Urgent - This list is due to close today

2002-06-01 Thread Julian and Jackie
After seven years the mail server at Rice University will no longer carry this list after 1 June 2002. We received warning of this in January and now almost everyone has transferred to the new server at Topica.com. To be able to converse with a community of nearly 200 people, please post to

Important - This list closes on Saturday

2002-05-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
After seven years the mail server at Rice University will no longer carry this list after 1 June 2002. We received warning of this in January and now almost everyone has transferred to the new server at Topica.com. To be able to converse with a community of nearly 200 people, please post to

Re: HUGE QUESTION!!!!!!

2002-05-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Deanna K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Do males and females fight? I want mine to mate but i don't want them to fight. Thay are in seperate cages right now. What should i do? They will fight unless the female is interested in mating straight away. She may then attack the male afterwards. You really

gerbils@listserv.rice.edu will close in five days time

2002-05-26 Thread Julian and Jackie
This list, the GML, hosted by Rice University, will be closed on 1 June 2002. Almost everyone from this list has already moved to the new list at Topica.com. To subscribe to the new list, please send a message to - [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have five days to subscribe to the new list before this

Re: question please help

2002-05-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jasmine Lubbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote hello everyone, I have a question.. I just got a new gerbil the other day and I wanted to put the new one with the other 2 gerbils that I have but every time I put the new one anywhere near the other 2 he starts making sounds but no one is hurting him I

Re: NEED HOME FOR GERBILS

2002-05-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jennifer Mogilny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hey, Sorry to bother you but I am having some trouble finding homes for my gerbils. I do not know how to find homes for them or if any pet stores will take them. I have six females and three males they are babies (12 weeks old- three months old)and i

Re: When to Separate?

2002-05-22 Thread Julian and Jackie
Carol Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote We are relatively new owners of a lovely pair of gerbils, a male and a female. They first gave birth to a litter of three about 4-1/2 weeks ago. It has been amazing to watch their parenting skills and teamwork, and to watch the infants grow and thrive. Two

Important - This Gerbil Mailing List is closing

2002-05-14 Thread Julian and Jackie
This list is about to close. The university that hosts it is due to close it some time between May and June. It is vital that if you want to continue to be able to contact other gerbil keepers you subscribe to the new list that has replaced it - To subscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: emails are blank

2002-05-10 Thread Julian and Jackie
Kassie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, Is anyone else having problems with all of the emails from this group being blank? Kassie The blank e-mails are probably ones that have attachments you cannot see. they are either Spam sent in HTML or attempts to send viruses. This list has closed and

Re: Hey Everybody

2002-04-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
Joseph Holliday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hello, I'm new to the list so I thought I would send a quick message. I work at a petstore and I've read every book we have about Gerbils. I've read everything the NGS and AGS has on their sites, so I can say I am pretty well informed about Gerbils.

Re: Diarrhoea

2002-04-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
Janet Courtney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Any one any experience of gerbils who have had diarrhoea for four days? Hi! This list is closing down. There is probably no-one here who can answer your message. Please subscribe to the new Gerbil mailing list to get an answer - Send any message to:-

Re: baldness

2002-04-09 Thread Julian and Jackie
Janet Courtney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I have an elderly gerbil - nearly 4 years old - over the last two weeks he has begun to loose some of his hair on one side of his body. I have washed him in vetsect repel shampoo and have put Ivomec in his ears - still bald. His still does not look

Re: Could someone tell me?

2002-04-06 Thread Julian and Jackie
Cinthia Izquierdo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Yes, she can have pups ;) The are no true albino genes in the gerbil world as of yet. The pink eyes are not connected to albinism at all. She just is carring the genes for pink eyes (pp). If she had dark eyes one or both of the genes for the eye color

The closing of this list

2002-03-29 Thread Julian and Jackie
As was announced in January, this list will close some time in the next month as Rice University will no longer be hosting it. The list has moved to Topica.com where the vast majority of list members have gone. Asking questions here will probably not get an answer. To join the new Gerbil

Re: dogs

2002-03-29 Thread Julian and Jackie
Sarah Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote i was interested in getting a Border Terrier but i hear that they don't do well with gerbils. Any suggestions about securing a cage? Simply speaking, you need to make sure the cage or tank is substantial enough for the dog not to be able to knock it over,

Re: Colors changing.

