I bred Gerbils for 5 years, and then rats for 4 years. So the bites were numerous.
The first bite I ever received was actually from one of my Gerbils. He was the son of my two originals. :cheers: My son wanted to keep him. So I figured, o.k. let's get him a little woman. I did, she was a very pretty dove/red eyed. Well, I placed her in his cage for the first time. And of course they fought for dominancy. She got very serious in her little battle. She had him pinned to the bottom of the cage and was about to go for his throat when, stupid me, :noevil: decided, "Oh no my baby", and reached into the cage to save him. I grabbed him by his tail and took him out of the cage. He promptly swung around and bite right through my index finger. :uhoh: I mean all the way through. You could see his bottom teeth in the top of my finger from the bottom and his bottom teeth in the bottom of my finger from the top. He refused, of course, to let go. I stood there for 5 minutes with him and his teeth in my finger. Begging him to let go. I finally got tired of it and flipped him on his nose and he let go. :idea: There really was no consequences from him biting me. No infection and such. But, I did learn that day, when it comes to love and mating. LEAVE THEM BE. :bowdown: They will hash it out eventually.
