Funny you should mention this.
We are staying (with the entire gerbil clan) in a
beach house this month. Many of them are now liking
and nibbling my fingers which none had ever done
before. It has been a hot month and we are at the
beach and ocean quite a bit, so I think it is the
taste of the salt and sweat that they are after.
I will try out Deb's saltine trick.
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
--- Sari Maukonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I came across a new phenomenon with my two-month-old
> female gerbil a few days ago. I have had her for a
> week now. So anyway, one day when I put my hand in
> the terrarium, she came to smell my hand as usual,
> but then, instead of running off to do her things,
> she started to lick my finger. When I lifted my hand
> just a bit she just didn't want to stop the licking
> but grabbed the finger with her front paws and
> didn't want to let go and stop licking. At first I
> thought that she must be thirsty, so I put a drop of
> water on one of my fingers, but she wasn't
> interested in that but only the dry fingers. Her
> sister that is together with her in the same
> terrarium hasn't done anything like this. Can anyone
> tell me why she does that and whether it's a sign of
> something missing from her diet or something like
> that? Although it's cute in a way, I'm rather
> worried... Thanks for you help.
>
> - Sari
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