2002-03-22 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, Dustys first litter is now 9 weeks, I noticed that one of the boys started getting black on his back and another started getting brown on his back. What is the cause?-Theresa What colour where they? Most colours change a little at this age as the

Re: C: have I mis-sexed my gerbils?

2002-03-17 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi Susan, The bulk of the Gerbil Members have now moved over to [EMAIL PROTECTED] , this email address is an old one. Yes, to sign up to the new list post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It does not matter what your message says. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National

Re: CATS

2002-03-16 Thread Julian and Jackie
Colin Domier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Will cats try to kill gerbils and be a danger to them? Do you really need to ask that question? -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/

Re: I think its odd that...

2002-03-12 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I think its pretty odd the my last litter of five and this litter of five all have black eyes when the mother has dark red. I think its very odd. The mothers: lilac w/spot The father is agouti w/spots Can some one explain this to me why? -Theresa There

Re: LATE BIRTH

2002-03-12 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Today March 5th Dusty had her 5 newborn pups. Dusty had a really late birth She was supposed to be due February 13 or 14th and never had her babies... Did anyone experience this situation? Theresa How do you know she was due in mid February? -- Julian

This list has moved

2002-03-12 Thread Julian and Jackie
Just a reminder that this list has moved to Topica and that the list will cease to operate in a month or two. Almost all the experienced people have all gone to Topica, the best thing to do for advice is to move there also. to subscribe to the new list send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It

Re: Surgery Risks for Older Gerbils

2002-03-04 Thread Julian and Jackie
Marie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hello, I have an old Gerbil (3 years 7 months) who has just recently developed a tumour on his scent gland. I took him to see a vet today who told me that it would be best if the tumour was removed but that there would be increased risks because of the gerbil's

Re: adult color change?

2002-03-04 Thread Julian and Jackie
Francesca Hartop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, I'm new to your listserv, but have had gerbils for a couple of years now. Recently we had a lilac female, during the last week or so of her pregnancy, change from a solid light color lilac, to light lilac with some dark lilac stripes. We are now 2

Re: changing topica email question

2002-02-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Andrea Spiegle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi everyone, I have a quick question about the new topica list. I signed up for it a bit ago, and have since cancelled my subscription to this list because I figured everyone would eventually go over there. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone could tell me

Gerbil mailing List move

2002-02-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Just a reminder that this list has moved to Topica and that the list will cease to operate in a month or two. All the most experienced people have all gone to Topica, the best thing to do for advice is to move there also. to subscribe to the new list send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It

Re: Pups

2002-02-10 Thread Julian and Jackie
Joelle Dewhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi Everyone I am new to the group. My gerbils just had a litter of nine. They are 9 days old and doing fine. If anyone has any tips on raising them please let me know. Thanks Joelle Hi! There is some advice on this at:

Re: red cedar

2002-02-10 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Is red cedar bad for gerbils?? Why?? Theresa It is very bad, even bad for humans. Cedar, like all aromatic woods contains oils which give it the pleasant smell. These oils can be irritant, and need to be metabolised by the body when inhaled. Red Cedar is

Re: I got a problem

2002-02-10 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Everybody, im really sorry about asking so many questionsMy female gerbil should be having more pups in about a week and a half. I have pups already that are 3 weeks and 2 days. When she has her new babies... I dont want the male and female to mate

Re: unsubscribe

2002-02-05 Thread Julian and Jackie
Pat LeRoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote To unsubscribe post to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You message must say - SIGNOFF GERBILS -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/

Re: gender

2002-02-02 Thread Julian and Jackie
berny ojeda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote How can you tell the difference between male and female. This might sound like a funny question, but I`d like to get a male female and many of the employees at the pet shop are not educated when it comes to gerbils. please help! Have a look at:

