No... they do not fight because.... all siblings.

Ah, this is uncontrolled breeding loh.... you know what we always say, get single sex pair... if breed, do breed with care and also responsibility and get ready 3 tanks....

DEH baby boy.... so is ok for you.

Yah Foo, now all quarantine... I will give them Detol bath soon.... no more Detol at home coz I use it to scrub the terrarium tank the gerbils were inside.

Ah, today the black girl didn't do the paws in mouth thing.... so maybe it was just yesterday LOL.

Ah? Wanna drop by? Yah, I guess can but do call 1st coz I may go out with my parents....

Hahaha... since I put wheel, I never put coconut coz no place to hang.

Wash your coconut on a hot day. Sometimes brown water comes out hahhah.... their pee stains loh.

Please do not discuss about buying and selling. Wanna discuss, do it through PM.

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Added on November 20, 2007, 11:33 pmMaybe you can use wires.... or worst come to worst, melt the metal and mesh together if that can be done.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Nov 20 2007, 11:33 PM

Today a tank of gerbils just went off for some small animal corner exhibition for kids.... hopefully people would like gerbils heheheh.

Once awhile for sure some slight bloodstains can be found on the nose.... all woodshavings are dusty and softwood sure produce some phenols.... but of course what we are using is much better than some other brands outside.... I use before Pestige wood shavings. Prestige line of small animal food is good quality but their wood shavings sucks, really dusty till your eyes tear and you sneeze non-stop.

The best way is to air out the bedding. Before you put the gerbils in their new bedding, just toss and turn the bedding outdoors till minimal dust forms....

Bedding allergies can be looked out... signs and symptoms are watery eyes that can barely open, very wet nose and paws, pinkish stains on the nose and paws and even blood stains. Lethargic and small appetite.

Hahaha... hard to handle meh? You need to handle them more lah. Let them get used to your fingers and hands.

Clean the dried mucus with a wet tissue. Normally flu, you will see them rub their nose often, always having a wet face and tend to sleep more.... just hike up their vitamin C intake by giving them some kiwi fruit or apple.

Hey, nice tank. Thank you for adopting 3 agouti boys heheheh... now they have a spacious and lovely home with you.

But the creators didn't realize this.... their animal mixture could have been lessen if they had known what is a sugar glider LOL..... it resembles so much but the nose and the ears and tail.

rabbit - his ears and tail
chimpanzee - his ability to climb
dog - well, his behaviour on Earth with Lilo and also his disguise
cat - afraid of water and maybe something else which I can't see hahaha.
tasmanian devil - his attitude and anger
koala - his face and round shape.

But glider also similar a bit.... the eyes, behaviour, claws, ability to climb, vocal noises a bit similar....

hahaha... now all want colour tanks.

RIP to Buta.... sure we all would miss him. Take care Foo.

Some gerbils are dominant so they show aggression by fighting. Sometimes small fights like wrestling is ok.... but bites with bloody injuries are bad and should never be encourage. You keep a close eye on them lah.

LOL, you can't force gerbils to sleep together lah.

I wonder... did anyone's dark tailed white turn out to have a dark tail?

Normally DTW got a dark tail... but due to our climate, the colour won't come out unless we keep them in an air cond room. We can only know a DTW from gene breeding, if you dunno what you are breeding.... then you won't know DTW or PEW coz they look very similar in a way.

Ohhh.... I don't have DTW so can't tell hahahah.... some gerbils are skinny ones... in a clan sure got 1 large size gerb and 1 small size gerb....

Today I tried introducing a new female DEH with my DEH breeding pair.... damn funny. Normally males are ok with new females.... but nooooo.... my male DEH attack the new girl while my older female DEH actually liked the new girl. So..... need to do split cage liao. Need to produce more DEH, I love this colour hehehehe.

Oh, that's good. Get some pics as well. At least now got a better home.

I have to cram 20 gerbils in a 2ft tank at first coz I didn't have any extra 2ft.... but after 8 adopted... now the tank is much better. More adoptions to go!

Yah, the pups are quite stable already. They are just small size. Smaller than their age loh but now quite strong and growing better. Slow growth is part of multiple inbreeding.... 1st generation of inbreeding won't show such slow growth... but 2nd generation will.

Sorry for your lost. RIP to the old girl.

I think i also have some fighting season. Dunno why, just all of the sudden fights start to turn up in this 1 particular tank.... 2 nutmegs and 1 sp Black died from the fights without me knowing. They did a gruesome fight while I was asleep at night. Just overnight I find 3 bodies badly wounded. Pity..... declanning.... sigh, we can never tell when it might happen.

Ah..... I tell you why.... coz it happened to before to me too. It is when the bedding becomes damp. It can be from a leaking water bottle, it makes the bedding wet.... then the pee and poo also become wet, and small flies are attracted to the smell, coz it smells of rotten wood.

You do not need to be so worried about it. The maggots will not harm your gerbils and they are from the fruit fly species, not those big dirty flies.... so you just wash the tank normally, it would be alright. No need to buy anti-bacteria spray... those contain aerosol, which can actually harm your gerbils' breathing.

Anything with a mouth would bite if they feel uncomfortable or threaten lah....

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Do you not control breeding? Do you breed according to colour or you simply breed coz you have 1 male and 1 female? A female gerbil should never have more than 3 litters in a year.... terrible health later.