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Subject: Re: tyler won't come out of his cage
Posted by Thresa on January 31, 1999 at 15:14:41:
In Reply to: Re: tyler won't come out of his cage posted by Ayala on January 31, 1999 at 12:49:32:
let him sleep in a pouch, (I know socks aren't a recommended thing due to snagging and somebody surely will come back and say so) like a sock cut off at the heel. Make sure the sock isn't able to snag, the 100% cotton ones work the best. Some socks snag, some do not, use one you know for sure won't snag. (that's the only problem with socks) Put it in his bed and he'll probably love to get into it. You can hold opened up to him when he's awake and he just might get into it. Anyway, if he's in bed asleep in his sock, you can pick up the sock with him in it and you have a good chance to make frinds then, offer him his favorite treat. That would be a place he feels safe and if you handle him in it, he'll probably want to stay in it and not come out. You can close it securely if you want, like a zippered pouch. Be extremely careful with your zippered pouch, you can catch his ear in it.
Thresa
: : have you tried picking him up when he's sleeping?
: yep. that's when he crabs and attacks me. then he jumps out of my hands and runs away. if i try to pick him up when he's awake, he doesn't crab or attak, he just won't let go of the cage.plus, it's hard for me to get him out of his nesting box or his pouch, cause he hangs on to those too.
: ayala