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When can I have play time?

Aug 13, 2016

 When can I have play time?

I'm a new mom so bare with me please. I just got my little Enzo, I've had him for a week now. He comes up to me when he's in his cage climes on my arm, he bite my nail once but I think he was just trying to groom me because I had a hang nail? He kinda runs his teeth across me but it doesn't hurt and if it does I just psst him and he gets the point. Anyway I know play time is extremely important, when should I start play time? I just want to do everything right and I don't want him to get depressed. Oh and I plan on getting another one and introducing them I just kinda wanna get the hang of Enzo first. He's fine with my hands and arms going in and out of the cage, when I wake up in the morning he jumps to the front of the cage to greet me but when I put him in his pouch during the day he crabs at me. I don't know if its because I woke him up or he's scared. I can always quite it by just kinda pressing him into me and than he's fine after a little bit. So my question is at this point can I have play time with him? Or should I give him some more time to get use to me.

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Sep 10 2016 : 04:22:18 PM
BYK_Chainsaw
crabbing is scared, trying to scare away a danger that woke him up. just dont press on him hard, I dont like that technic. I just let them crab, look in pouch and tell him it will be ok, it just takes time, sometimes longer time for them to stop crabbing. I have 5 non crabbers and 3 crabbers

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Aug 21 2016 : 10:56:14 AM
sjusovare
If he trusts you enough to climb on you, you can start play time, just make sure that the room is gliderproofed (unless you use a tent, of course). If he crabs during the day when you put him in his pouch, it is probably because you wake him up doing so and because he is not yet used to it, which scares him.

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