Re: (no subject)

2002-02-02 Thread Julian and Jackie
Caroline Hussey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I've had two female gerbils together since June 8th, 2001. Just today I noticed the bigger one chasing the smaller one around their tank. Then the bigger one would climb on top of the smaller one and they'd freeze like that, then the smaller one would

List traffic

2002-02-01 Thread Julian and Jackie
Just a small note that list traffic is far higher at Topica - I have asked everyone to copy mail to both lists this weekend. In case you have forgotten you can subscribe to Topica just by posting to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society

Re: Topica Woes...

2002-02-01 Thread Julian and Jackie
Anthony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I'm having a little trouble with Topica... My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] but my ISP uses [EMAIL PROTECTED] for outgoing :( Eg I receive - [EMAIL PROTECTED] , but outgoing gets changed to anth@blueyonder :/ I've added both to my prefs for the

Re: Spotted or Pied?.......

2002-01-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
Nadine Sinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote My gerbils Angel not spotted Buster Spotted had a litter 1 week ago today and I have 1 agouti, 1 SP agouti, 1 argente ---, 1 Spotted Argente -, 1 Extreemly Spotted Agouti. Now my Question is can Angel and Buster have a pied gerbil? why, why not? Thanks

Moving to Topica

2002-01-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
Last week I suggested we give people up until today to voice any opinions about where we should move to. The only posts since then (and for some days before) is to go to Topica. About half of members of this list are already there. I suggest that everyone else move to the new list by simply

Re: question

2002-01-29 Thread Julian and Jackie
ABCgerbils [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi Julian, Perhaps you could explain to us all one more time the exact steps we take to switch over to Topia and how we can verify that it worked (I think I've done it! -- Baa, gurgle and other content sheep noises) Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com Of

Re: Slight Dilema...

2002-01-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi guys, I got a little bit of a dilema here, I have a breeding pair who I beleived to be a Dove and an Ivory Cream Spot. They recently had pups and after 12 days it's obvious that there's 2 Doves and 1 Albino. How is that possible?? According to all the

Re: Please help ASAP!!

2002-01-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote My dog got a hold of a gerbil pup!! Hes got a dent in his head! First hes really skinny not drinking milk. I have to feed him myself and hes not growing. Its like he stopped at day 5. My moms thinking that he wont drink milk b/c he has brain damage so hes

Re: Slight Dilemma

2002-01-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Ed Cope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote This is made possible if Dove was aa Cc(h) E_ Gg pp and the Ivory Cream Spot was Aa CC E_ gg pp If you run those thru the gene calculator you will see that you get doves and REW's which is what you got, plus you have the chance of 6 other colours! As Eddy

Re: GERBILS Digest - 25 Jan 2002 to 26 Jan 2002 - Special issue (#2002-38)

2002-01-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Penny Ghinaudo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I need some information. We rescued a female gerbil several weeks ago. When we got her, she was having problems with her eyes not opening all of the time - like she had a cold or something. The vet gave us some Gentocyn Durafilm eyedrops and it seemed to

Re: [GML] C: Please help!

2002-01-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Mathias Gabel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote So, you see, a gerbil can easily live with an ovarian cyst, at least for some time. She never showed any sings of pain or agony while she had it. Ovarian cysts are nearly always harmless, even though they can get quite big (30mm or more). The problems

Bradford Championship Show

2002-01-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Just a brief note about this show that happened last weekend, and the NGS AGM that was held there. There was a good showing of gerbils with some new exhibitors who showed some very good gerbils for beginners. The best in show was a young Burmese gerbil. At probably the best attended AGM in

Re: Moving the list

2002-01-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
Victoria Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Me too. Victoria I am humbled by the encouraging messages in this thread. I understand the feeling of urgency. I suggest therefore that unless there are any voices to the contrary we move at the beginning of February as has been suggested. That

Re: List Close Down and nominations

2002-01-24 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jenn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Moderating duties only become time consuming if a flame war breaks out. Very true. If the moderators are well known by the other subscribers it is possible to notify them of trouble without them having to read every message. If there is trouble they will

Re: Why are we getting spam mail?

