> We obviously get contacted by large numbers of people who want gerbils.
> Some just want rescues. Others want something as a pet. Others want
> something to breed from. However, we have learnt to notice some of the
> warning signs of people who want only to exploit the gerbils.
This may sound dumb, but how does one "exploit" a gerbil? I'm mostly
unfamiliar with animal husbandry circles of any kind, so I'm not sure what
kind of unseemly practices one might engage in. I'm sure I'm not the only
one who's wondering this, so if you (or any of the cannier GML breeders)
could mention what they might do- I'm at kind of as loss; since it doesn't
seem like there's much profit to be made (although, again, I'm unfamiliar
with any kind of competitive animal breeding, so my experience is also
limited.)
> Be especially wary of people who know nothing about gerbils but tell you
> they have been breeding cavies, rabbits, rats, mice etc for years but
> only want new colours. This is a good give away that they are only
> interested in the new colour because they think there is money in it.
> They know enough to know what a new colour could be worth in the right
> circles.
This is what confuses me, this list has to comprise at least some of the
better breeders and such, and you folks seem to pass them about pretty
freely. Or is the trade better in other parts of the world, and my hickish
midwestern mind can't grasp it?
