Hi!
> 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.)
They will have lots of breeding pairs sent to them, produce lots of pups
without caring where they go to as long as they get money for the. And
once they find out that there is no money to be made in breeding gerbils
they get rid of them again no matter how. Maybe to try if another pet is
more profitable to mass breed.
> 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?
No, there is really no way to make money from breeding gerbils without
making them suffer. Only big mills can make money e.g. out of producing
feeder animals in masses (and under what conditions!). And they may make
a little aditional money with rare colours.
Eva
