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Originally Posted by Bryony
I had gerbils when I was young and they were adorable! I had two little boys and they were so friendly and were super easy to handle! Don't really remeber taming them at all as I had them as tiny babies and they were much more confident then the hamster I am taming now! x
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If they are handled from a young age they don't really need "taming" as such at all. I think it's probably the same for hamsters too. Some relatives of mine had two Roborovski hamsters that bred. The parents are still not really tame after almost a year, but the offspring (which I think they handled as soon as it was safe to do so) are apparently very cuddly and love being handled. With gerbils there is the advantage that they can safely be handled much sooner than hamsters as well.