Gerbils are the lovely and unpretentious creatures similar on small mice. They are clean and friendly, easily breed in bondage. All this does a gerbil by one of enough popular domestic rodents. But buying a small animal, you remember that he needs to be tamed that he was not afraid of you. How to make it?
It is required to you
- Delicacy for rodents, for example, raisin, seeds of peanut or sunflower.
Instruction
1. The young age of a gerbil will be guarantee of successful domestication. But do not overdo: the cub, too early taken away from mother, can have problems with food. Ideal age for the gerbil ready to move to the new house, - six-eight weeks. Remember that these creations do not love loneliness therefore it is better to contain them in couples. In this case domestication will take place more successfully.
2. For a start the gerbil has to get used to your hands. For this purpose place a hand in a cage and do not make sharp movements. Gradually the small animal will grow bolder and will approach to sniff at your palm. Perhaps, it happens not at once therefore be patient. The hand should be held in a cage for several minutes a day.
3. As soon as the small animal ceases to be afraid, will become quiet to approach and touch fingers, begin to give with a delicacy hand, for example, seeds of sunflower or peanut. Stretching to a gerbil delicacy, tenderly repeat her name. It will give especially good effect in case the small animal did not receive this fertilizing anywhere any more, except as from hands. Then the proximity of the person will be caused in a gerbil of association with especially tasty food.
4. As soon as the small animal begins without fear to take from you from a palm food, try to take it on hands. It needs to be done very accurately, two hands. Do not take a gerbil for a tail at all - thus you can injure it.
5. If you are afraid to do harm to your pet, and it is necessary to take it from a cage after all, use a usual one-liter jar. Deliver to bank so that the gerbil could get into it. It can make it of curiosity, especially if you put a tasty forage in bank.
6. Having got a gerbil from a cage, try to put a small animal to yourself on a hand or on a shoulder. The gerbil will begin to investigate a hand, running on it, reaching a shoulder and going down back. Insure your pet that he did not fall to a floor.
7. Try to hold at first a hand with a gerbil over a sofa or a bed that your favourite was not traumatized when falling. Treat a small animal with something tasty when he sits at you on a shoulder that it fixed pleasant associations with your hands.
8. If you repeat such exercises every day, the gerbil will begin itself asks on hands soon, rising on back pads and turning to you. Be accurate and patient with your pet, and his trust is guaranteed to you.