2 Questions

[Indigo Child]

Hello again everyone :)   I have 2 questions...the first one being about me buying another gerbil. Right now I have a male and a female alone in a 50 gallon aquarium tank (I guess they figure it's a castle compared to the store cage...hehe) and I was wondering if it would be wise to add another gerbil to the environment? If so...what gender should it be? I have been taking into consideration the size of the aquarium tank and I am assuming that because of how large it is, there may not be so many territorial desputes...but, I may be wrong :)   My second questions is about the handling of pups. How soon is it safe to pick up the gerbil pups after they are born?...and is it true that if the scent of another person/animal (other than the parents) is on the pups, that the gerbils will kill and/or eat the pups?   Jason (Sleepless) ----------------------------------------- You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one... Homepage - http://www.geckox.com