2002-01-24 Thread Julian and Jackie
things-that-squeak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote we've been getting them ever since there was one email warning that the list's address was found on a spam list we haven't noticed any as a result of topica yet but we may unsubscribe to topica as well and suggest someone use yahoogroups to start it up

Spam on the GML

2002-01-24 Thread Julian and Jackie
Clearly there is a problem. In the last few days there has been the start of a flow of unsolicited mail. My experience is that spammers get the addresses by harvesting them from websites. This means someone, somewhere has put [EMAIL PROTECTED] on an unprotected website. Please check your

Re: Hi!

2002-01-23 Thread Julian and Jackie
Giovanna Galvani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hello...I already signed up with Topicase you there then...Julian let us know WHEN wewill be ready to unsubscribe this one, cheers, Jane the 7 Survivors www.graphomania.com Hi! It is not up to me. It is for the people of this list to decide what

Re: Food

2002-01-23 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jonny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi All, At present i am in search for a good food to replace Jerry Gerbil that i use at the moment, but i feel that my gerbils are not happy with it. I was just wandering that if i could use shredded wheat and water biscuits or is that to fatening and what

Re: Why are we getting spam mail?

2002-01-23 Thread Julian and Jackie
The Jeu-jeu Gerbils [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi everyone, In the last few days I've started getting spam mail from this list. Am I the only one or are others getting them too? Is it related to me having signed up for Topica? They did start showing after I signed up for Topica. Amy The

Re: List Close Down

2002-01-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jenn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I propose that for moderation duties we vote them in. Perhaps via a vote poll? I know there are lots of them out there - yahoo has them. Does Topica? I propose we vote in three in total. Jenn Topica does not have polls as far as I know. I agree that

Re: hey everyone

2002-01-20 Thread Julian and Jackie
theresa howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote My female just had 5 beautiful pups this morning. I bred gerbils when I was a little girl. Which was when I was 7 or 8. Which ended up with 30 gerbils. Now IM 14 and decided to breed gerbils again as a hobby. So if I have any trouble could you all help me

Re list closedown

2002-01-20 Thread Julian and Jackie
Hi! I have seen very little discussion on the list of where we are going to go. It is important there is some sort of general agreement before we move or else we will end up splitting the list. I also welcome discussion of who should be co-owner of the list. I am prepared to do this, and I have

Re: usubscribe

2002-01-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jenn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No subject Body reads only 'Unsubscribe gerbils' That is wrong - The command is SIGNOFF GERBILS -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/

Mailing list closedown

2002-01-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Please click on this link to subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a look around the Topica site (www.topica.com) and let me know what you think. www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbilsubscribe.htm This has nothing to do with the NGS, it was just a convenient URL to use Please keep posting here and not on

Re: new list

2002-01-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Im not sure what position Julian is in, but I've also set up a list on my server here in the UK. I am willing to give the people who are moderating/owning the current list do the same to this new one. Are you interested Julian? There is full email admin,

Re: Mailing list closedown

2002-01-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Julian and Jackie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbilsubscribe.htm This has nothing to do with the NGS, it was just a convenient URL to use I am not sure if that HTML is working. If not, you should get a personalised invitation very soon. I you are one of the fifteen hidden

Re: Mailing list closedown

2002-01-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Ehrenfried Ehrenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Jenn Millington schrieb: It's customary with mailing lists Yes may be with those lists of the beautiful new world in the fun age, but it wasn't so with rice uni and isn't - and this is the most important - compatible with ME. I won't accept such

Re: List Close Down

2002-01-17 Thread Julian and Jackie
Michelle J. Haines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote At 11:37 AM 1/17/02 +, Barker Julian CPD DCB2 said: This is Julian posting from work. I am a bit disappointed that the news of the list being closed by rice.edu has broken so early. Well, you could have said that. :P:P I thought I did! :-)

[no subject]

