>I have just taken the young males out of the breeding tank and put them
>into the "male" tank with the other adult males. There has been no
>fighting, and they are just starting to get acquainted...but I have noticed
>that there is one adult male trying to mate with a young male. I double
>checked and they are *all* males in that tank, so I dont know what's
>happening...unless, there is such thing as a homosexual gerbil :)
To my knowledge, gerbils aren't homosexual! But, what looks like mating
isn't always mating. Check the gerbil's stomach, there's a small bald
spot...the scent gland. A gerbil often rubs it's scent gland on the back of
another gerbil. This looks like mating, but is just marking.
Deb Adams
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