> today I saw a program on the national geographic channel talking about
> diseases that are being spread by rodents .
> as it was presented there , almost all kinds of rodents are carrying
> disease that can infect people.
> well , I have my gerbils over a year now , I was beaten a couple of times ,
> I am holding them, playing with them , they have touched almost everything
> in the house , and I am sure that a few times I forgot to wash my hands
> after touching them .
> I dont feel sick or anything and I guess you didn't get anything from your
> gerbils also .
> but yet , after seeing this program I became a little worried .
> things where I live (Israel) aren't so quiet anyway .. so the last thing I
> need now is getting some dangerous disease from my gerbils .
> what is your opinion ? since most of you are much more experienced in
> gerbils then I am , I will sleep better at night knowing there is no danger
You can sleep tonight without having to worry about these matters.
Many wild living rodents probably carries some sort of disease, or parasites, and some
of them may be hazardous to man. But remember that our pet gerbils have been in
captivity for many years and countless generations. What diseases they might have had
are long gone.
Kenneth