2002-01-17 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jonny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hello again I wnat to start showing my gerbils at shows and was wandering exactly what i had to do. do i need special show cages and things like that? so if any who shows could please email me back with as much information as you have that would be great I

Major Gerbil Show this weekend

2002-01-17 Thread Julian and Jackie
The largest small animal event of the year, The Bradford Championship Show takes place this Friday (tomorrow) and Saturday. The gerbil part of the show takes place on Saturday. It is too late to make entries, but please feel free to come along to Doncaster Racecourse where the show is held. The

Re: remove

2002-01-16 Thread Julian and Jackie
Butts Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Could someone tell me how to remove myself from this list. Thank you Rich The instructions for doing this were sent when yo subscribed. However, if you have lost this e-mail, go to www.igf.org.uk/gml/gmlfaq.htm where there are instructions for all sorts of

Re: New Tank

2002-01-16 Thread Julian and Jackie
ABCgerbils [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I clean out my tanks with just a bit (1/8 teaspoon) of clorox bleach and warm water. There is some evidence that chlorine, even in very low dosages can be highly irritant to rodents. It has been suggested that after cleaning with bleach you would need to air

Re: WARNING: Your email is vulnerable to SPAM Robots!

2002-01-13 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote This list should employ a 'Must be a member to post' approach... Tony P This list has no owner so it is very difficult, if not impossible, to change the list configuration. BTW, I find it useful to be able to post from other addresses when I am on the

Re: Show Gerbils

2002-01-13 Thread Julian and Jackie
G.M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote One way to get gerbils ready for shows, is to let them bathe in chinchilla dust. It makes their fur nice. To do well in a show a gerbil should have a good colour, as described in the standards, be a good size without being fat, and have good type. Type is the

Re: Pups needing homes in the UK

2002-01-13 Thread Julian and Jackie
Selby/Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I have some Lt. CP Agouti and Agouti (carry Lt. CP Agouti) pups - born 2nd and 3rd January 2001 - that will be needing homes in six weeks time. If you are interested, please do e-mail. I live in Morecambe, England. Have you had any help yet? if not, you

Re: HELP!!!PLEASE!!!!SERIOUS!!!!

2002-01-13 Thread Julian and Jackie
Spice Gerbil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Not sure. Does he have mites? Jade Strangely, gerbils clean their ears with the long claws on the back feet. It is not at all unusual for gerbils to cause bleeding or other irritation due to excessive scratching with the back feet. There is often no reason

Re: Topaz Gerbil

2002-01-13 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi there, Does anyone have any pics of a Topaz Gerbil? A trip to the Colour palette reveals that there's a 25% posibility of a Topaz gerbil from a pair of mine, I'm curious if anyone has any pics :) As about 90% of people find it difficult to tell the difference

Re: Those darn mites!

2001-12-27 Thread Julian and Jackie
Susanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote And they sure *do* infest our gerbils, if we don't intervene. Have you asked yourself where they come from? They almost certainly come from bedding or food material. Hay is by far the most common source. I would recommend never using hay or straw with gerbils

Re: Heat

2001-12-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
ABCgerbils [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Julian would be a good person to comment here...but though the temerature on the service might be below freezing, I believe that gerbils in the wild live in deep, snug tunneling systems. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable keeping them in temperatures much

Re: Thought I'd share this with you all...

2001-12-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
Spice Gerbil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote They have learned to trust you and now exploration takes priority over delicacies. Very nice to have tame little gerbils running up your arm. :) I sometimes get the impression that gerbil's behaviour frustrates behaviourologists because they do not obey all

Re: how can i tell if my gerbil is over weight?

2001-12-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
sam wlderspin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote how can i tell if my gerbil is over weight? A healthy gerbil should feel firm and muscular. If you grasp him round his waist and he feels squishy then he is overweight. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/

Re: Fw: Re: Dominance

2001-12-25 Thread Julian and Jackie
Bonnie Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Thanks - so does that mean that the submissive ones will not groom the dominant one with saliva? Normally not. Grooming places saliva from the dominant animal. which contains chemical markers, which tells other gerbils, including the marked gerbil, how to

Re: mineral stone consumption/Jean

2001-12-06 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jean M Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Our dad gerbil is *really* eating up that mineral stone very fast. Can that be a problem? -Jean Probably not .Our experience is that gerbils just chew them, like the chew cardboard and wood. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society

Virus Alert - No joke!

