I'm thinking argente spot...they look gold-ish. I can't tell how their markings are, but they're either spotted or pied. They look pretty small, too. 4-6 weeks? if they're eating they should be fine, make sure their water bottle is low enough. As far as sexing, I'm not sure how old these two are, but if you flip them over (try holding them by the base of their tail, they won't love it, but you can get a look) and they look different, one is a boy and one's a girl Or you could compare them to your other gerbils. I'd try to explain, but it's hard to without sounding perverted. Doesn't Julian have a "how to sex gerbils" page? Anyone know the link?" *Tasha* >From: "Amber W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Amber W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Yay!! >Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 02:39:09 -0000 > >I went out today with my mom in hopes of getting a little christmas >shopping >done. Well, we made the mistake of stopping at the mall's pet >shop...anyway, I skipped right past the dogs (because just looking at them >in those cages makes me really sad), and went to look at the gerbils. I >had >NO intentions of buying any, but I saw that one aquarium had a group of >little ones, and my heart just melted!!! There were two aquariums, >actually, and one of them held only one gerbil (let me tell you, I really >wish now I had bought that poor loner, because he must've been rather sad >in >there by himself!)...anyway, it didn't take much convincing for dear old >Mom >to let me get another pair, so now I've got a total of 6 gerbs! Not a lot >compared to a lot of you, I know, but I wanted to share the good news! ;) > >I now know why many of you say NOT to buy them from pet shops, >though...well, they're both perfectly friendly, but the pet shop workers >can't sex them at all (I can't talk, I'm not so good at it either, since >I've never had to try before, so if I email you all later on announcing a >pregnant gerbil, then you'll know why!)...one of the gerbs is so young that >Mom says it looks like his eyes have just opened really recently (he's all >squinty-eyed, but he doesn't look sick, and he's really active, just >small). > Do any of you breeders know how old he might be? Anyway, if he was too >young to have been taken away from his mother, how should I go about taking >care of him? He eats the seeds and stuff from the dish, so I'm hoping >he'll >be alright, but if there's anything else I should do..? The other gerb is >a >little bit bigger, so I'm not worried so much about that one. > >Anyway, that's about it...except I'm wondering about the colors, now! The >Color Palette didn't help me with this pair like it helped with Chloe and >Cecilia, so I took some pictures with my borrowed digital camera to see if >the rest of you could help!! They aren't too great (because the camera >isn't really high quality), but you should get SOME idea of what they look >like...the small one is a brighter orangey color than the other one, which >is a paler, dusty brown-orange. > >http://www.geocities.com/pageofluff/gerbil2.jpg (This is the small guy) >http://www.geocities.com/pageofluff/gerbil4.jpg (I think this is the small >guy, too, but you can see the spot on top of his head better) >http://www.geocities.com/pageofluff/gerbil5.jpg (both of 'em, but the one >standing is the larger of the two) > >Anyway, if any of you can help me with telling what colors my new gerbs >are, >I'd be REALLY grateful! :oD > >~*~Amber~*~ >And... >Sirs William and Henry >Chloe and Cecilia >And the unnamed pair (whom I really wanna name Hamlet and Ophelia, hehe) > > >_____________________________________________________________________________________ >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : >http://explorer.msn.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
