my younger boy gerbils all very fat... I notice they get thinner when they get older though, especially after reaching 1 year old. fat gerbils are nice to squeeze...haha

prelude urs is bigger hahahha one is 50 g one is 55g.. haha

Some of my gerbils also around 100g... but yah, when get older, they tend to lose a bit of weight... age, same as humans also I think hahahah... one day we would shrink a bit during our old age.

I love to squeeze Silver hahaha.... Chokee has become thin thin... sick boy poor thing but his Red Fox son Redster is very pretty... aiyoh, I hope I got mood to take some nice pictures tomorrow for all of you to see hahaha...

yea, must show pics! i wanna see pecans grandkids, hehe

Hahah... Pecan's 2 grandsons very good gerbils... so sure I will keep.

Eh, Foo got spotted nutmegs ah? Aiyoh, I missed alot lah when I MIA.... I dunno what is new and what is old liao hahahah.... but I would like to try breeding SP DEH and SP Nutmegs heheheh... SP gerbils are just so nice.

Is it? wah luckily i hab females.. and i never seee my hamster shh shh b4 also leh , i noticed hor when they Poo Poo hor.. they actually use their mouth to Pick their Poo out from "there" leh.. i saw them doing tt and Place the Poo away from their nesting area.. its common arh? or i never knew it?

Hahah... people rarely see their gerbils or hamsters pee but poo poo memang funny to see. It is common to see them using their mouths to take out their poo.

first time i saw it i was like... Shocked.
but their cute and funny creatures.
haha.

jumpy my syrian did it...take poo out by mouth..
luckily he like to pee at one corner only..
my gerbils i never seen they pee and poo..eating also rarely seen..

mochi u also got gerbils ah.. welcome to the family wor.!!

haha the two last time u sold to me now i think also over 100g already...

Ha..Im So Sorry Nezu.. gOto Dissapoint u.. i got no Gerbils..
BUT...... Will Consider tt.. After sEeing so many pOISONOUS pics

wads duprasi? another kind of rodent? never see b4 wor.. They are SO cute..

This post has been edited by ^MochI^: Feb 3 2007, 03:03 PM

Duprasi are also gerbils.. fat tailed ones. More expensive too. Not sure why it's more expensive... can anyone tell me ???? hahha.. it's like RM150-RM200 for 1 duprasi.

wad the...? 150-200 fer JUZ 1 ? bleedz.. sold at any pet store ah? i nrv seen these creatures at pw b4. luv their looks but the tail look kinda worm-like to me.. creepy tail..

This post has been edited by ^MochI^: Feb 3 2007, 06:19 PM

Yeah.. the common gerbils(long small thin tailed) are only about RM30. I just saw 2 in Ikano today.. RM150 each. Taman Megah petshop selling for RM200... dunno nezu selling for how much leh? LOL

Duprasi are called Fat tailed gerbils. They are VERY different from Mongolian gerbils. Duprasi are actually a wild species. The petshops are selling duprasis that are caught from the wild.

Why so expensive? Well, one is they are rare. Two is it is VERY DIFFICULT to breed them. Three is that they MUST LIVE ALONE coz they can KILL each other.

Mongolians are domesticated. People have been breeding mutation colours for experiment and science purposes.... so this is why we got so many colours in Mongolians... but for Duprasis, they are still a wild species.
Same with Bushy Tailed Jird, Lesser and Greater Jerboas and so on. So of course these mention species of rodents are more expensive coz they are harder to breed in captivity and are rare to find.

Owh? So you can have more than 1 common gerbil in a cage but not duprasi? I thought duprasi are less aggressive?

Less Aggressive? They are on of the aggressive gerbils listed. They are anti social. Never ever get pairs. They are just like Syrian hamsters. You wanna know more, just search in google or yahoo.

Not every gerbil species need to be in social groups so never assume. Always best to research first before buying or getting.

does'nt sounds like fun to me at all.. duhz.

Home bred duprasis are tame... the wild ones are not very tame, some may be too timid and can get easily stressed. They are only aggessive towards other gerbils.