >think, and if you end up having the same experince. :) I have found the same thing to be true with my REW pups. I also have several adults and they are not nearly as nice - in fact, my two head bashers (they just jump up and bash their head on the mesh ) are REWs. I also have one that was somewhat tame as a youngster (from a pet store) and now is NOT a nice gerbil. I believe that if someone tried to make her snake food, she would kill the snake. I have tried split caging her with about 7 different gerbies and she makes them cower in the corner (both males and females) WITH the divider. I finally put her in a cage with tons of bedding, 3 wood toys, a huge Lixit water bottle and leave her be. For a while I tried to "tame" her and she would fake me out by crawling into my hand voluntarily and act really nice for about 20-30 seconds and then chomp down very hard! After 5 nasty bites I gave up. I am convinced she must have been a lab gerbil prior to her being shipped to the pet store or something. <G>. I give her lots of tp rolls and she has tons of bedding plus her 3 wooden "toys" and as far as I can tell is as happy as can be. She is a lot of fun to watch as she will sit on her hind legs and weave (like they do) for a considerable amount of time, then thump, then run around. like crazy and boy can she dig.... am sure that in gerbil terms she is psychotic and would benefit from some lithium or Prozac (or both). But she is very healthy and like I said, very entertaining, so.... Cindy -- Kokopellis Kritters Red Desert Rodent's **The Anasazi Clan**
