Amy Yolanda Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Well, I was in PetCo today, and I was talking to the Assistant Manager
>about gerbils, and she asked me if I'd have room for a "special"
>gerbil. So she took me back to meet "Stumpy," who only has three
>legs. Apparently his owner brought him in and surrendered him after
>he broke and chewed off one of his back legs. How could I turn down a
>guy with three legs? So he's in my extra tank. He's just a regular
>black gerbil, and he looks to be fairly young, maybe three and a half
>or four months old. He's just now starting to get his adult body, so
>he's skinny and he has a skinny tail.
>
>Stumpy is alone, but there is a lone agouti male back at the store.
>The agouti is approximately the same age, but perhaps two or three
>weeks younger. What do you guys think the odds are that I could
>successfully introduce them? If the odds are fairly good, I'd take a
>chance. But I absolutely cannot wind up with another lone gerbil
>tank.
Introductions work best between two males where the size difference is
greatest.
I would introduce a six week old male to him.
--
Julian
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