Hi! Catching up on my old email. > >Is there any evidence that the looser of a fight is more difficult to > >introduce to new company than the winner? > > I don't think it is a case or winners or losers. It is more to do with > the ability of a gerbil to accept their status in the group. Some > gerbils will always be winners, and others will always want to challenge > for dominance but will be losers. Sometimes the loser is a gerbil that > seems to have been picked on for no particular reason. > > Obviously it depends on what has happened as to whether a further > introduction can be made. Yes, I think this is true. There seem to be things which gerbils never forget :-( Could we say that they forget their friends after a few days but never their enemies? Or is there a chance to reintroduce two gerbils who fought ast a later time of their lives, e.g. when they are both widowed. > >Maximilian, who has possibly killed his brother - which automatically > >makes him the winner of the fight- is seemingly impossible to introduce > >to any other gerbil. So he'd be the exception to such a rule... > > Yes, this happens. Some gerbils seem to refuse to accept any company at > all. So what do you think. He's been alone for nearly 2 months now. I never tried to introduce him to a young male or female. Could I risk trying this or in his case would you not dare to ever give him company again. I feel so sorry for him being alone. :-( Thanks for any input on this. Eva
