handling

Hi there I just recently got a couple of rescue degu's. I'm new to degu's though not to rodents. I also have hamsters and gerbils. I am finding that the degu's are very inquisitive, but are nibblers. It's usually okay, and sometimes they will groom my hand but my one degu, Nutmeg, has taken to...

I have 2 young gerbils (males) named Louie and Moe. I got them a few weeks ago and they are so cute! However, I don't feel like I'm doing a great job of taming them. they don't like being handled and always try to squirm away when I hold them. Sometimes they even nip me(it doesn't hurt very...

Hi, I'm new here. I found this forum when I was looking for some information about my newest member of the family, Fluffy the Lionhead Rabbit (better name then bunny the guinea pig who passed away this week after many years of being a good little piggy, and his cagemate had passed a few months...

Health-wise, it went great. Otherwise, not so much. He seemed pretty skittish there. Then again -- completely new, scary place with completely new, scary people doing completely new, scary things. I can't really blame him. He's the picture of perfect health. Everything checked out just fine...

So I have a lovely little sweetheart of a hamster named Daisy. She's almost a year old and I've been thru the whole taming process. I CAN pick her up when i need to, but it seems to make her pretty nervous. She gets fussy after only a few seconds of handling. I've been trying to work with her...

So i've done my research and have had other chinchilla's but have never had an aggressive chinchilla like my new chin Luna. She is 9 months old i got her when she was 6 weeks old. She doesn't like it when i reach in her cage even if it's to fill her food bowl. She bits me and barks at me. A...

Georgina was a rescue. she was in the back room of the pet store in a tiny critter keeper housed alone and extremely nervous. today i managed to pick her up without her running away so that put our handling session started on a positive note. I wrapped her in a flanner blanket and sat down and...

Hey everyone, i recently adopted a baby chinchilla who was 7 weeks old and is now 12 weeks old. She is super cute and curious and will come out of her cage if i put my arm in and let her walk on it. She will sit in my hand and when playing come jump around off my legs and what not but she wont...