lookin for some help

[sc00t]

does anyone have any tips on how to tame a baby savannah with a skiddesh temper? I have been trying to handle for a little bit then put him/her back in its cage. I dunno if that will work after awhile or if there are some good ways to do it. if so i would love to know thanks:zi:

[lonewulf]

All you can hope for is for them to some day accept you .. in the first two weeks you have him leave him along dont pick him up just clean the enclosure and feed him as much as he will eat,

eventually given time and patience they will accept you but they will never become lap animals .. I own 5 savannahs and none of the mare lap dogs .. one of the five tolerates me enough to let me handle him with no problems and I can trust him out of the enclosure for limited amount of time supervised.

so take your time and let him be a monitor .. he will come around .... and you will enjoy him much more when he is less stressed and afraid of you

any other questions let me know I'll help if I can

[sassysnake]

Hey
I recently purchased my first baby Ackie, which I have been wanting to get a hold of for awile. As was mentioned, I left her alone for the first few weeks, and then I started handling her. At first she was really, really skitish, and it would take me awile to catch her as she would run all over the cage (I would skip the handling if it was taking me too long to catch her, as I did not want her to be terrified), but eventually I would get her and hold her just until she stopped trying to struggle in my hand. Then I would hold her for about 30 seconds more and let her go, and right after I would put some worms in her bowl (she always has crickets availible, so the worms are kinda a treat). It's been about 4 weeks now and she has definatly made noticable improvment. She no longer tries to run when I move the rock she is under, she still flattens herself to the ground and tries to bury her head, but she is calm once I have her in my hands and doesn't even try to get away. I think she has relised to some extent that if she just tolerates me I will put her down faster. She even looks at me now if I put my face close to her and studies what I do........... It has been a very slow process, just a couple mins at a time, but it seems to be working, and I am looking forward to a healthy and friendly adult animal. This is the best advice I can give: BE PATIENT! Hopefully everything will work out for you and your baby.