Heheh... cute cute. Now you have a fat tail.

Go aquarium shop and get a nice piece of drift wood. My female sleeps on her drift wood while my male sleeps under the driftwood.

The bathing sand is alright. Sometimes they would pee in the sand but rarely for me. They are not like hamsters loh. But no smell! I change my bedding like once in 3 weeks.... they love wood shavings so no choice, have to use wood shavings for them but really odourless and they pee very little compared to hamsters. Fat tails require more protein so need more mealworms and crickets. I saw your lil Echo yesterday, but then when you arrive, I had to leave liao.

Ahhh...normally they like crickets better. You gotta try and catch them. Just use hand hahah... but forceps also ok lah. Just catch and put in the tank.

Your fat tail got a tail with fur... smooth fur.

My fat tail, according to Reanne, they are different line or subspecies... so mine have pink more naked tails LOL.

Can... but I think syrian won't be so happy with crickets LOL. Remember must gutload but use veggie and dogfood to gutload crickets.

You can give a few a day. 3 to 5 a day, depends on how many echo wants to eat. I only feed crickets twice or once a week since I never buy daily.

if you keep crickets at home, they will sing together for you every night sangels..
you can keep them in sound proof container..lol Jk

  poison me again....

    must have 1 after my graduation

@sangels: where did you buy that forsep look thingy???

ya.. it looks bigger.. and more stable

I feed twice a week coz my cricket supply don't last. Sometimes I feed once a week hahaha.... I buy Rm6 of crickets, and in 1 day RM6 habis.

HI All,

I have tried to search about 1- pets shop list in the pet shop listing thread.
None of them have fat tailed gerbils...
do you know where else can I get one:(

Bite you? That's strange.... Maybe your fingers smell yummy! jk

He and his sibling have rarely ever bitten, but I didn't give them a hidebox or anything like a cave for them to hide in. I gave them a T PVC pipe and lots of toilet rolls. I've never tried sticking my hands into their hiding spaces as I consider that their 'private' quarters. I usually tap the bedding or the top of the tank gently and they usually come out to investigate.

Then when they come out, I lay my palm out flat and they usually sniff a bit before jumping onto my hand. Don't try to grab him as he's not from the Algerian line. Better if he jumps on your hand on his own. You don't necessarily need to feed him crickets, some holistic garlic-free dog kibble added into his mix would be good. You can try going to the pet shop and ask for some sample packs.

The next best food for any rodent would be lab blocks, when I brought in Prolab lab blocks and used it for my rodents back then, it gave me such wonderful results. Big, healthy, chunky hamsters and gerbils, but it's very difficult to always bring in as it's expensive and need to get it from Singapore on your own. Not to mention the short shelf-life and demanding storage methods.

Quite difficult. I can order but they won't send to KL. Now with the petrol prices and I think the price for the lab blocks have gone up. RM250+ for a 50lbs bag. That's for bulk purchase, 25lbs packed into smaller 5lbs bags are available at the same price, but buying the 50lbs bag is more cost effective.

Storage can't last more than 6 months from manufacture date and should be kept in a freezer to preserve the freshness.

All the hamster/gerbil feeds we get are actually 'pet' quality, lab blocks are processed for lab animals that need to be kept in optimum health and given optimum nutrition, so it's 'lab' quality, which is far better and far higher quality. 2 good brands of lab blocks are Purina Mill's Prolab and Harlan Teklad.

http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/QandA.html

Linda Price feeds her hams lab blocks as part of their diet. Lab blocks can be fed on it's own but some owners prefer giving variety. When I kept my syrians and gerbils solely on lab blocks, the results became more prominent.

http://labdiet.com/

The model I brought in was RMH2000. RMH stands for Rat/Mouse/Hamster

Just wanna know, is it possible for me to house a Duprasi in a Zoo Zone 2? Will they be able to destroy the whole thing? I mean does is last? Or shud i just stick with the Toyogo Box [150 litres, 30in x 20in x 17in H]? Thanks ya.. Wanna plan well b4 getting one..

The 2feet Guppy tank dats cames with plastic covers one isit?? Or the glass tank?? Thanks sangels..

sangels, there are many tanks..
how many are them??
what is inside??

Sangels : Do Duprasi have enuf space if using 2feet tank r?? N we need to drill a hole isit? Do they like the coconut shell?? Coz i think gona take a Gerbil Starter Kit from Petshack la.. hehe thanks again ya..

they will bite if they see holes.. haha..

Guys except Sangels la : Can u upload ur setup for duprasi? Wanna have an idea of their habitat.. thanks

Hi ya all...

Sangles - Wow i'm impress how ur arrange your pet cage...lok nice and tidy...
               mine use glass tank, so cannot have wheel to put on...but ma baby still cheerful all day long huhu...

Kevin - Wahhhh Kevin, u get little casper from Reane ehh...Finally, u own 1 haha...
           Keep good care of ur little one..her/his cuteness will kill u...
           I dare u not....   Good Luck...I'm getting a hedgehog soon..

Guys except Sangels la : Can u upload ur setup for duprasi? Wanna have an idea of their habitat.. thanks