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Subject: Re: Still having trouble with... Posted by Cheri on May 24, 1999 at 07:44:27: In Reply to: Still having trouble with... posted by Brienna on May 23, 1999 at 18:40:31:
Brienna, Don't give up! If you get too scared to put your hand in the cage, put on a glove, or a sock. She needs to be held and she is just not used to you. Put something in their cage with your scent on it (I use a pair of socks that I wore for a day...not stinky ones, ones that just smell like me). As soon as you reach in and pick her up, cup her in your hand and hold her against your chest, she will eventually stop the crabbing. Offer her a grape or put a little honey or sugar on your finger when you reach in, she may crab and even nip at you, but when she tastes whats on your finger, she is likely to stop and just lick. Once again, don't give up, and stay consistant. This is a "battle" that YOU are going to win! Good luck! : I am still having a bit of trouble with Fallon, my female, she doesn't want anything to do with me. Every once and a while she will. But here lately, I have not been able to spend as much time with them both. So now when I put my hand near their pouch, she crabs so much. And I will admit, I am scared to stick my hand inside. I know Fagan, my male, don't mind it at all. He doen't crab at me. He will come out to see what I am doing. She will not. And this is happening during the day. At night, they come out about 10 or 11 p.m.So when I see them out, its really not a problem.Its only during the day. I haven't been able to pack them around that much. Now when I go to get them out, she crabs so much that I don't know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
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