I am embarrassed to admit that I received my first
gerbil bite this weekend. A good one too. Getting
over confident on my abilities to "read" my gerbils'
personality and to introduce gerbils, I put two
together without sufficient split cage time, and
without wearing gloves!
I felt so bad for Alan when Rocket pinned him in a
death grip with teeth pressed against his neck that I
immediately pulled Alan right off him. Alan,
terrified, sunk his teeth deep into my third finger
and literately just hung on. Amazingly enough, I
still felt sorry for the little guy and placed his
feet on the ground (out of the tank, of course) and
crooned softly to him until he let go.
Two questions:
1) Any good tips for getting a gerbil who's attached
to your figure to let go?
2) Why do I have three puncture wounds in a little
ring around my finger? Shouldn't there be two?
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
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