2001-11-28 Thread Julian and Jackie
I know it is against the GML charter to send general virus alerts here, but in the three days I have been away Jackie and I have received approximately 50 copies of the W32/Badtrans@MM virus, many originating from people I know use this list. This is a virus/worm that sends out e-mails that

Re: OHMYGOSH We have Pinkies!

2001-11-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jenn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Is this a permanent move for Dad? If you try to introduce a male pup later he may kill it. An adult male will almost never harm a gerbil that is very much smaller than it is. We have a 100% record of introducing adult males to a pair of five week old

Re: Delete message from Amber

2001-11-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Greg Carson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 09:35:59AM -0800, ABCgerbils wrote: That message smacks of a virus. I'd recommend deleting it without opening the email or (more important) the attachment. Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com

Re: How?

2001-11-18 Thread Julian and Jackie
Amy Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote How can i sign up to be on the list. I am gettin a new e-mail address and I definently want to be on the list. thanx! Hi! THE GML has a FAQ that has answers to many questions including that one! http://www.igf.org.uk/gml/gmlfaq.htm -- Julian [EMAIL

Re: Sudden Death

2001-10-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
Susanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, we lost our 2 year old Hazel (a burmese), today :( She was fine this afternoon at feeding time, eagerly coming out to eat, perfectly normal. No sign of any trouble, and she wasn't sick once in her life. We found her dead a few hours later. There was no

gerbil.info

2001-10-28 Thread Julian and Jackie
Hi! The new www.gerbil.info website is available for business. This website provides a single gateway and search engine for The NGS website, The Gerbil Information Pages, and The Gerbil FAQ. The answers to most gerbil related questions can be found by searching at: http://www.gerbil.info Also,

Re: gerbil.info

2001-10-28 Thread Julian and Jackie
suegreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Great stuff, Julian? Glad you like it, even if you can't remember who I am! ;-) I checked out the search engine and it worked fine for various gerbil species and also on my name (Yes, I know I'm sad!) I'd forgot about the pictures of me and my beloved

Re: red nose

2001-10-28 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jean M Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote What's it mean? One of the older babies has it. -Jean Most often it marks an allergy to cedar or pine. Consider a less aromatic bedding such as aspen, corncob, or something paper based. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society

Re: Help :(

2001-10-28 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jessica Pierson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hey Everyone, I've been on this list for awhile, but I've never had a problem until now. I hope you guys can help me :/ Mama gerbil had a problem with one of her eyes. It looks like its almost swollen shut, like when you get really tired and can

No Subject

2001-10-24 Thread Julian and Jackie
p.whyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi every one! I need some help please. When i got my first gerbil Harvey i di not realise that i should have got two. He is about 4 months old know or 16 weeks can i introducde him to a cage mate and how please help Thanks Jonathan There is advice on

Re: More

2001-10-22 Thread Julian and Jackie
Spice Gerbil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I am just wondering because long ago I had a gerbil with a scent gland tumor or something of the sort... Are those very rare also? Out of all the many gerbils I had, and at one time that was about 36, he was the only one to develop one. And I am just

Re: Respiratory infection in babies?

