Ah, your gerbils save and sound in my home now. I can clearly see your DEH is bigger than the agouti.... he is as big as my Silver hahahah.... Lucky my aunt is free, if not I also dunno how to take your gerbils loh. But luckily can lah.


Never put gerbils outside... coz cats lah... later become food. Also these days heatwave very bad. I have to keep a few hamsters outside, a few died due to heatstroke. The best rodents that can tolerate heat outside are rats and mice... somehow they can sweat instead of drool. Gerbils can tolerate but then risky lah. You must give big bottle of water if you place outside. Again, I more concern of their safety against predators.

haha.. well to what I understand, gerbils are desert animals mar.. hmm.. unwelcomed guests as in thief or animals? If animals don't worry la.. I have my ways to make sure cats won't come.. if thief ar.. erm.. do you think someone is willing to jump in the house and take a whole tank of gerbils away? I think they'd rather steal my shoes outside. LOL.. kena many times alrd..

Desert animals, yes lah but then in the wild, they dig burrows into the dark cool underground, away from sun light and heat to keep cool. In our tanks, we got no underground tunnel for them and woodshavings and hay cannot keep cool.

I tried before lah, put 1 gerbil outside my porch.... he drool and drool... almost pengsan. I brought to a McD outside Ikano, those who went for the gathering would know. They saw all my gerbils drool with heat. Imagine, only McD the shedded area and already they drool. So of course they are not suitable for outdoor if stay in woodshaving or any type of bedding.

oh... icic. Usually what are the indications of 'overheat' for hamsters and gerbils. I tried leaving my hamster outside and I monitor it every hour. I check on its nose but everything seems fine. Not wet at all. Is it a clear indication that the temperature is fine for my hamster?

When too hot, the fur is not smooth but scruffy. Also the cheek pouches for hamsters would be swollen with saliva and the mouth is wet. For gerbils, the fur is untidy a bit and the mouth and hands are wet.

Well, if you do not see any wetness around the mouth area... then I guess it is fine.... but as said before, our weather is changing so the heat can be different each day.

is the eye ruby red or pink?

LOL yes pretend only

i hope u can keep them indoor, cos i prefer my gerbils always stay close to human, if no i wouldn't spend so much time to tame them.

do they show any aggressive sign? if not sign is show.. u keep them like that for 2 - 3 days, take all of them out put on the tank cover, put one by one, see if they can get along. if they ok, put on the cover for 30 mins. if everything ok, then u wash ur tank with sabun, no more smell, put new bedding everything new, no toy, only bedding n hay. put them in.. n see.. if everything ok... next day u can put in ceramic n glass toy ( wash also), wodden toy always carry smell, put in after 2 weeks time.

if they show aggressive, keep sawping them every 2 days, until u see them don't bother each other, then do the same as above. do it slow ok. always wear glove or hold a cloth with u when u intro them. fight can give u bad bite.

Keith just passed away he was still slightly warm when I saw he was no longer breathing. Sigh... he's still young. No sickness, no wounds nothing. Somehow I feel he died of old age because he has been sleeping more and looking a bit tired lately. It was still a great shock tho, since hes not even 2 years old.

Anyway at the very least he had a good life, as alpha male of his colony, and fathered 10 gerbils. he died very peacefully like sleeping. I'm just sorry that I didnt spend as much time with him as when I first got him, but he was very happy ruling his male colony of 5 gerbils.

RIP Keith...

Heres the last pics I took of him while he was still warm in my hands. I cant belive he's gone, he looks like taking one of his naps. Sigh... he was my 1st gerbil along with Pecan(died a few months ago). I'll bury him together with her tomorrow.







This post has been edited by jaswwp: Feb 12 2007, 12:45 AM

Some gerbils may not live as long as others. It does look peaceful. May it RIP.

sorry about Keith jaswwp.... RIP Keith....

JAS!!
sorry for ur lost... yes may him RIP... i better don't type much.. if not i will in office u take care ok

Sorry for your lost, Jas. May Keith RIP.

i am so sorry to hear that...may him RIP...
hard to accept when our beloved pet leave us rite..

the eyes??
so, have to take pictures of her eyes..

sorry to hear that..
may Keith RIP..

This post has been edited by dien: Feb 12 2007, 04:19 PM

sorry for ur lost, jas...

This post has been edited by arraille: Feb 12 2007, 04:47 PM

believe it or not.. my tears came drooling down when i saw keith's pic.. i hate to see dead animals. but this is the nature of life. hais.. may keith rest in peace and b happy in another world of its own..

yes take the eye without flash..

Wah foo... very difficult to take gerbil's pic without flash using cam ler... hahahahahaha... take using hp lagi no hope...

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Added on February 12, 2007, 7:46 pmMy gerbils... actually wanna take pic one but they're too active, i gave up in the end and take video instead





This post has been edited by hao: Feb 12 2007, 07:46 PM

i only have hp camera lol..

hao, nice gerbils..
are all in the same color??

This post has been edited by dien: Feb 12 2007, 08:08 PM

Nope. In the video, there's an Agouti, DEH and sp Argente.

just now watched the video once again..
i can see that they are diff colors..