Re: My thoughts on the shipping ordeal

[Tana Lyman]

>
>OK, well, I have to say if in my area, I had the following problems:
>A.  no local market for gerbils
>B.  no way to legally ship gerbils
>C.  a problem with splitting up mated pairs
>and
>D.  no competent small animal vet (a neutering is a very easy operation)
>
>Then continuing to breed and then ship illegally is looking even less
>responsible to me.  Part of responsibly breeding ANY animal  is realizing
>that sometimes, you just shouldn't do it at all.
>
>Michelle
>Flutist


Exactly why I no longer breed.  I miss it DREADFULLY but perhaps once we
move away from here I will start again.  It depends on what the situation
is wherever we wind up.



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