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>Some people have reported problems with tanks being next to each other. I
>think Tana had to keep a cage in a separate room to avoid fighting.
>Hopefully I will never have to do that! I've got to many tanks to go
>spreading them through out the house. :o)
Yes I have one pair that can't seem to get along unless they are in a
separate room! There was speculation that crowding tanks together was
causing the fighting problems I was having, but I don't think that was
it. I think it was because by the time I reached the last few tanks, I had
the smells of 20 + gerbils all over me! I play with each one as I feed
them. Since then I have started changing shirts at least twice during the
feeding rounds, and washing all the way up to my elbows. Plus I do the
pairs first. I haven't had a single fight and in fact have 2 promising
split cage introductions going *crossing fingers*. Of course I'm sure the
age factor had something to do with it as well. I had a lot of gerbils
entering the 2 year mark and several reaching adulthood.
Tana and The Little Rascals
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