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Anonymous
Hmm... Mine seemed to consider me part of their "playground", but never a buddy. They would jump on my hand, or try to climb up my arm, even jump into my sleeves. They would then use my sleeves and the whole shirt as tunnels. It's been a few years since i had them, but i cannot recall them being susceptible to scratching or petting by me. I didn't like keeping them in cages, and they would eventually start chewing continously on the bars, or scratching in a corner, throwing everything around. It was a three-story cage, and connected to a large tank with a wire-mesh tube but they hardly used the tank, and instead chewed on the bars of the cage... I was also worried about the metal barred floor being bad for their feet, so i kept a later group only in a tank. If you do, ensure proper ventilation, and an escape-proof lid, i think it's ammonia which can build up in the tank, if you don't fan out the air every day. They were quite active in their tank, which had a larg root on the bottom, and was filled 1/3 with straw, hay and chips. This way they could build actual tunnels. I would also let them run around outside their tank, so the only way out was my hand. They knew, and were thus never shy about my hand.
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