At 05:07 PM -0400 Sunday 10-01-00, you wrote:
>After they "mated" did they check themselves (bend over and clean)? If they
>did, it sounds like mating to me. Also, don't believe everything you hear
>from the petstore. I got a gerbil from the petstore once (before I really
>knew anything about gerbils), I asked for a female (to go with my other
>female) and they gave me a male (my first breeding pair).
Although, my two assuredly female gerbils "mate" (checking included)
relatively often. They go for bouts of around 20 minutes. They've been
together for almost a year now, and they're definitely both female. I
guess they get randy too.
:)
Kelly