2001-10-22 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jessica Pierson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hey Everyone, I was playing with the babies today (who are just over a week old), and I thought I heard a clicking sound. I held each one up to my ear, one by one, but I didn't hear any definite clicking. I'm paranoid about my little ones getting

Re: Novice seeking advice

2001-10-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
suegreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Where do you live? If you live anywhere near Luton, then you should pay a visit to the London Championship Show next Saturday, 27th October. This is a huge show for all sorts of small animals (rabbits, hamsters, mice, rats, cavies, chins and of course gerbils)

Re: More

2001-10-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
Amy Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I was just holding her and letting her slowly walk on my hand and as she stretched out she seemed to have a big ball on one side of her. it looks like how she was when she was pregnent, but she hasn't been pregnent for a year. I have a feeling its a tumor...I'm

Re: Silver Shimmel

2001-10-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
mgnetite . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi Would anybody happen to have any pictures of a e(f)e(f)gg? Im curious to see what this would look like. e[f]e[f] makes gerbils yellow whatever their other genes. Also, I just introduced a young female to my older male and they seem to be getting along

Re: C Z Handrearing Gerbil Pups?

2001-10-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
Raen S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Main question: Would gerbil babies be closer to rats and mice or closer to squirrels and chipmunks? Gerbils are closest to lemmings and voles and are classified in the same group as them, Deer Mice and Hamsters. Next closest are mice and rats. All other

Re: preparing for the next litter

2001-10-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
Jean M Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Has anyone tried out that heating pad thing they sell at the pet stores (Petco)? I'm wondering if it might help prevent the babies from getting the respiratory infection. Also, it might be useful this time becuase the mom will be bringing up the babies on

Re: Paired Gerbils

2001-09-03 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I could be wrong (so feel free to correct me) but I think once they're sleeping together then you're sorted and they're safe to move. Gerbils take several days to really sort things out. It is too easy to suddenly change the parameters and get violence

Gerbil Links

2001-09-02 Thread Julian and Jackie
Hi! I have just added the Spice Gerbils to my gerbil links page http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/inks.htm I am aware I have not updated this page for ages. If you have a gerbil website that is not listed there please post me privately with the details. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National

Re: UK Breaders?

2001-08-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Thats the problem, I am actually based in Bristol, Enfield is a 2 hour drive away at best, and having a soft top car, the noise would be too stressful for our gerbils ;( I have found very little stresses gerbil on car journeys, and I have had some very

Re: new member, questions

2001-08-30 Thread Julian and Jackie
Spice Gerbil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, I am a new member and am wondering if it is ok to send out URLs? Like the url to my geocity website or to gerbil pics on the web that do not belong to me but I have questions about. Because my first inquiry was going to be what color are these gerbils?

Re: UK Breaders?

2001-08-29 Thread Julian and Jackie
Tony Pottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I'm interested to know if anyone here is from the UK and if any of those are breeders? Myself and my partner have just started breeding (Our first pair have been going at it like little rabbits after only a week!), I've been keeping gerbils for 5 years but

Re: Swollen Cheek!!!

2001-08-21 Thread Julian and Jackie
M Gall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Wow, deb, I am amazed.. you always seem to know so much.. (my gerbils are impressed too ;) ) If Deb hadn't got in first I would have said the same thing. A swollen cheek strongly signals abscess in any animal. And all abscesses are potentially fatal if untreated.

Re: licking sand

2001-08-20 Thread Julian and Jackie
Nicole Eijkenboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, I posted this question the 13th of august, but I think that my provider lost the message, so I post my question again. Nicole - I just wondered if some of you could tell me something about licking sand. I noticed that one my two

Re: CP Agouti Once Again

2001-08-19 Thread Julian and Jackie
Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote So is it normal for the tail and the nose and feet to be so much darker than the rest of her body? Yes. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/

Re: Gerbil Colours - Please help

2001-08-16 Thread Julian and Jackie
Colin A Speed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi Can anyone help me with a question on Gerbil Colours. At Present we have 5 adults 1)Lilac } 2)Lilac } Lead Coloured, Black Eyed, tummy lighter than back 3)Lilac } 4)Grey Agouti 5)Dove Light Grey, Pink/Red Eyed, Self

Re: Sleeping positions

2001-08-15 Thread Julian and Jackie
Blue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I haven't seen all that many with Cairo and Zerwin except for the ever-popular lie on top of each other and the spooning *g* However, with Soody and Juniper we have the gerbil sleep of death where one darling little gerbil sleeps on his back with all four wee paws

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