I'm suddenly feeling very fortunate that all
twenty-something of my gerbils are so very sweet.
Starting with very nice breeders and handling pups
from the start and often seems to be the key. They
all pass a very stringent "personality testing
routine" before being placed, too, as my four year old
is a huge gerbil fan.
And I am amazed at how tolerant my gerbils are when I
have to give them medicine or I make their pups squeak
or other unpleasentness. They may struggle or butt at
my hand, but just do not bite.
Thank goodness for people who love their pets despite
the bad gerbil thing, as for me they'd be right back
where they came from, first bloody bite.
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
--- Heather Kowbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: good gerbil/bad gerbil thing
>
>
> If you were feeling charitable, you might suppose
> that some gerbils bite
> because they think they're cornered. (Poor mites)
> But what about those
> aggressive little monsters that run up and sink
> their teeth in because they
> think they've got you cornered in their territory.
> Or that minority of serial
> biters, who bite because they know it always gets a
> reaction?
> Type one: The kind of warning bite you get
> when some poor guy's
> getting his scent gland bathed with salt water. (Two
> with abcessed glands in
> a month. The vet said that they had overactive
> glands, some of the most
> active she'd seen and they'd literally clogged up!
> Anyone else hear of such a
> thing, I mean, they are huge males and they do pile
> around sweating all
> day...but overactive? Is it because they're a trio?
> (I've had a female trio
> before, but not male))
> Type two: The unspeakable evil that is Sacha.
> Sacha bites when you put
> your hand in the tank, sure, but he also runs up and
> bites my feet when he's
> out playing. Worst, he'll climb all over me, sit on
> my hand then bite my
> knuckles. Nice huh?
> Type three: oh dear. These are mostly the
> females. They just treat you
> as part of the furniture, to be nibbled on at will:
> noses, eyebrows, fingers,
> and toes, always the toes. I particularly detest
> those little darlings who
> just run up to you while you're sitting reading or
> watching TV, then run away
> while you hop around the room cursing, and they sit
> back on their haunches
> and stare!
> I love 'em to bits, but boy, do they bite.
> Why? They know it gets you
> dancing to their tune. They're small but they're far
> from stupid...even had a
> pair once that used to climb into bed and keep
> biting my leg until I got up,
> then they'd move into the warm spot, curl up and go
> to sleep...nasty, but
> very efficient.
>
> Cal and the crew.
>
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